Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 His legs are so long that when the rear tyre breaks away he can pick the bike up so quickly because he 's already on it .
2 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 .
3 I know that when I see the books of a hitherto-collected writer being grouped in a catalogue in half-dozens and tens , instead of being offered singly , he is on the way out so far as the collecting world counts for anything .
4 It describes the present position but draws attention under the heading De-materialisation of Listed Securities to the aims of the TAURUS project which may be achieved shortly after this edition is published and which will change the position markedly so far as concerns fully paid securities of listed companies .
5 It falls foul of one of the cardinal principles of the law of trusts : the principle of benefit , which states that a person can be validly appointed a trustee only so far as he has received benefits intended by the settlor under the settlor 's will .
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