Example sentences of "[num] [conj] so [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 2 | But experts warned computer users that Friday 13th viruses are only a tiny proportion of the 30 or so known types of virus which exist , and that they would be wise to keep taking precautions . |
| 3 | The Old English Pearmain , recorded in 1204 and so named because of its pear-like shape , was the main dessert apple until well into the eighteenth century . |
| 4 | It tied together Britain and the Six and so provided a potentially strong European dimension within NATO . |
| 5 | The ones able to secure ‘ sugar daddies ’ fooled the poor men into thinking that there was a Tiller rule that they only go out in twos and threes and so managed to get meals for their best friends as well . |
| 6 | The ecology wall charts were to be the most recent in a series of a dozen or so published by the Natural History Museum with sponsorship from BP and featured in their educational catalogue . |
| 7 | 5.1.2 if so required in writing by the Landlord to make such payments by banker 's order or credit transfer to any bank and account [ in the United Kingdom ] that the Landlord may from time to time nominate There may be occasions where the tenant would wish to withhold rent or claim a set-off and while the point is worth negotiating , clause 5.1.1 is otherwise not unreasonable . |
| 8 | The total number of Egyptian fighting men in Saudi Arabia is put at about 27,000 , with another 5,000 or so based in the United Arab Emirates . |
| 9 | Although not officially appointed locomotive superintendent until 1902 , Churchward was effectively in control of the locomotive , carriage , and wagon departments from 1899 and so continued until his retirement at the end of 1921 , with the new title of chief mechanical engineer from 1916 . |
| 10 | Sergio Benedetti , the Florentine chief restorer at the National Gallery in Dublin , has identified a ‘ Christ taken into Captivity ’ high on the walls of an Irish religious college as the missing original version ( of some ten or so known ) of ‘ Christ taken into Captivity ’ by Caravaggio . |
| 11 | Under pressure from the Serbian government , and sometimes violent attack by the 10,000 or so armed Serb toughs in the province , up to 100,000 people may have left Kosovo in the past couple of years . |
| 12 | I found some much-Tippexed poems typed on foolscap , plus about twenty or so printed A4 pages which looked like they were part of a play or film script . |
| 13 | Some of the 150 or so cast and production crew he gathered together at a local hotel broke down and wept as he confirmed their worst fears . |
| 14 | Down on Eagle Creek a hundred or so lit craft bob decoratively like candles in a Japanese water bowl . |