Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] so for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been under pressure from Edward III to do so for some time , but he seems also to have feared that Charles V 's forces , which were advancing into the duchy , might revive the rivalries of the civil war period . |
| 2 | The precise circumstances of the birth of the Universe , perhaps some 15 billion years ago , are still a mystery — and are likely to remain so for many years . |
| 3 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 4 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 5 | It concluded that the Simonian concept of state medicine was far in advance of public opinion and was likely to remain so for some time to come . |
| 6 | With their creation , the institutional pattern is settled and seems likely to remain so for some years to come . |
| 7 | Posterity stretches ahead without limit whereas disc and tape manufacturers , when they are prepared to commit at all , are reluctant to do so for more than a few years . |
| 8 | We shall do our best , of course , to hold the Residency against them , but the chances are that we are now too few to be able to do so For this reason all the wounded , the ladies , and the children must be taken to the banqueting hall tonight , together with water , powder , cloth , and indeed every single object that might come to our assistance . |
| 9 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |
| 10 | On Oct. 2 the US aircraft carrier Independence entered the Gulf , the first to do so for 16 years , in a move placing its aircraft within range of Kuwait and Iraq without refuelling . |
| 11 | Among the first to do so for this purpose was Adelard of Bath ( fl 1116–42 ) . |