Example sentences of "so [adv] be [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ryan 's final chapters show that progress in this field will not so much be a threat to novelists , as a potentially rewarding challenge for narratologists . |
| 2 | Then conscience would not so much be a faculty of intuiting truths as a God-given power within us which — if put in control — will steer us in a particular direction , when it comes to choosing between ourselves and others . |
| 3 | I shall draw a comparison with the Act that I mentioned earlier , whose survival for so long is a sign of its success — that establishing the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 4 | Are you saying that , in fact , not having had sex for so long is a problem for you ? ’ |
| 5 | How he had put up with my attitude for so long is a mystery to me . |
| 6 | One of our Committee members , the Rev. Ray Arnold , gave a short address and dedication , saying that enterprises like this one can so easily be a flash in the pan , but this one has surmounted its problems so far and achieved much . |
| 7 | Psychiatry can so easily be a technique of brainwashing , of inducing behaviour that is adjusted , by ( preferably ) non-injurious torture … . |
| 8 | Getting the newcomer to the Broken Drum so easily was a stroke of luck , no doubt of it , and Ymor would probably reward him . |
| 9 | The fact that the City was able to resume normal business so quickly is a tribute to the adequacy of the contingency planning . |
| 10 | So near , so near was the freedom of the sky … but across such a terrible void of fear . |
| 11 | That is , continuous dynamic dealing with minor perturbations is automatic and so also is the application of basic rules about safety ; for example , the system or some part of it might be programmed to go through a step-change function such as a shut-down if certain parameters exceed prescribed limits . |
| 12 | With a bank deposit it is relatively easy for the holder to recover the money balance , risk is low and so also is the rate of return . |
| 13 | The ASB has not yet pronounced on any of the last three issues ( other than in a very preliminary way for securitisation ) , so the only real test so far is the treatment of extraordinary items , which we will take a look at . |
| 14 | The mania for forming industry consortia is getting so out of hand that a group of leading manufacturers , software developers and vendors are coming together to make some sense of it and eliminate duplicated effort by creating a single consortium to which everyone will be invited to belong : there is no confirmation of suggestions that the idea was the first initiative from new IBM Corp chief Louis Gerstner , who accedes to the top job today , but we hear that the army of companies is still bogged down arguing about what to call the thing — the best they 've dreamed up so far is the Consortium for Object-oriented Methods and Programming for the Unix Terminal and Enterprise-wide Recasting of Interactive Networked Database Undertakings with Software Transitioning and Revision for Y'all , but they ca n't find a snappy acronym to fit the words . |
| 15 | The cumulative revenue from these is represented by the area under the last graph , that of product D. The provision of the data so far is the responsibility of the marketing/sales function . |
| 16 | But do remember , what we 've talked about so far is the Sale Of Goods Act . |
| 17 | One aspect we have not mentioned so far is the matter of model trim . |
| 18 | Probably the most successful ‘ biopesticide ’ so far is the family of Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) toxins ( see p44 ) . |
| 19 | Left unremarked in the discussion so far is the irony of the place of criminal punishment in a system which emphasizes conciliatory control based upon compliance . |
| 20 | The cycle of infection outlined so far is the pathway of acute viral infection , as in rabies or influenza , in which rapid replication is followed by the release of new viruses to attack other cells . |
| 21 | The only hiccup so far was the collapse of one span of a flyover at York Road . |
| 22 | EC proposals could favour the UK coal industry , so now 's the time for British Coal to gain an edge by shaking off its outdated image . |
| 23 | The flaunting of symbols has so often been the occasion for counter-demonstrations and rioting that the government has often banned parades or re-routed them away from particularly sensitive areas . |
| 24 | For Godwin taught that one should ignore even the most obvious emotions , such as filial piety and gratitude : ‘ Gratitude — a principle which has so often been the theme of the moralist and the poet , is no part of either justice or virtue . ’ |
| 25 | Home and dry — that should be your aim for winter — so here 's a look at some damp-proofing products which can help |
| 26 | Beefeater menus change to match the season , so here 's a preview of some of the special dishes and wines we 'll be featuring from June 10th alongside traditional favourites . |
| 27 | So here is an opportunity for ‘ abbreviated ’ interpretative biography . |
| 28 | So here was an instance of the son of a local worthy insisting on recording his name differently from his father , making sure the charge was not described as a mangonel , and further trying to ensure that any of his father 's descendants who sought to use the arms should spell their name Magnall , a form from which it is difficult if not impossible to divine the relevance and punning nature of the heraldic charge . |
| 29 | So deep was the contrast between Gunnell and her rivals that her victory seemed a more significant moment than even Linford Christie 's unblinking run to 100m gold . |
| 30 | So deep was the division on the " entrist tactic " that the unified body reached the compromise of working within the Labour Party for a period and then withdrawing for a time and continuing independent activity . |