Example sentences of "so it [be] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance .
2 It is a problem only afflicting women and only after puberty , so it is easy to see that the condition is connected with our hormones .
3 And , remember , that Times 12 Roman and Times 12 Italic are two different fonts so it is easy to see that users quickly began to experience problems .
4 Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others .
5 Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others .
6 We have seen how ‘ the street ’ and ‘ the city ’ played important roles in middle-class demonology , so it is easy to understand why youth workers sought to provide counter-attractions to them , believing as they did that ‘ there is nothing worth doing to be done there ’ .
7 Personally run by the Ludovici family , here there are just 30 rooms so it is easy to provide guests with an individual and attentive service .
8 Clean , the Fouga glides well , so it is easy to throttle back to idle and float home .
9 Furthermore , the states of a theorem prover are sets of axioms and proved assertions , and these are easily remembered , so it is easy to keep many states simultaneously .
10 Just as it is dangerous to predict the macro-scenario in anything other than the broadest terms , so it is dangerous to attempt to construct educational blueprints for the future — especially in curriculum terms .
11 When vision is directed to an object immediately in front of the eyes , objects in the peripheral ( outer ) areas of the field of vision are not seen in sharp focus , so it is necessary to turn the head and direct the gaze on to these objects in order to see them clearly .
12 There is no statutory definition of occupier so it is necessary to turn to the common law .
13 The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck .
14 Here each film shows a different junction so it is necessary to use a new method of dividing the data .
15 Verbal and non-verbal behaviour is used to bluff , so it is necessary to issue advice in an authoritative and calm voice , and appear to be busy and active , if only in seeking the assistance of others .
16 The ultra-violet process method will reproduce any flaws in the artwork , so it is necessary to ensure that there are no breaks in the conductor lines etc .
17 This usually means they have slow speed and concomitantly long exposure times , so it is necessary to ensure that the microscope is free from vibration , best done by working on a stone or concrete optical bench .
18 Just as you say to a small child , ‘ Keep on the path , ’ rather than ‘ Do n't go on the road , or Please can you talk more quietly , ’ not ‘ Do n't shout ! ’ so it is necessary to seek out what is good in any situation .
19 Nikolai Demidenko is certainly the name on everyone 's lips these days — his extensive marketing and publicity has paid dividends — so it is refreshing to see him tackling repertoire which deserves to be recorded properly .
20 But I was the most expensive single piece of aid donated to that district of Ghana — more than the money for sinking wells — so it is relevant to ask whether it was worth it .
21 Lawsuits , as everyone knows , can prove very costly so it is preferable to seek to win your case by other means : by influencing public opinion , by making your case to officials and politicians , or by making representations at public inquiries .
22 There are of course other reasons for each one , so it is impossible to say exactly how much you can do yourself for any of the conditions mentioned .
23 ‘ The horse is new to me and I am in the process of sweetening him up , ’ Richards said , ‘ so it is impossible to rate him with my other winners .
24 Also the lower potencies are very limited by the physical molecular presence of the remedy so it is impossible to make a 30c if there is material presence as potencies above 12c have no molecules of the original substance left .
25 Unfortunately , systematic , industry-side data is now a thing of the past for the port industry following the demise of the National Dock Labour Board and the National Association of Port Employers , so it is impossible to determine whether this is a specific or general phenomenon .
26 ( Infuriatingly , though , the notes are due to appear in a separate volume , which has still not been published , so it is impossible to tell whether the quotation comes from a letter , from conversation or from some unauthenticated report at second-hand . )
27 Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence .
28 Russell does not say what form the ‘ complicated arguments ’ about the validity of this argument might take , but the chapter in which it occurs is entitled ‘ Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ’ , so it is reasonable to suppose that one thing that was bothering Russell was the possibility that a person who meaningfully uses the word ‘ I ’ does so in virtue of knowing something which he calls ‘ I ’ not by acquaintance , but by description .
29 The time is during the later 1970s ( so it is reasonable to expect that they will speak modern English , with Scottish accents ) .
30 So it is reasonable to assume those who control Sellafield will ensure their families are safe and , therefore , so will we be . ’
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