Example sentences of "[coord] so [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
| 2 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 3 | Ministerial statements have talked about raising council house rents to ‘ more realistic levels ’ or so that they more nearly approach rents in the private sector . |
| 4 | The most remarkable of these long-established families were the Boulters who had established no fewer than eight different households during the 100 years or so that they had lived in Wigston . |
| 5 | They were always a big league band in the States , but it 's only in the last five years or so that they have been rising up the Euro league . |
| 6 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 7 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 8 | Psychoanalysts themselves undergo five sessions of analysis a week for five years or so before they can practise . |
| 9 | On the summer 's day that Michael Caine was being interviewed , he and the researcher sat and watched Wimbledon on the telly together for an hour or so before they got down to work . |
| 10 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 11 | In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer . |
| 12 | They stood on their ends in the inward sloping shelves for a fortnight or so when they came in during the spring or early summer . |
| 13 | All active ingredients are 98% biodegradable within 3 days of leaving your house , all products are concentrated so that 50–70% less packaging is used AND so that they are extremely economical . |
| 14 | Most anorexics have a low opinion of themselves and see losing weight as their most important goal in order that others will value them and so that they can respect themselves . |
| 15 | Such bodies are set up outside government partly so that they can attract skilled personnel who might not be prepared to work for the core of government ; so that they can develop a high level of expertise in the area they are responsible for ; and so that they can develop policy in an atmosphere divorced from direct party political pressures . |
| 16 | In view of what you , Mr. Speaker , have had to say about the Consolidated Fund Bill , can you give some assurance that , if this matter about Maxwell and him laundering money is raised , you will ensure that people such as Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield will be given special tickets to sit in the Gallery so that they can hear the debate and so that they can draw the attention of various channels to the fact that perhaps Mr. Lightman should investigate the missing Maxwell millions , and perhaps we can find out whether Roger Windsor , Mr. Maxwell 's nark , was paid £50,000 out of the Daily Mirror 's missing millions . |
| 17 | And so although they were still the opposition , they could rarely be classified as ‘ real prigs ’ . |
| 18 | Core electrons are not normally involved in the bonding of the molecule , and so when they are ejected the resulting ions are usually formed in their vibrational ground states . |
| 19 | Some organic chlorine waste products ( dioxins ) are very toxic and difficult to break down and so when they are released into the sea and rivers they tend to build up causing local pollution . |
| 20 | And so when they changed the character to be twenty five in the film which w Mi Mike 's age , it totally changed the piece , totally and completely changed the piece . |
| 21 | And so if they er when normally there 's only one reason . |
| 22 | They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it . |
| 23 | Young Collins — he teaches Latin for his sins — reported to the Bodens when the coach got back to Comerbourne , not to complain of the kid , but so that they should n't be worried about his non-arrival . |