Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] so [adv] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the investor , however , multiplicity creates opportunity , and the next Bookish Portfolio stands to prosper so long as the creative process is allowed to flower . |
| 2 | Building materials are currently running a small surplus , but imports far outstripped exports in the housing boom of the late 1980s and can be expected to do so again when the construction industry picks up . |
| 3 | They seem likely to continue to do so even after the reserve policy has been replaced by an interim policy of providing maintained protection for a list of specific products with the potential to compete with foreign products . |
| 4 | Indeed , even without having to go so far as the Commission of the European Communities did at the hearing in arguing that registration itself already constitutes a form of establishment , it must be observed that in any event registration is a precondition for taking up and pursuing activities in the fisheries sector . |
| 5 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 6 | And sometimes they decide to do so just because the alternatives seem so appalling . |
| 7 | However it must be worth trying to do so especially if a senior employee has received independent legal advice before entering the agreement and has been specifically compensated ( as is common in the USA ) for accepting the restraint . |
| 8 | Finally , if misconstruction is to be avoided , it may be useful for legislation to explain how gradation is intended to operate so far as the charging and prosecution of offences is concerned . |