Example sentences of "they be so [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The connectives may be separate and distinct throughout the body as in Machilis and Corydalis , or in the thorax only as in the Orthoptera , Coleoptera and many Lepidopteran larvae , but usually they are so closely approximated as to form a single longitudinal cord . |
| 2 | They are so closely related that a provisional view on one may well be displaced as the result of conclusions reached on another . |
| 3 | Within the central parsec , stars play a more direct role because they are so tightly packed that collisions between them , including tidal disruption , may be sufficiently common to inject significant quantities of gas into the interstellar medium . |
| 4 | Er well er I think , I do n't think they are so politically activated and this is where you have n't got your forthcoming erm members on committees . |
| 5 | Certainly if they are so far changed as Gillespie suggests , I do n't have a problem with it . |
| 6 | The truth is that they 're so often used as fast turnover test beds for review equipment , and new fishkeeping ideas , that they are probably less interesting than the majority of our readers ' tanks . |
| 7 | In fact , they were so well drilled that when I went to C Division — Essex Street — you 'd wait on the corner of a back street and there 'd be a crowd of fellers there and within no time , before you could get near them , they 'd all have disappeared . |
| 8 | The Girls knew that their reputation for dancing as one was at stake , but because they were so well drilled and were accustomed to Finck 's ways , it worked brilliantly . |
| 9 | These boxes stood above ground and were , therefore , visible and obvious targets , but they were so solidly made that only a direct hit by a heavy shell could destroy them . |
| 10 | Most of them were so badly damaged that they sank or were forced to withdraw as shell splinters cut their steering lines and tracer set fire to fuel tanks , but they gave a good account of themselves because the port was defended by well-sited , quick-firing guns used for anti-aircraft or anti-ship fire . |