Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] and so [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had apparently been very obstreperous during the night — trying to get up , demanding to go home and so disturbing the other patients that he had been moved , temporarily to a private ward . |
| 2 | The government view has been that the way towards prosperity is for the state to do less and so leave room for the private sector to expand . |
| 3 | Well I strange erm accusation yes we will be , we would keep the council tax down if I am that that would be a popular message to give out and so having accepted our below er the guideline figures they did take this into consideration but we have a budget that has elements of growth in industry . |
| 4 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 5 | When a star runs out of fuel , it starts to cool off and so to contract . |
| 6 | He said that the agreement was on its face unduly restrictive having regard to : ( a ) its likely duration ; ( b ) the publishers ' right to assign copyright in songs which they had acquired in full under the agreement , so that it could not be argued that they would be unlikely to act oppressively and so damage their goodwill ; ( c ) the fact that the publishers were not bound to publish or promote the songwriter 's work if they chose not to do so , so that he might earn nothing , and his talents be sterilised , contrary to the public interest ; and ( d ) the absence of any provision entitling the songwriter to terminate the agreement . |