Example sentences of "so [conj] [adv] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 2 | So that even if a proprietor or advertiser does not exert undue pressure , there are other forces that impinge on the ‘ freedom ’ of an editor and a newspaper . |
| 3 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |
| 4 | Teaching is a purposive activity , so that even though the teacher or school may not formulate aims consciously they will be implicit in the teaching , and will influence the course of the student 's education . |
| 5 | As some people join , others leave so that even though the total number of unemployed may have remained unchanged from one month to the next , the composition of that unemployment may have changed considerably . |
| 6 | — the spelling of English was more or less fixed several hundred years ago ; but the pronunciation keeps changing , so that even where a letter once corresponded more or less to a sound , now it may not ; |
| 7 | That quality is retained throughout a rev range that goes up to and beyond 6500rpm so that even when the electronic engine speed limiter cuts in , the VR6 sounds subdued and untroubled . |
| 8 | An acute shortage of cotton had already reduced the civil hospitals to using bandages made of paper , and it was hardly surprising that there was also a human shortage in the country , so that soon after the Somme conscription of labour was decreed for the ages of seventeen to sixty . |
| 9 | They 've promised to do so as soon as a new constitution has been written , but western diplomats say that could take up to two years . |
| 10 | Of course a seaplane has no brakes , so as soon as the engine was going we were off ! |
| 11 | And it 's not soluble , so as soon as the water heats up , it comes out . |
| 12 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 13 | So as soon as the farmer 's back was turned he slipped a shilling into the old boy 's palm — six pints o' beer at that time o' day' — and said to him : just yew have a go at it now , bo' . ’ |
| 14 | Despite this stance and the pressure from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd to respond positively to de Klerk 's announcement , however , EC Foreign Ministers decided in Brussels on Feb. 4 not to ease sanctions until " legislative action was taken " in South Africa , apparently meaning that they would do so as soon as the legislation was tabled . |
| 15 | She also wanted a place to sit and enjoy the warmth of the Aga , so as well as a pine table and chair for meals , there is also a homely rocking chair . |