Example sentences of "and so they [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 And so they are bound to respond in a more punitive manner .
2 Gazing down from his plinth in Lichfield , you could almost hear Dr Johnson muttering : ‘ Socialism , Sir , is a cow , which will yield such people no more milk — and so they are gone to milk the bull ’ .
3 The point is that they are unlikely to find answers to these questions neatly encapsulated in a few words , and so they are forced to be selective in what they read .
4 The problem is compounded further by the fact that software houses are unable to predict what precise configuration is going to be present and so they are forced to provide numerous drivers for peripherals such as displays and printers .
5 They are gifts fit for a king , and so they are meant to be .
6 They got caught and so they were shot .
7 They rightly sensed that there was a mass audience waiting to be entertained and so they were given every incentive to hang on to the goose that was laying the golden eggs .
8 His original intention was to have the walls constructed out of fibre glass , but costs proved prohibitive and so they were made from wood with vacuum-formed PVC roundels used for the indents .
9 In April 1957 , when what remained of the work was being cleared up , some specimens which had been laid by to crystallize were found to have done so , and so they were sent for pharmacological investigation .
10 However , the Committee did emphasize the need for a much wider range of accommodation than had been provided before the war , and so they were drawn into the sharp debate about densities and preferences as between flats and houses — and this is where the link with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning proved so important .
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