Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Each additional storey may be given its own roof so that eventually the building looks like a Chinese pagoda .
2 One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral .
3 The front leg also bends at the knee , with the heel raised from the ground so that only the ball of the foot touches the floor ( a sort of tip-toe position ) .
4 That is , in periods of high unemployment , the government would expand aggregate demand : this would reduce the unemployment but at the same time tend to create inflationary pressure so that eventually the government would have to reduce aggregate demand again .
5 The clenched fist still swung at his side , and without easing his grip , he twisted her arm so that now the pain was terrible to endure .
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