Example sentences of "so [conj] [ex0] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although there is not as yet any definitive question , any definitive answer to this same question which was raised by Mr a couple of years ago , it is under consideration and we would hope that the sort of answer which he is hoping for might be forthcoming from that source . |
| 2 | So although there are still only eight basic colours , the eye will see many more . |
| 3 | This would , in fact , make an ideal introduction to the works , were it not for the fact that the packaging completely misleads the purchaser as to the playing order of the music : it is listed as ( in order ) — but the disc actually plays , so that there 's not a single track which corresponds with the one listed in the sleeve note ! |
| 4 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 5 | I mean poor dogs and this , I mean we 've said it all before it 's not viable , four dogs and a semi that you do n't exercise , four dogs that er appear particularly one of them to be housed in the same little area , day in day out with a curtain on the door , so that there 's not even light going in there |
| 6 | It just slows you down so that there are no longer enough hours in the day , and then some things get put off and other things are only half-completed and you 're told you need help — an assistant priest , no less , to concentrate , as the Bishop with his unfailing instinct for the wrong word put it , on ‘ the donkey work ’ ( well , perhaps after all I was only a beast of burden , Father McGiff conceded ) to give you ‘ a chance to relax , take life more easily , think a bit more , pray a bit more , meditate ’ . |
| 7 | So that there are n't special council houses . |
| 8 | You will learn most from the diet if you can time it so that there are not too many parties , outings or other disruptive events , especially during the retesting period . |
| 9 | The coachman brings us here early , so that there are not too many about who will know me , as Papa puts it . |
| 10 | Other Goblin Shamans need to be kept towards the flanks or placed so that there are not too many Orcs and Goblins about , otherwise they will ‘ eadbang . |
| 11 | His career with us ended abruptly when he incurred a nasty knee injury in the game at Watford in the last day of 1938 and was unable to play again that season , so that there are still fans at Selhurst Park who will tell you that that loss cost Palace the single promotion place to Division |
| 12 | The polling factor in cattle arises as a spontaneous mutation once in every 50,000 births anyway , so that there are always likely to be a few naturally polled cattle in any population . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they work in flocks so that there are always some individuals with their heads up , able to call an alarm the first moment their safety seems uncertain . |
| 14 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |
| 15 | We will continue to campaign within the EC for further liberalisation , particularly of cabotage , so that there are more commercial opportunities for British companies . |
| 16 | If in doubt , use the ‘ central row of diamonds ’ version , so that there are only horizontal lines at the side seams to be matched when sewing-up . |
| 17 | Karate has made great strides in the fields of sport and entertainment in recent years , so that there are now semi- and full-contact karate sports as well as kickboxing . |
| 18 | One of the things that can emerge is a great deal of mutual help , so that there is not just one group of people giving out to another but a group of people reaching out to one another . |
| 19 | In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation . |
| 20 | The theme uses each half of the series so that there is not only a transposed pitch retrograde at the midway point ( halfway through bar 6 ) but also a rhythmic retrograde . |
| 21 | As the vast majority of applications occur in the same peak period , should not people try to spread them so that there is not the same concentration ? |
| 22 | Certainly , the means of expression are limited and their values rather general , so that there is not the same flexibility of tense as in an explicit finite clause ( but this is a common contrast found , not only in English but in many languages , between finite main verb phrases and other syntactic groups ( see Ferris and Jah , 1989 ) . |
| 23 | A sine qua non of environmental traffic management here has been the reduction of through traffic by closing access from the Rhein Allee Within the treated area , the most radically changed streets have been repaved at a uniform level so that there is scarcely a distinction between pavement and carriageway ( Figure 6.40 ) . |
| 24 | How far present-day societies are likely to proceed along this road is a matter of debate ( and I shall return to the question in Chapter 6 ) , but at the least it has to be recognized that in recent years the idea of political action has been very substantially broadened , so that there is already a quite widespread awareness of the variety of ways in which individuals and groups of individuals can assert their dissent from the policies of government at all levels ( for example , the revolt against the poll tax in Britain ) and bring into the arena of public debate alternative policies . |
| 25 | I think they 've got to become less competitive , less arrogant and less dominant , seeing that as the macho role , and I think they 've got to become erm much more erm feminine and approve the feminine characteristics , so that there is n't so much difference between the two genders , and particularly in marriage and in the home . |
| 26 | Could you buy in quite a bit of fresh fish , say ten portions if you plan to have ten fish meals in a month , so that there is always good healthy protein food available as a base for a meal ? |
| 27 | At the time of X-ray , the dog 's ear is tattooed and the X-ray is marked with that tattoo number so that there is always proof of the dog 's soundness . |
| 28 | There seems general agreement that the mind does not work like a camera , faithfully recording everything in front of its lens , for apart from the discrimination of sensations and the filtering out of some of them , the information that is passed on undergoes considerable re-organisation and change so that there is always a discrepancy between the sensory input and what is perceived . |
| 29 | Val enjoys her work ; her husband , who is a milkman , is able to tie in his shifts with hers at the hospital so that there is always someone to look after the children . |
| 30 | Arrange things so that there is always someone in the building who is on call for machine problems . |