Example sentences of "so [conj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 As the discipline develops , the amalgamation of groups of practitioners having particular issues as central becomes clearer , so that one might even talk of specific ‘ schools ’ within the discipline .
2 Burns triumphantly hijacks this image by extending the golden substance to the borders of manhood — ‘ a man 's a man for a ’ that' , so that one could properly ask for ‘ one man , one vote ’ .
3 There were fruit trees amongst the flowers , here a pear tree , there a currant bush , so that one could either smell a rose , crush a verbena , or eat a fruit ; there were borders of box , but also of sorrel and chibol ; and the stiff battalion of leeks , shallots , and garlic , the delicate pale-green foliage of the carrot , the aggressive steel-grey leaves of the artichokes , the rows of lettuce which always ran to seed too quickly .
4 There was no distraction other than a poignant roll of rags in which a baglady scuffled , and snow fell so that one could almost smell the cold .
5 Just by glancing at the first chapter of the book you feel a sort of ‘ zing ’ that brings them together , so much so that one could never rate one higher than the other .
6 This may be due to financial restrictions on travel but also because of the prevalence today of nationwide state societies in even ‘ primitive ’ areas so that one can no longer study ‘ simple ’ societies in isolation .
7 For instance , the whole episode of the homosexual 's gingerly desperate ‘ coming out ’ in a hostile society is achieved in a genuinely moving manner , so that one can easily forgive the hesitancies and lack of narrative drive that is sometimes apparent elsewhere .
8 Thus the bits will fit together after fracture so that one can often glue a broken vase together quite plausibly .
9 But one need not believe that God revealed God 's self at a particular point in history , so that one need necessarily make reference to that point in history in one 's religion .
10 Caroline Morrell , from OCADU , do you want to press your button , Caroline , so that everybody will please sit down normally and naturally , and maybe moved a bit closer to you , they 'll pick up what you 're saying .
11 Remembering the close encounter near Maralal , we arranged for an armed park ranger to accompany us , so that we would also be protected in case of emergency .
12 The money we shall earn will just about keep us in clothes and stamps , so that we 'll never be able to afford holidays together because of the huge train fares .
13 About two million acres of waste have been enclosed by act since 1700 , so that we may reasonably assume that at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were about seven million acres of ‘ waste ’ all told rather than the ten million estimated by Gregory King .
14 Erm so that we may well have to link in to the training programme and go back and check , for instance in three where I 've talked about the business plans .
15 All that we ask is for sufficient land so that we may then help ourselves .
16 Erm so that we could actually produce about two hundred annual reports if we wanted , but we
17 Er we moved over to using ASCII so that we could actually hand edit them and and look at them .
18 ‘ He was always moving the goalposts so that we could never anticipate what he wanted . ’
19 We had to keep them heading out to sea as long as possible , so that we could fully clear it on our return tack .
20 Backing up Bedu admirably were Rita and Jean , who worked hard and paced us well , so that we could still walk after hours of exercise .
21 It is that reason can come to play a central part in one 's life , so that we can properly talk of ‘ a life of reason ’ .
22 Our testing system measures meaningful data from power tubes under actual performance conditions so that we can closely match the tonal characteristics and produce a set of tubes with consistency of performance , better harmonic balance , more sustain and longer usable life .
23 I 'll borrow my brother 's Lambretta so that we can just sit for a whole hour and then I 'll drive you home .
24 Where , he asked , do we discover that there is some kind of necessary connection between two events , so that we can confidently affirm that A ‘ causes ’ B ?
25 On Rockhill Farm because the land has already been the farmer has already been compensated by the addition of extra land so that we can easily accommodate a gipsy site in that particular spot .
26 In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time .
27 So that we can perhaps get
28 That 's reach a common understanding which reflects the realities of a relationship we enjoy at the present day so that we can all get on with the task of serving our members and forming a Labour government .
29 Just erm before you do and so that we can all follow where we 're getting to erm what witnesses are you going to call ?
30 of the label , okay so that we can actually and put it actually in the bag , so that when these things go off as they would do to their to the the various specialists who actually know more about pottery know more about bones and can do a more detailed analysis , still know where they 're from .
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