Example sentences of "so it [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is not possible to test Goody 's hypothesis since one can not find an isolated society on which to test the cognitive and other consequences of ‘ purely ’ oral communication . |
| 2 | The data was submitted on a confidential basis , because of the possibility of future publication , and so it is not possible to ascertain whether or not it had any influence on the deliberations of the Review body , but their conclusions on the quality of post-graduate geological research undertaken in Dundee and Strathclyde Universities were exactly in line with the quantitative findings described later . |
| 3 | So it is not possible , not practically possible to leave everything to the people . |
| 4 | The Figure omits the clones and probes spanning the rDNA region , because the majority of these clones also hybridise to over half of of the other YAC probes , and so it is not possible to place these clones and probes at a single position on the map . |
| 5 | So it is not surprising that deconstruction was reduced to what could be easily handled and passed on . |
| 6 | Quantity in this sense , duration , is what musicians and musical composers are continually concerned with ; and so it is not surprising that poets of this way of thinking , like Pound and Bunting , show themselves avidly interested in poetry which has been , not at a level of theory but as a fact of performance , intimately associated with music : poetry that has been set , or has been written in the hope of being set , to music . |
| 7 | In arguing against the notion that the family is the origin of society , Marx and Engels reverse what they had argued in their previous writing , but Maine 's version of the argument , which gives priority to private property , is even more opposed to their general position , and so it is not surprising that they reject Maine in favour of Morgan . |
| 8 | So it is not surprising that China 's leaders have welcomed President Bush 's envoy . |
| 9 | So it is not surprising that some solitary horses will go to extreme lengths to join other horses ; even though the other horses may be quite unfriendly . |
| 10 | Although a minor error in the recitation of the Vedas was looked upon with strong disapproval , passing events were regarded by the Hindus as devoid of real significance and so it is not surprising that no importance was attached to providing them with accurate dates . |
| 11 | Most of the time Harry was playing for Crystal Palace we were a Third Division club and so it is not surprising that most of the great achievements to which he helped to take us were in the FA Cup . |
| 12 | So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process . |
| 13 | So it is not surprising to seek clawback clauses within employers ' relocation policies . |
| 14 | So it is not surprising that each field-worker tries to select an unstudied people , or if that fails , a community whose present circumstances render them acutely interesting for ‘ theoretical reasons ’ . |
| 15 | So it is not surprising that efforts have been made to apply New Critical methods to prose fiction . |
| 16 | So it is not surprising to find the original paragraph 30 deleted by amendment and the substitution of new paragraphs 30 and 31 in its place . |
| 17 | So it is not surprising that those suffering the greatest stress — who are disadvantaged in terms of income , housing , environment , and health — are also those most likely to need help . |
| 18 | So it is not surprising that the Mittelland overrides cantonal frontiers . |
| 19 | So it is not surprising that few people exist who have ideal qualifications . |
| 20 | So it is not surprising that we can not get computers to understand them . |
| 21 | This being so it is not surprising that being a project leader is not a universal ambition nor a job for which all are suited . |
| 22 | It is criticized by the Tories and the media and of course they never explain how it works , so it is not surprising that the general public is suspicious of it . |
| 23 | Religious support is normally little called upon — indeed the record of most religions with regard to these issues is not regarded as good , and so it is not surprising that many see religion as the suppressor of human rights rather than as their advocate . |
| 24 | So it is not surprising that they also occur in the second part of the novel . |
| 25 | So it is not surprising that his interest developed from driving them very fast and very skilfully to the point where he now heads a business specialising in accident repairs and coachbuilding with a turnover in the region of £7.5 million . |
| 26 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 27 | It is unlikely that voting by a single shareholder will make much difference to the success of a resolution either way , and so it is not worthwhile for shareholders to evaluate proposals put to the general meeting . |
| 28 | So it is not unreasonable to regard the similarity between the lancelet and the larval sea squirt as evidence of a relationship . |
| 29 | So it is not implausible for critics to say that the solid-state detectors are unreliable and somehow bring about a sharp distortion in the spectra . |
| 30 | These coefficients are sensitive both to the difficulty of a test as well as its reliability ( consistency ) and so it is not easy to assess the latter . |