Example sentences of "so be [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Politeness and truth are often mutually incompatible ( how do we answer the friend who asks whether we like his new hairstyle , for example ? ) and so are politeness and brevity . |
2 | I mean okay so we 're here , but so are elephants and fruit flies and centipedes and tape worms and things erm nothing special about us. erm we 're rather successful right now , but we do n't play any very special role . |
3 | So are rocks and the air and other inanimate objects . |
4 | They are animals , but then so are insects and so are we . |
5 | It is not good enough to say that badgers are lovely creatures ; so are foxes and salmon . |
6 | Well , I said , floundering a little , boys were notoriously backward and so were twins and , really , did n't he think … |