Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] [subord] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only do the results have no bearing on rankings — and therefore do not matter — but they are forgotten so far as historical records are concerned almost before the players have walked off the court . |
| 2 | Such prejudices will flourish so long as hard facts are unavailable , and facts about sex in schools are practically non-existent because no education authority is likely to commission research on the subject . |
| 3 | He had taken the money to pay off debts and had continued to do so even when bereaved relatives were desperate for cash to pay undertakers ' bills . |
| 4 | He had taken the money to pay off debts and had continued to do so even when bereaved relatives were desperate for cash to pay undertakers ' bills . |
| 5 | We have no intention to emigrate so far as present plans are concerned . |
| 6 | In spite of the clammy heat , shoppers began to hurry , but the rain which fell so readily when rainy days preceded it , now , after a fortnight 's drought , held off as if it could only be squeezed out as a result of some acute and agonising pressure . |
| 7 | He knew that his parents were disappointed in him , although they never said so openly since oblique hints were just as effective : ‘ Mrs Reilly keeps on asking me , what is Neil doing ? |