Example sentences of "so [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There used to be a long table and the head used to sit at the end of this table and so to see that you did n't leave off working she used to get the table cloth and always be pulling this table straight . |
| 2 | I would think Frank Clarke would probably give him another minute or so to see if he can run it off . |
| 3 | The dance has to be so arranged that the mistake must appear accidental . |
| 4 | In such a setting , too , conversation is more likely to be encouraged if the furniture is so arranged that the interviewee and the interviewer are not physically separated by a desk ; that the chairs are reasonably comfortable and in a position to allow eye contact ; and that there are no unplanned interruptions . |
| 5 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again . |
| 7 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 8 | The first was a harmony of the four Gospels , so arranged that the four books could be read either separately or in one continuous story ; each page was illustrated with engravings , and richly bound by the hands of the ladies of Gidding . |
| 9 | When he is first led into her presence she is veiled ‘ but with her draperies so arranged that they emphasised rather than concealed the wonderful elegance of her tall form ’ and ‘ two plaits of glossy , raven hair ’ , each ending in a ‘ single large pearl ’ , appear beneath her veil . |
| 10 | Einstein proposed a box full of radiation with a clock-operated shutter , so arranged that it was open for a time At , letting out some radiation during this period . |
| 11 | The only trouble was that the photograph was so arranged that it would be very easy for a picture editor to crop the product out of the picture altogether ! |
| 12 | As a result , the labourer has no view down the vista of which , from his master 's point of view , he forms the conclusion , his windows being so arranged that he can not overlook it . |
| 13 | As a standard , each track is divided into just THREE data blocks , so arranged that they are read in the order 1,3,2 as shown in Fig. 7.23 . |
| 14 | However , for optimum performance the size of control intervals and control areas should be so arranged that a sequence set record will be stored on the same cylinder as the control area it indexes . |
| 15 | People 's needs are virtually ignored and conditions of work are so arranged that people can not interfere to any significant extent . |
| 16 | None the less , it seems likely that the course of studies was so arranged that the students would pass through the same grades of medreses as those in which they would later teach : such would in any case seem to have been the practice in later times . |
| 17 | The often quoted examples of the linear parishes in Lincolnshire and Wiltshire ( Fig. 15 ) are so arranged that each of the land uses , and access to them , is equal for all settlements . |
| 18 | The school or public library can cater for confident children by providing a wide range of books and related materials — pictures , videos , music and spoken-word cassettes , computer software , etc. — so arranged and displayed that the young users are not overwhelmed . |
| 19 | During the third century synodical government became so developed that synods used to meet not merely at times of crisis but on a regular basis every year , normally between Easter and Pentecost . |
| 20 | The work was interesting but not so demanding that there was no time for anything else . |
| 21 | Even if there was a booking in a Girl 's home town , John 's regime was so demanding that a husband would no doubt have objected to his wife giving priority to her work . |
| 22 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 23 | Galbraith ( 1976 ) put forward the idea that in the technological world the technology is so demanding that a given new technology is handled in the same way anywhere in the world no matter what the local culture . |
| 24 | So you 've got to create something quite simple and effective in which they can be successful , which is n't so demanding as you would for the other group . |
| 25 | The children become spoiled and materialistic in their attitudes and parents complain that they are so demanding and never satisfied . |
| 26 | The basic business of looking after them felt so demanding and emotionally wearing that there seemed little rime left to introduce them to ‘ real living ’ . |
| 27 | Some federal states are so centralised that it is doubtful whether one should continue to refer to them as federal . |
| 28 | Francis Morgan would no doubt ring him too , but he was naturally so shaken that McLeish thought that small piece of insurance worthwhile . |
| 29 | Blanche drove on and three hours later she was safe in Dornaway Castle , where she seemed so shaken that they put her straight to bed . |
| 30 | Mr Friel had become so frightened that he took refuge in a friend 's house nearby until he thought the coast was clear at midnight . |