Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then why have you developed your powers of hearing so acutely that you are able to detect the click of the gate and the snap of the letter-box , even above the roaring of that vacuum cleaner ? ‘ |
| 2 | As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky . |
| 3 | But there are many teachers in many schools who feel the need to break out of the cycle of crisis management and low morale so keenly that they are prepared to make those commitments . |
| 4 | They do it so rarely that it is good for them . |
| 5 | She blinked at that , something she did so rarely that it was noticeable . |
| 6 | On the other hand , felids digest the molars of their prey so effectively that they are extreme members of category 5 or even could be put into another category , 6 , on their own ( Fig. 3. 21D-E ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Filmophone ’ records were made of various colours of plastic , and had low surface-noise combined with great ruggedness ; but within a short time they warped so badly that they were unplayable . |
| 8 | We play football and I score a goal , mainly because everyone except Stewpid is playing so badly that it 's difficult to miss … . |
| 9 | Hamlet treats her so badly because he is angry at her lack of willpower against Claudius , the man he hates . |
| 10 | She loved Roman so much that she was jealous of the air he breathed . |
| 11 | Forty years ago , one of De Gaulle 's greatest admirers , the writer , Franois Mauriac , summed up typical French distrust after nearly a century of conflict by saying that he loved Germany so much that he was glad there were two of them . |
| 12 | Advent signals values : that God loved us so much that he was willing to enter upon an adventure that cost him the death of his Son . |
| 13 | She loved him so much that it was painful to just stand there watching him , and her eyes filled with easy tears . |
| 14 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 15 | If she is wise , she will soon get the message , and think to herself ‘ Oh well , so long as they 're happy , that 's all that matters ’ — an attitude that has been the saving grace of many mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships . |
| 16 | Health Authority do cause such measures ( including , if so required to prolong his life , artificial ventilation ) to be applied to [ J. ] for so long as they are capable of prolonging his life . |
| 17 | The order which he in fact made was against the health authority requiring it to ‘ cause such measures ( including , if so required to prolong his life , artificial ventilation ) to be applied to [ the child ] for so long as they are capable of prolonging his life . ’ |
| 18 | In my experience , babies are remarkably placid through all sorts of family rows , so long as they are warm and well fed ; while they will infallibly disrupt the most harmonious scene if they have a pain . ’ |
| 19 | Museum curators are the richest — so long as they are government-funded |
| 20 | I do n't necessarily has to be a mother and father I think , so long as they are good role models that they have . |
| 21 | Such goods do not need to be durable or aesthetic , so long as they are hygienic and functional . |
| 22 | It is easy to perceive that so long as this group of entrepreneurs is active in the market , and so long as they are alert to the changing prices their own activity brings about , the market process can proceed in an entirely normal fashion . |
| 23 | Court reports in newspapers and on radio and television are absolutely privileged under s3 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 so long as they are fair and accurate , and are published as soon as is reasonably practicable , having regard to the schedules of the newspaper or broadcasting organisation . |
| 24 | Cash limits are a healthy discipline for departments so long as they are realistic and are not used as a form of clandestine cuts in services . |
| 25 | The conditions are not limited to such matters and the timing of the procession or the numbers who may participate , so long as they are referable to the purposes mentioned . |
| 26 | The purpose of looking at Hansard will not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear . |
| 27 | Finally , in rejecting the submission that relaxing the exclusionary rule could amount to the courts questioning proceedings in Parliament contrary to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights , Lord Browne-Wilkinson observed that ‘ the purpose of looking at Hansard could not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear ’ . |
| 28 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 29 | Institutions are viewed as expressions of collective purposes which maintain vitality so long as they are able to maintain a clear sense of purpose . |
| 30 | He therefore directed that if J. were to suffer a life-threatening event while in the health authority 's care and the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority should cause such measures ( including artificial ventilation ) to be applied so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |