Example sentences of "be so [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Them funny statues they make with no eyes in and titchy little things are so we wo n't know what they 're really like . |
| 2 | I mean they 've got the least amount of people that are there are so we 'll either that or the end of the day see if it does n't get banned , right ? |
| 3 | To take a single indicative example that this might be so we can turn our attention to a star cluster named by the ancient Greeks the Pleiades , or Seven Sisters . |
| 4 | Ah so she might be so she might be coming out tomorrow |
| 5 | Basically the thing is not working as it should , the outputs are not as they should be so he will probably begin by checking that the inputs are present , that is the electric power or fuel or other materials are available . |
| 6 | After Flinders you are aware I go to Kings and although I trust it will not be so it might take a month to accomplish the journey ( that is if the winds prove contrary ) I state this in order that you might not be alarmed in not hearing from me . |
| 7 | But I am resolved that if it must be so I will obtain permission from the Brownings to have my husband journey to England at the end of the holiday and bring his son back with him . |
| 8 | my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go |
| 9 | Because I 'm going out with people from work tonight and seeing as I 'm so it 'll look a bit off . |
| 10 | question , issue three C two and three er we say that in relation to two as a matter of have categorize this as a question of law we say it probably categories a question of fact because if they 're right in there analysis of law and article eighty directive , all it means is , is that there is no market outside and that the restriction is insignificant if that being so one would answer the question , is not capable as a matter of pure law of infringing article eighty five , but in the light of the discussion yesterday afternoon of course when my learned friend comes to apply for this strike out , we may have difficulty in contesting that provision it 's not , not er , a , a major part of our case that we , we would have to re-consider it and , and I did ask your Lordship erm if your Lordship would minded to find otherwise not to block out at least the possibility of application for leave to amend and of course we 'd have to make , have to consider whether we could make a proper case out of it on what we do |
| 11 | If this were so one would expect measures of inter-hemispheric transmission time to remain roughly constant for the same stimuli and subjects , yet this does not appear to be the case ( Bashore , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | These early nautiloids were probably predators also , and if this were so they may have been the first rapidly moving , efficient hunters in the sea . |
| 13 | I often think er and then of course you see if , if they er the airmen , their wives used to try and get er digs near where the aerodromes were so they could see their menfolk . |
| 14 | Here is an extract from the minutes of January 10 : ‘ J Peeke brought to the attention of the committee that she only had one set of keys , not two like stated at the Christmas Party when a councillor asked where the Space Invaders keys were so they could have a few free games . ’ |
| 15 | If this were so we would not find the genuine uneasiness about an influx of strangers ( or outside influences ) that can not in any realistic sense threaten the members of the group as individuals , for instance , the insistence by sections of the US citizens that English — of all languages — has to be given protection against immigrant languages by the grant of an official monopoly of public use . |
| 16 | It is probable that it was during the period which is termed the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ that the first primitive acts of homage or deference to a ‘ god ’ occurred , and if this were so it could be an indication that the need for a ‘ god ’ is fundamental to the civilising process . |
| 17 | Yeah , if you could sort of , if you could put , put erm , if you could date them wherever they were so I can just remember , alright , it 'll help me . |
| 18 | You see in those days i people i servants were so you could get servants so easily ev even if you did n't have somebody living in er you , you 'd have a daily person . |
| 19 | There is a consideration on one side , and it is said the consideration on the other is the agreement itself : if that were so there could never be a nudum pactum . |
| 20 | Given that this is so one might wonder wherein lies the incentive to create a new language . |
| 21 | For some governments ( particularly Latin and South American ) the vast military spending is so they can enforce their regimes and keep protests and activists well at bay . |
| 22 | This is so we can respond effectively to the needs of our clients . |
| 23 | If that is so he might almost be considered the initiator of scholasticism with its dialectic method . |
| 24 | The reason you like people around you is so you can have role models to rebel against . |
| 25 | what the scale is so you can set your radius and draw your two circles and say , It 's in there somewhere . |
| 26 | Ah , well the reason I always use an editor is so you can go back on yourself . |
| 27 | The only reason you want custody of Kirsty is so you can get your hands on her inheritance . |
| 28 | The idea is so you can do that while mummy does this |
| 29 | To ensure that this is so it must be agreed that it is regarded as being beyond the capacity of the individual to alter , that is , it has to become ‘ sacred ’ , or enshrined in a ‘ god ’ . |
| 30 | Where that is so it will be for the prosecution to rebut , if it can , the presumption . |