Example sentences of "so was the " in BNC.

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1 So was the next one .
2 She inspected the food again ; the baked potatoes were all gone ; so was the cassoulet .
3 0 JUSTICE can be a forlorn friend in football , and so was the verdict against Scotland here last night .
4 The ice eventually came , small snow fields at first leading to the vastness of the great glacier. pleasure was dawning and so was the sun .
5 So was the press .
6 It was a bold and expensive move , for the parish of Winston was small and , in consequence , so was the stipend .
7 So was the way in which the Treasury department , Congress and federal deposit insurers jumped on thrifts ' investments in junk bonds .
8 The word computer was peculiar , and so was the word Creator , for her father would never say God , but always Creator , as if he wanted to limit God 's significance to his engineering activity .
9 So was the health service safe in our hands ?
10 They slept together that night , and as the spiritual chemistry was right , so was the physical .
11 I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree .
12 So was the use of a word like ‘ punctilious ’ .
13 The tell-tale noises were close , but so was the winning post — or was it ?
14 Pulling was associated with expectation of speed : if his expectation of speed was reduced , so was the pulling .
15 As is invariably the case , the chorus 's singing was first-rate and so was the orchestral playing .
16 AT CHARLIE 'S disco in downtown Cagliari , the hour was late , and so was the candidate .
17 So was the economy , but he would soon teach it to rise above itself .
18 The main staircase was there , and two flights down , so was the main hall .
19 So was the bottle of Famous Grouse on the desk blotter .
20 But what made it so was the school , and the way the courses were taught .
21 So was the way Nick could relax on his opening two rounds .
22 The nearby red Hereford was often fully finchbacked in the eighteenth century and so was the old Castlemartin of Pembrokeshire , later incorporated into the Welsh Black .
23 My father was anxious , so was the Rev Vera Brazier of Rye Congregational Church , in Sussex .
24 Tenure was challenged — and probably quite rightly — but so was the universities ' freedom to determine their own fate .
25 ‘ She was lucky not to be hurt and so was the driver of the vehicle , considering the distance he skidded and the strength with which he had to apply his brakes , ’ Mrs. Brooks added .
26 If the stream was symbolic so was the man who sat there on the end of the log .
27 It was empty now , and so was the echoing hall of the old , its oxen safely stabled .
28 The washing was done … and so was the cleaning !
29 So was the whole epistle an elaborate begging letter , or was it voicing a loss of nerve , a fear of life , an attack of what we now call angst ?
30 The oil storage tanks were still there , so was the big , now empty hall which had housed the ENSA concert parties , and a few pre-fabricated administration bungalows , some windowless and with doors creaking in the wind .
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