Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] so [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in choosing between two alternative sets of pleasure one can not necessarily decide which is preferable by an arithmetical calculation , nor could one necessarily do so even if one was omniscient . |
| 2 | Finally , a reminder about circular knitting given in figure 2 will only work so long as there is n't a punchcard in the card reader . |
| 3 | Because if not , you 'd better say so now and I 'll go away and never bother you again . |
| 4 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 5 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 6 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 7 | Such a population , especially if the average size of a family continues to diminish , calls for more looking after , medically and physically , than an equal population of lower average age : it does not die so cheaply and it does not , medically speaking , survive so cheaply . |
| 8 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 9 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 10 | you 're five eight you 're five eight , you stand , you st I do n't think same size as my mum I do n't think so somehow cos my mums five eight and my mums erm quite tall |
| 11 | I 'll , I 'll ask this other girl who I do n't know so well but I 'm sure if she 's going that way , she , you know , she 's in that area anyway . |
| 12 | erm but I would say , on the whole , my guess is that there are many girls that perhaps could go into science and could make contributions to science but do n't do so simply because their families do n't understand it and the schools do n't support them . |
| 13 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 14 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 15 | They do n't forget so easily where I come from . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't seem so long since his birthdee , do it ? ’ |
| 17 | But do n't get so tiddly that you keep hiccoughing , or giggle all the way through , especially at your own jokes before you reach the punchline . |
| 18 | They should n't drive so fast because their car is n't worth as much as a child 's life . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope that remark does n't imply that you would n't care so much if she was a nasty person . |
| 20 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |
| 21 | You must never diet so quickly that you lose the muscle tissue that gives your body its shape , firmness , and definition . |