Example sentences of "continue [to-vb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seem likely to continue to do so even after the reserve policy has been replaced by an interim policy of providing maintained protection for a list of specific products with the potential to compete with foreign products . |
| 2 | We shall not only survive but continue to grow so long as we give value for money , retain our record of innovation and flexibility , keep the confidence and goodwill of our clients and ensure that we have the best possible range of materials , methods and people in the industry . |
| 3 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 4 | But there can not be complacency in Downing Street or satisfaction in the country as long as the unemployment figures continue to rise so sharply . |
| 5 | He had taken the money to pay off debts and had continued to do so even when bereaved relatives were desperate for cash to pay undertakers ' bills . |
| 6 | He had taken the money to pay off debts and had continued to do so even when bereaved relatives were desperate for cash to pay undertakers ' bills . |
| 7 | Throughout the country the property boom ( Marriott , 1967 ) of the fifties and sixties , posed a set of new challenges for aesthetic control , and has continued to do so since . |
| 8 | The ladies ' sighs of relief , as the sound of their partners ' cars disappeared with distance , indicated that the gentlemen would certainly not be missed , as long as the flood of money engendered by the discovery of oil in Alberta continued to flow so gratifyingly into their joint bank accounts during the boom years of the 1950s . |
| 9 | But Allied and neutral losses continued to mount so steeply that the Germans supposed a further five months would see Great Britain subdued . |
| 10 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 11 | If he continues to play so well , he will be remembered as a ‘ great ’ batsman . |
| 12 | If he continues to play so well , he will be remembered as a ‘ great ’ batsman . |
| 13 | Upon the upper surface of this deposit , stalagmitic floors formed , and continued to do so intermittently and in different parts of the cave , until a further inflow of material entered the cave between 80,000 and 30,000 years ago . |
| 14 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 15 | Not only men , but women and children too knitted stockings , socks , shirts , gloves , cravats and other fabrics on a frame in their cottage and continued to do so long after steam power had been applied to their craft during the middle years of the nineteenth century . |
| 16 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
| 17 | Never assume because your dog does respond properly in its own environment that it will continue to do so elsewhere . |
| 18 | This has served us well in the past and continues to do so now . |
| 19 | A War Wagon can continue to fight so long as there is at least one crew member left alive . |
| 20 | A unit only continues to operate so long as it is successful . |