Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The row behind leaned forward to ask what was so funny and were told the story . |
| 2 | The view that many people have , of ‘ I have n't got anything and anyway it all goes to my wife ’ , can often lead to legal difficulties and may not be so straightforward as is supposed . |
| 3 | If it be objected that no beginning writer shops around in this way among the idioms handed down to him from the past , the evidence is that certain beginning writers do shop around in just this way ; Ezra Pound was one of them , and he is by no means so exceptional as is supposed . |
| 4 | I can understand that , because the Bill is so complicated and is born of desperation and stridency , it is difficult to explain , especially for Conservative Members who , only a few months ago , were defending the poll tax and saying how good it was . |
| 5 | This means , of course , that the advantages against the sceptic are not so dramatic as was claimed . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's just had her latest check-up in America and she 's clear so far and is doing OK . |