Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter .
2 The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy .
3 ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view .
4 In contrast , in smaller and more informal gatherings such as house Masses , the power this can release has often been experienced so impressively that one wonders whether the new liturgy was not given to the Church prophetically , with a view to new circumstances which were to come , but which till now have been realized only unevenly .
5 Cassie , who by now was trembling so violently that she could not trust herself to lift the loaded tray , said lightly : ‘ Take the tray , will you , Jenny ?
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