Example sentences of "so [adv] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had several squares of very heavy , dark grey woollen cloth which Mum told me came from her own great grandmother 's cloak , so presumably could well have dated back to the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | So rarely can you actually mess up a document in such a way that is totally irretrievable than the way in which things look . |
| 3 | This pond would be linked to the present pond through the header pools , so effectively would be an extension and not a separate stand-alone pond . |
| 4 | Those who have denounced the pro-contraceptionists so bitterly should remember their own dictums , that Protestants — like embryos ought to have rights too . |
| 5 | So much will be strange to it ; strange sights , strange sounds , strange everything . |
| 6 | So much can depend on the kind of expectation on which an arrangement is entered upon . |
| 7 | So much can be conveyed by putting your arms around someone 's shoulders or giving them a kiss . |
| 8 | So much can be learned by watching and copying . |
| 9 | Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ? |
| 10 | A simple statement to explain why Charles was staying away so long would have been better than nothing . |
| 11 | So long would it take twelve men . |
| 12 | He gives them tremendous know-how , and the fact that he has been out for so long wo n't affect him . |
| 13 | I felt relief that someone who had known Marie Claire for so long should share my opinion of her . |
| 14 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 15 | ‘ La Malfa 's resignation just shows that anyone who has been involved in government for so long can be involved ( in corruption ) , however pure he may claim to be , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Kenneth Oxford , the Chief Constable of Merseyside , prophesies that ‘ the freedom and way of life we have been accustomed to for so long will vanish ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ The freedom and way of life we have been accustomed to enjoy for so long will vanish ’ , Kenneth Oxford , Chief Constable of Merseyside , prophesied in 1977 ; ‘ what we are experiencing is not a passing phenomenon but a continuing process of change in our way of life … our customary ways of behaving and our traditional values are being radically modified . ’ |
| 18 | We may now hope that , with the rebirth of our own mythology from music , the abstractions and the shallow optimism that have degraded the German genius for so long will make way for a new strength and joyful seriousness . |
| 19 | As long as we go on subsidising house purchase to make buying and selling so enormously profitable , and to make renting unprofitable for landlords and for tenants , so long will the rented sector continue to decline . |
| 20 | A statement warned : ‘ So long as the SDLP continue to exercise a veto on political progress in Ulster , courtesy of IRA violence , and so long as Sinn Fein/IRA continue to act as the military wing of Irish nationalism , then so long will our war against them continue and intensify . ’ |
| 21 | So so would n't one normally , if they were that bad , refuse them . |
| 22 | So so let's say you 've got a light bulb . |
| 23 | I said , so so shall we actually save each other time , and we 'll both come in with reasonable , reasonable , till we open our pay , you know , erm , stand-points , and he said , yeah , all right . |
| 24 | So so can we ask the clerk to look into that and couple it with |
| 25 | To this end , students must live for their work : " So only can they make themselves accepted leaders ; so only can they aspire to form a part of that priesthood of humanity to whose commands the world will yield obedience . " |
| 26 | To this end , students must live for their work : " So only can they make themselves accepted leaders ; so only can they aspire to form a part of that priesthood of humanity to whose commands the world will yield obedience . " |
| 27 | However , agencies are subject to inspection and statutory control by the Health Authority , and so generally can be relied upon for a high standard of service . |
| 28 | So anyway wo n't bother you . |
| 29 | It 's got ta be there somewhere so just let's and find it . |
| 30 | Conscious that British audiences were almost wholly uninterested in British films , some members of the industry increased their efforts to secure through persuasion and publicity what the films so patently could not . |