Example sentences of "so [adv] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time that I heard that argument so brazenly presented was by Mr. Neville Chamberlain 's spokesman before the war . |
| 2 | This neutralised the efforts of the consortium since all funds committed so far had been for the purchase of the collection intact ; they could not be used for individual sale bids or any subsequent related negotiations . |
| 3 | Someone moved , close by , someone whose approach so far had been in silence , and she quickly took her hand away . |
| 4 | THE best sermon I have so far heard was on the subject of ‘ ontological anxiety ’ . |
| 5 | The highest counts so far recorded are of c. 2,400 on 13 October 1973 , and 2,480 on 25 September 1976 . |
| 6 | This usually involves over 1,000 birds , and the highest count so far recorded was of 1,535 in Chichester Harbour on 30 January 1972 . |
| 7 | Most of the JMU visits so far have been to practices of this size . |
| 8 | However , the emphasis in the project so far has been on formulating these individual solutions rather than on co-ordinating them . |
| 9 | Most of the NII 's work so far has been on an earlier ‘ reference design ’ , which has now been superseded by a ‘ contract ’ design . |
| 10 | The accent so far has been on production and we need to spread its use in the commercial , R&T and other support functions . |
| 11 | The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing . |
| 12 | Most of the gas discovered so far has been from the Z2 Carbonate but a few finds have also been made from the Z3 Carbonate in the western Netherlands and the adjacent offshore area , and gas is present in both the Z1 and Z2 Carbonates in Scram . |
| 13 | Krystom 's main impact so far has been in catching carp , the Independent readers of the fish world . |
| 14 | We estimate the cost of this campaign so far has been in excess of £20,000 . |
| 15 | Her career so far has been in publishing , and , following the birth of her son James in 1982 , this has enabled her to work from home . |
| 16 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 17 | The last time Hambros was so well placed was in 1986 when it advised on another mega-bid , by Hanson for Imperial Group . |
| 18 | After a long searching , entangled in other happenings , detained by pointless encounters far from the village , I wake , and that place whose spirit so often but always so briefly has been within my reach , is once more lost forever . |
| 19 | It was odd , Hope thought , as he lay deeply sunk in the great feather mattress , how perfect and desirable such a dowry would so recently have been to John — for Mary was the only child and it was apparent that the landlord would give her everything . |