Example sentences of "[coord] so [conj] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 We should stress that all the six bureau were hand picked , there 's another 30 or so that we could have used and which would have quite probably delivered similar results .
2 Or you might realise that you want extra money , say , in order to have more free time , or so that you can help a charity , or so that you can travel abroad .
3 Or you might realise that you want extra money , say , in order to have more free time , or so that you can help a charity , or so that you can travel abroad .
4 Psychoanalysts themselves undergo five sessions of analysis a week for five years or so before they can practise .
5 I think it would be nice if we all got together so will we aim to do that sometime in the next month or so and I 'll tell Napier that that we 're doing that
6 In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer .
7 There was the added complication that for the first time there would be a period of five minutes or so when I would have to shut inside my satchel not only my outdoor shoes but my gym shoes as well .
8 In view of what you , Mr. Speaker , have had to say about the Consolidated Fund Bill , can you give some assurance that , if this matter about Maxwell and him laundering money is raised , you will ensure that people such as Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield will be given special tickets to sit in the Gallery so that they can hear the debate and so that they can draw the attention of various channels to the fact that perhaps Mr. Lightman should investigate the missing Maxwell millions , and perhaps we can find out whether Roger Windsor , Mr. Maxwell 's nark , was paid £50,000 out of the Daily Mirror 's missing millions .
9 Such bodies are set up outside government partly so that they can attract skilled personnel who might not be prepared to work for the core of government ; so that they can develop a high level of expertise in the area they are responsible for ; and so that they can develop policy in an atmosphere divorced from direct party political pressures .
10 Most anorexics have a low opinion of themselves and see losing weight as their most important goal in order that others will value them and so that they can respect themselves .
11 We also intend bridging to the other main RBGE network , so that Garden staff in Edinburgh , Dawyck , Younger , Logan , and other potential external sites may access the library catalogue , and so that we can provide library users with access to the plant record database .
12 It 's just er a small section of foot of a footnote which gives an account of the history of the clause in er of the section in the er Police Act of nineteen sixty four with which we are dealing and of course Your Lordships will be well aware that we moved on from Section er from the Sections of the Police Act , we 're not dealing with them at all , we 're dealing with what has happened to those Clauses since and I thought perhaps Your Lordship might Your Lordships might be interested in the sort of guidance which is made available th so , so fortunately to us and so that we can have our minds very clearly focused upon the issues .
13 Sometimes the original number of volumes is found to be inconvenient and a work is compressed , and so that we can get ‘ four volumes in two ’ , ‘ eight volumes in four ’ , etc .
14 And so that he might ensure that our island would be his for all time , he instructed his hordes to slaughter all the children on Møn .
15 When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 , Mussolini thought the war would be over in a matter of weeks , and so that he could claim a share of the spoils for Italy he offered to send troops to the Russian front .
16 It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook .
17 It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook .
18 It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook .
19 It is important that they are kept in good working order so that water does not leak from the system and so that you can turn the water off when you want to . :
20 And so that you could send them the information about it all , and then James is just talking into the camera , saying , oh I 'm really glad that this is happening , the band 's gon na be really happy , finally we 're on our way , bla bla , and then it ends .
21 And so before he could say a word , she rushed on .
22 Come and see us for a pint , I 'll meet you in so and so and we 'll go for a pint ’ , and all that , y'know .
23 Ask why someone reports to so and so and you will receive the answer that ‘ it has always been the case ’ , or that ‘ she gets on better with X rather than Y ’ .
24 And so if we could start from these unquestionable little bits of reality , and build everything out of this by pure logical construction , we would have shown that the world is coherent and logical , and we would have shown that ordinary beliefs erm were not open to doubt , were rational and certain .
25 The R Y A does n't need an enormous subscription income and so if we could increase personal membership to say four hundred and eighty thousand , which happens to be the aggregate membership of our member clubs , this could be at a very much lower individual subscription and this in turn would facilitate selling membership to the nearly two million yachts persons who are not members of clubs .
26 The universe , in fact , is expanding ( although that 's another talk really ) and for the present purpose the important thing is that they 're moving away at a speed which increases with their distance and so if we can measure the speed that they 're moving away from us , then we can find their distance , and that takes us to the edge of the universe .
27 Over-provision has a sort of knock-on effect that er whatever we provide this time , we shall be asked to provide at the next revision of the structure plan and so if we can keep some land back this time , then that might be what we offer next time , we have to roll forward the structure plan .
28 They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it .
29 The torque at the shoulder depends a lot on the angle at the elbow , and so as one would expect , learning to control the shoulder took longest .
30 The story of Doubting Thomas is told , not so that we shall admire Thomas , but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison .
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