Example sentences of "so [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Nigeria I only knew of Guinness as the stout and Harp lager so I have been surprised by the diversity of the company , ’ reflects . |
| 2 | Our club membership consists of a large number of ‘ Taffs ’ , so we have been shocked and horrified that the W.R.U . |
| 3 | Mr Tony Cove , Pilkington 's public relations manager , said : ‘ Fortunately we opened a new production line recently and the building industry is down on its orders at the moment , so we have been able to cope . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Fortunately we have been investing heavily in new plant and equipment , so we have been able to respond quickly to this rapid demand growth . ’ |
| 5 | We have been having lovely weather , so we have been able to get out quite a lot . |
| 6 | There is nothing left either in womanpower or funds to devote to blowing our own trumpet , so we have been unable to impress you with the extent and importance of our work . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been putting 150 years of empirical behaviour onto one program so there have been inevitable delays , ’ he said . |
| 8 | All the staff , including senior management are new to the Burger King system so there have been several teething problems . |
| 9 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |