Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] be [verb] [conj] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war could not be won because so many irredeemable mistakes had been made by a leadership unwilling to accept expert advice ; recent decrees and ‘ many speeches ’ were said to have contradicted the ‘ true will of the people ’ ; and the leaders had underestimated Russia and other countries . |
| 2 | The short cloak had three advantages over the coat : it need not be tailored and so was available ‘ off the peg ’ ; it was more fashionable ; and it allowed unhindered access to the sword . |
| 3 | His complaint need not be seen as so far-reaching . |
| 4 | ‘ She knows he ca n't be prosecuted and so does he . |
| 5 | In a partially shaded part of the garden , not overhung by trees , shrubs or other plants that can lead to rain drip and where air movement will not be impeded and so encourage fungal attack , make a slit trench by driving in the spade full depth with the blade held vertically , and forcing open a narrow V-shaped slit , as shown in Figure 14 . |
| 6 | In its annual report of 1938 the Committee stated that ‘ the existing scale of benefits can not be regarded as so fully meeting needs as to make it undesirable to raise them further ’ and continued , ‘ if … the wage system made allowance for dependency , the main objection to further increase in the rates of benefit would be removed ’ ( Quoted in Green , 1938 ) . |
| 7 | There are obviously important facets of the local political system — such as power , patronage and personality — which can not be quantified and so must be left out of the ‘ explanation ’ . |
| 8 | Whatever the outcome , the liaison needs of the Branch Committee can not be ignored and so I hope over the next three years that this can be improved to enable a transition through which active liaison is maintained . |