Example sentences of "so it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the crack gets longer however these conditions are reversed and beyond the ‘ critical Griffith length ’ lg , the crack is producing more energy than it is consuming , so it may start to run away in an explosive manner . |
| 2 | On the other hand , he points out that Devlin had in fact answered the question in the affirmative , and had justified this response by suggesting that , just as society can take steps to preserve itself against acts of treason , then so it may protect itself from attacks on established morality , for this too can threaten society 's existence . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ Jolande wants me to be at the birth , so it may mean missing the Masters . |
| 4 | In addition , exercise does help to control the appetite so it may help you to reduce your intake — thus bringing about a weight loss in an indirect way . |
| 5 | They may need reminding of what to do , so it may help to talk them through it . |
| 6 | Good arrangements and an eye for detail can only be achieved with practice , so it may help to have a few guidelines to follow in the first place , if only to act as a spring board for producing interesting and unusual ideas of your own . |
| 7 | Big buttons are easier than small ones , so it may save time as well as tempers if you replace small buttons with something a bit more chunky . |
| 8 | But beware — this pair of local bus slots is proprietary , so it may prove difficult to get any other cards to work with this system . |
| 9 | ‘ But I suppose nothing closes overnight , so it may get some use . ’ |
| 10 | Real travellers will have discovered that most taxi drivers have only a cursory grasp of English so it may come as a surprise to learn that foreign cabbies ‘ drive at breakneck speed ’ while talking eloquently of ‘ local proverbs and giving handy hints about what to buy in the local market . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 12 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
| 13 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 14 | But this is sugar cane country so it may have been designed with that in mind . |
| 15 | ‘ So it may have been , but things are different now . |
| 16 | For one thing , the victuallers were never able to secure a majority on the council , and for another , a substantial number of the men in the victualling guilds had other interest — grocers and fishmongers were among the most important wool exporters at this period and one does not know how far individuals actually practised the trade of their own guild — so it may have been less in their interest than has sometimes been thought to keep food prices high ( 84 , pp.251–3 ; 104 , pp.77–80 ; 109 ) . |
| 17 | Just as an animal without previous experience may respond to a complex stimulus , so it may produce a complex set of movements in response to a stimulus . |
| 18 | Self-esteem or pride gives the horse confidence to try and get what it wants or needs ; and success increases the horse 's confidence further so it may dare to try and win against greater odds — whether it be stronger horses , an adverse environment , or dominant people . |
| 19 | The heater matrix on the SIII commonly blocks up if it is used with hard water so it may need cleaning out by a radiator specialist or replacing as flushing with cleaning chemicals is not very effective . |
| 20 | But where the strings pass through the body , the holes have opened up , so it may need a new wooden bridge plate or something placed underneath the table . |
| 21 | I needed to fly dead into wind approaching the pilot , but keeping him on my right , and I 'd drop the dinghy slightly upwind of him so it would blow downwind to him . |
| 22 | I love shops anyway , so it would make sense to stock products that do n't damage the environment . ’ |
| 23 | More gardens to the left , so it would make sense to suppose that you 'd come in from the right , leaving your car in the road at the end of the row . |
| 24 | ‘ So it would appear . |
| 25 | ‘ So it would appear . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ So it would appear . ’ |
| 27 | Still , it sounded like a fascinating challenge , and she 'd never been to Sheffield before , so it would give her an opportunity to see another little bit of the world . |
| 28 | In the middle of the circle was one hut that had a better roof than the others , so it would keep out the wind and the rain . |
| 29 | However , their initial charge is 6% , so it would take a while to get any return on your money ! |
| 30 | Come back safely , ’ and when they were all specks in the distant twilight and the savage pandemonium of their leaving no more than a muted throbbing , she had sent her love high and wide so it would find her lover in that vast , uncaring sky . |