Example sentences of "[coord] so [adv] [vb base] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Two miles or so past Tintagel the path drops down to Trebawith Strand .
2 In these papers , all kinds of non- and extra-philosophical activities become the basis for philosophical reflection , for instance menstruation and childbirth ( Brenda Almond 's paper ) ; a gut reaction to pornography ( Alison Assiter 's paper ) ; the fantasies that disturb because of their apparently unfeminist nature Jean Grimshaw 's paper ) ; and nonviolent demonstrations against missile bases ( Anne Seller 's paper ) ; the point in each case being that these experiences are the starting point , because their importance did not seem to be recognised within the theoretical categories already provided , and so urgently impel the theorist to work out categories that are more adequate .
3 When you listen to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sweeping aside concerns about the decision to put VAT on fuel bills with a casual assertion that it will help the national debt and so ultimately benefit every consumer , it gives you the clearest possible indication of how divorced this government has become from the concerns of millions of electors .
4 This is lost soon after laying commences in April or early May — which is a shame , because most people visit the sea-bird colonies in summer , and so rarely see a shag in all its glory .
5 Such official intervention may in theory reduce the degree of exchange rate volatility , and so partially reduce the uncertainty in world trade that might result from a free float .
6 Locks , security staff , police , prisons , the mass media , insurance cover , safes and so on reflect the extent of crime .
7 At the opposite end of the pole there is the view of sociology as a completely objective , non-evaluative discipline , a way of looking at societies and developing knowledge about social behaviour , in which opinions or perspectives on policy-making , the solution of problems , and so on have no place .
8 The nature and character of unity , twoness , threeness and so on underlie the whole of existence .
9 The Vicar of Bistre , the Rev Jason Kennett-Orpwood , said yesterday : ‘ We 've now written to the whole council , and so too have a lot of the parishioners , to ask it to reconsider .
10 The cost of transit necessarily restricts the development of these quarries , and the introduction of Railway communication would afford such facilities for despatch , and so much reduce the cost of delivery , that a large increase in the out-put [ sic ] of this mineral ( for which there is a constant demand ) would undoubtedly follow .
11 An overall limit to the offline ‘ transfers pending ’ is specified in the configuration file to avoid overloading the offline system with automatically generated transfer requests and so adversely affect the LIFESPAN file store consumption .
12 The jail demands not only that the prisoners change , but so too do the prison officers .
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