Example sentences of "so [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | To do so effectively requires a commitment from the teaching force — from headteacher to probationer . |
| 4 | The French , the Dutch , and the Spanish were ready to attack them , and over so widely scattered a set of islands the attacker would always find some weak spot to invade and devastate . |
| 5 | One prophet who so remarkably combines a rebuking with a strongly consoling side to his ministry is Isaiah , and in a beautiful passage ( Isaiah 50:4,5 ) about God 's communication to man he says this : |
| 6 | This , however , need not so much reflect a decline of the village as a social centre ( its past vitality has often been greatly exaggerated ) as the extension of a wider range of choice to those sections of the rural population whose ownership of a car or a motorcycle has granted them easier access to urban amenities . |
| 7 | They had spent so long reaching a place of safety , and were now so near . |
| 8 | So anyway have a look at page fifty six cos I promised you yesterday that I would take you through the verb if you were you know the things you would want to know about . |
| 9 | So just put a paragraph in , saying why you 've chosen this particular bit , and in fact , all of you can do that . |
| 10 | To avoid boredom one activity should not go on for too long , so always have a variety of activities ready . |
| 11 | It may be held by the most tenuous snag , so always have a belay from below . |
| 12 | Observations from Earth-based telescopes have so far revealed a wealth of spectral lines , from over 50 varieties of molecules in space , some of which are operating as natural masers . |
| 13 | It has so far reached a total of rather over half a million pounds . |
| 14 | Mr Patten is considering his future after rejecting any question of a by-election being created to return him to Westminster forthwith ; he has also so far declined a move to the House of Lords . |
| 15 | We have so far discussed a number of themes in conventional political theory . |
| 16 | We have so far considered a number of examples of persistent facies on a rather grand scale ; but there are more detailed examples of it which in their way are even more amazing . |
| 17 | Over have so far signed a petition in an attempt to save the hill from further housing . |
| 18 | Common factors uncovered so far include a history of carrying cargoes of coal and iron , and damage to the side of the ships ' holds . |
| 19 | And the extracts in the Mail so far give a foretaste of that other favourite British hobby , class warfare — hot stuff now because Mr Major and his friends say his detractors are snobs . |
| 20 | performing of street lighting er equipment , has to be conducted on site of basis , we have a system of scouting , the whole County is covered by paid scouts who every so often do a tour of their big network of units to ensure that there is , now one has to allow within the response time for the next cycle of |
| 21 | And what on earth was she herself playing at , crossing the urban wastes so regularly to teach a bunch of delinquent girls , a bunch of criminals , for £15.60 a night ? |
| 22 | She says everyone 's done so well to raise a quarter of a million pounds — we 're just wondering what we 're going to do next ! |
| 23 | So too did a number of James II 's Whig collaborators of 1687 – 8 : the Quaker , William Penn ; Penn 's associate , Charlwood Lawton ; the Independent divine , Stephen Lobb ; and the Presbyterian lawyer , Edward Nosworthy , another erstwhile member of the Green Ribbon Club . |
| 24 | So too did a handful of his closest friends though , for once , this was a rightly kept secret . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I also accept that if a ‘ Gillick competent ’ child under 16 has a right to refuse treatment , so too has a child over the age of 16 . |