Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [conj] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , with a firm the size of Stevenson 's , working on up to fifty contracts for a dozen or so companies , there could never be so dead a reckoning that the final moment could be named with certainty . |
| 2 | Except where the bureaucracy rules through the military and so itself constitutes the executive branch of government , the executive and bureaucracy should not be confused . |
| 3 | The Ukrainian settlement in the north west has always been close-knit and Ivan Solowka soon found himself running a club for the 20 or so families in Middleton . |
| 4 | While SUGA is mainly a group for social events and self-help , the local carers officer , help members to plan sessions on careers guidance for the 50 or so members . |
| 5 | But within a few years , before the majority of LEAs could submit their schemes for departmental approval , a combination of factors forced the closure of the half-dozen or so schools which had opened . |
| 6 | Half of all personal income is exempted from taxation as a result of the hundred or so tax allowances , or , more accurately , tax benefits . |
| 7 | 130 beta NT copies are now with UK corporates , a further 2,500 will be delivered this month : at least 10% of the 45,000 or so NT developer kits shipped worldwide have landed in the UK . |
| 8 | I think he scored about 9 goals in the 5 or so matches he played in the youth cup , and 2 more in the senior ! |
| 9 | The main reason why the long-run Phillips curve may have a negative slope is that workers may continue to suffer from money illusion in the long-run and so be prepared to accept money wage increases which fall short of the actual inflation rate . |
| 10 | It is not generally known that nearly 90% of the 3,500 or so complaints received yearly are cleared up by the secretariat without the need for disciplinary action . |
| 11 | Chiefly the collection covers the period from the eighteenth-century until the early part of the twentieth-century and so covers the most interesting period in the history of the city . |
| 12 | Facts such as the deceased woman 's maiden name , the birthplace of the deceased and so on will all be needed , as will the person 's national insurance number , state benefit books and NHS card . |
| 13 | At present , almost 80% of the 280 or so necessary legislative measures have been adopted and by the end of the year it is expected to be 90% . |
| 14 | Equally , not all the big Healeys were Alpine Rally competitors or howling club racers , and British as the car was , the majority of the 17,700 or so MkIIIs that completed the series also went to the US , where the sun shone a bit more often . |
| 15 | Such states were a majority of the twenty or so units making up political Europe . |
| 16 | He had agreed to the live radio interview readily enough , probably expecting it to run the course of a dozen or so others he 'd done over the past couple of years . |
| 17 | Perhaps by then the Government may have some strategy that will provide work for the million or so unemployed that it overlooks while compiling the official figures . |
| 18 | She can barely move in her Gloucestershire home for the 200 or so ticking treasures jostling for space on the walls , mantelpieces and floors — anywhere where there 's a minute space to be had . |
| 19 | But experts warned computer users that Friday 13th viruses are only a tiny proportion of the 30 or so known types of virus which exist , and that they would be wise to keep taking precautions . |
| 20 | So a female quail does not begin to incubate her clutch of a dozen or so eggs until it is complete , and that may not be for a fortnight after the first was laid . |
| 21 | This is usually done by a guillotine that cuts back a bundle of a dozen or so plants at a time , and it is not unusual to find the cut ends chopped and bruised rather roughly . |
| 22 | One of the major demands of the RENFE unions , achieved in 1984 , was the inclusion of the 1,500 or so higher management staff within the scope of annual collective agreements . |
| 23 | Warren Christopher and his officials at the State Department pre-negotiated a sequence of intricate concessions — the return of some deportees , subtle changes in the ground-rules — that let Israel get the Palestinians talking again despite the non-repatriation of the 400 or so alleged militants Israel expelled in December . |
| 24 | I spent an interesting afternoon on the telephone trying to elicit the names and addresses of the managing directors of the half-dozen or so biggest DIY chains . |
| 25 | Furthermore , since there are now well-established Caribbean communities in a dozen or so English cities , each with a slightly different population distribution and distinct needs , any attempt to discuss the language behaviour of Caribbeans in Britain will need to consider each community separately . |
| 26 | When the 60-strong Troop was reduced through casualties to the 38 or so of an infantry platoon , their handling was very similar . |
| 27 | It was a show of force which appeared somewhat out of proportion to the 200 or so trade unionists who turned up outside the court . |
| 28 | The Germans reckon it wise to keep tabs on the 350,000 or so Russian troops still in the east — guests , as it were — until the end of 1994 , when the last one is due to have gone home . |
| 29 | It was home to a million or so settlers of European origin , the so-called " pieds noirs " . |
| 30 | The illusion of success was maintained only because the group 's high share price enabled it to buy companies on the cheap and so keep pushing up total profits and earnings per share . |