Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] it [vb past] to " in BNC.

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1 The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share .
2 On 19 June 1841 the spire of St Michael 's was struck by lightning so severely that it had to be taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £84 , paid for by the Buxtons .
3 Things happened in this period that profoundly influenced sociological thinking in particular , and especially in so far as it related to crime and criminals ; they led to a comprehensive rejection of the most cherished principles of positivist criminology .
4 Simon Brown J. cited no authority for this dictum , so far as it related to the possibility of supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court over the visitors to the Inns of Court , but it was cited to us as an example of a suggested parallel with the supervisory jurisdiction which the High Court undoubtedly exercises in other contexts which in some respects may be thought to be comparable .
5 However , when one comes to the duty to provide and ordain suitable trained attorneys and lawyers to equip the courts , the judges ' performance of that duty , in so far as it related to the provision of trained advocates , was executed through the relationship they developed with the Inns of Court .
6 Such an interpretation is not inconsistent with Katib Celebi 's brief account , particularly if it is remembered that by his time the Seyhulislam had long since been the Mufti of Istanbul and that he may therefore have concerned himself with trying to sketch the history of the office only in so far as it related to that city .
7 First , it provided a most favourable environment for the development of capitalism — a stable , well-organized political system , with a rational and effectively administered body of law , especially in so far as it related to property and contracts .
8 Of all the uniformed organizations , the Boys ' Life Brigade founded in Nottingham by the Revd John Brown Paton , was the most distinctive in so far as it appeared to be non-military , committed as it was to the principles of life-saving , even though it had a BB-style uniform and a military command structure .
9 Secondly , in so far as it spoke to a general enlargement of the mind , the student experience was not confined to the acquisition of mere technique .
10 It looked very attractive until it was washed , when it stretched so appallingly that it reached to her knees !
11 The door was smashed in so often that it had to be bricked up .
12 And summed up so well that it came to far more
13 Prisoners passed through the place so fast that it ceased to be a camp in the true sense altogether .
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