Example sentences of "[adv] so [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share . |
2 | Furthermore s. 2(4) European Communities Act 1972 provides that any Act of the Westminster Parliament shall be presumed not to conflict with EEC legislation , and will be given effect only so far as it does not conflict with the EEC legislation . |
3 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
4 | Paschal 's grant of 1103 certainly extended the primacy to Anselm 's successors , but only so far as it had been ‘ enjoyed by Anselm 's predecessors ’ . |
5 | I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me . |
6 | Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ? |
7 | ‘ Just so long as it does n't get in here . ’ |
8 | Any word could follow any other word , just so long as it matched the phonetic input description . |
9 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
10 | By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank . |
11 | And summed up so well that it came to far more |
12 | The feeling sent the adrenalin rushing around so fast that it threatened to wear me out before I got to my destination . |