Example sentences of "be so [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She explained to Deborah James , chosen from 300 applicants , how she wanted ‘ the design system to be as perfect as it could be so that the accountants could not spoil it ’ — ‘ accountants ’ having now become for Laura a generic term for anyone not on the design team . |
2 | The difficulty arises partly in differentiating between what the user needs to know about the workings of the system , i.e. , how transparent the system should be so that the task can be performed effectively and efficiently . |
3 | Let the prototype low-pass transfer function be so that the planned high-pass transfer function is where a and b are certain constants , for example for the Butterworth type , and ( see equation ( 12.11 ) ) . |
4 | Since there are advantages and disadvantages of delegation , it is natural to ask how much delegation there should be so that an organisation can operate in the most efficient way . |
5 | Although it is argued that the total value of the firm will remain constant , it is shown that this will be so because the price of equity will fall so as to offset the impact of using debt . |
6 | However , the languages of science and engineering have become so specialised that communication across the disciplines is difficult to achieve , but there seems to be no reason in principle why this must be so as the concepts are universal . |
7 | This could hardly be so if a conception of such connections was no part of neuroscience . |
8 | It might not be so if a licence agreement includes terms to the effect that the licensor will himself make a further copy available to the licensee in the event of failure of the original copy . |
9 | This will be so if the same work is done by fewer employees or by no employees at all . |
10 | That will only be so if the unbelieving partner is to leave , because at that point the values and foundations of the marriage are shown to be violated and at odds . |
11 | It should be public property and would be so if the millionaire had the same heart and principles of Beefy . |
12 | This may be so if the average for all industries is considered , but in the key areas of manufacturing where demand is more variable , the bonus-earnings ratio experiences greater volatility ( Hashimoto 1979 p. 1101 ) . |
13 | It can not be so if the managers are drawn from a different pool , which can happen if emoluments in the private sector drift too far away from those in the public sector . |
14 | This would certainly be so if the land were unregistered . |
15 | They could only be so if the seller had stolen the goods . |
16 | But if it is desirable to assign a property to an entity , then that will far more frequently , although not invariably , be needed precisely when the property is not an inherent quality of the entity in question ; further , this will especially be so when the property is tied to some particular event — hence the high incidence of present and past participles among postnominals . |
17 | Why should this be so and the rational processes just described not take prominence ? |
18 | This was , in fact , found to be so and the results were interpreted to show that short term memory decayed after about 20 seconds . |