Example sentences of "[conj] so [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the November election of 1937 the Communists declared that " certain seats are being contested independently , but nowhere where so doing would endanger Labour seats " . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , his master , all eighteen or so stone of him would loll back on one of the side seats , making no effort to drive . |
| 3 | He trod on a patch of ice and slipped , falling down the dozen or so stone steps . |
| 4 | To the right of the lodge were a dozen or so stone steps leading to a half-moon beach . |
| 5 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 6 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 7 | BP is among the 40 or so member companies which subscribed to the formation of the training body . |
| 8 | Puzzles are abundant and are only put there to stop Zack walking freely around the 60 or so factory rooms . |
| 9 | The flaming Maryland had crashed a mile or so North of Dingli . |
| 10 | A mile or so north of Milford is the little town of Belper . |
| 11 | About four miles or so west of Castelnuovo is the estate of Curina with a 17th century villa and rural outhouses which have been tastefully restored . |
| 12 | So , are all forty or so law amendments to be booted swiftly into touch ? |
| 13 | Only those couple or so spelling mistakes , was n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | But he did not isolate or identify the substance , and for 12 years or so con fined his work to the use of crude extracts in selective culture media . |
| 15 | There , 50 or so textile mills produce what is widely acknowledged to be the finest wool cloth in the world . |
| 16 | In the village of Dara , Rafiq is a legal businessman , one of 50 or so hashish traders operating side by side with the gun dealers . |
| 17 | Material from a smallpox pustule is introduced into the body of the person to be protected , by a light scratch , The patient should then receive a light dose of smallpox , with only a dozen or so pox , and lifetime active immunity . |
| 18 | George himself has deservedly achieved the status of a guru , and a year or so back was made a part time professor of medical economics at the City University . |
| 19 | In most of the state 's 900 or so water districts farmers often have priority in the use of water . |
| 20 | In Great Britain there are around 2300 census districts each in the charge of a census officer ( usually a member of the local registration staff ) who controls specially recruited enumerators — one for each of the 110 000 or so enumeration districts . |
| 21 | After a dozen or so phone calls , we finally discovered that TSL had secured coverage on Sportschannel America , a national cable sports network which reaches approximately nine million households . |
| 22 | For the past 10 years or so ME have made all their fleece garments from material mainly sourced form the Far East . |
| 23 | They missed Delmonico 's by only a few blocks geographically but far more gastronomically — or so Maxim assumed since he also assumed that Delmonico 's did n't specialise in hamburgers and tuna sandwiches for the decorators working on the shop next door . |
| 24 | The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see . |
| 25 | LET'S Enjoy Your Car Life ’ is the slogan written in big English letters to lure customers into Autobacs Seven 's 300 or so service stations . |
| 26 | The spectators were all either lining the 18th hole or watching the drama on one of the hundred or so TV sets in the Hospitality Units . |
| 27 | Think instead about Quinta Paraiso da Mia , on the big sandy Luz Bay , just outside Lagos : a dozen or so apartment buildings linked by pathways in a shady garden , a minute 's walk from the beach . |
| 28 | He failed to obtain a Card at Montpelier last year finishing 66th , but his outstanding amateur record has earned him a dozen or so sponsor 's invites . |
| 29 | Lack of sleep , if the baby is demanding to be feed every two hours or so day and night , can be hell if it goes on for long . |
| 30 | Some 500 applications for Alpha machines are available now , and over 2,000 will be released in the near future by 1,000 or so software developers . |