Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German Idealist tradition was born out of the rejection of British empiricism and some political commentators have urged that the legacy of this can still be seen in the idea that ‘ the Germans have only really to desire change in order to achieve basic changes in their position , and that these changes would in consequence alter the European scene so radically as to produce the longed-for peace ’ . |
| 2 | This Fact Sheet will be followed by a series of Briefing Papers for MPs , which will go beyond the facts to a description of the types of arguments that have been employed by researchers to study the causes of unemployment , including the possible effects so far as they are known of various remedies that have been proposed . |
| 3 | This is the clearest evidence so far that Mr Gorbachev is willing to change his government 's plans in order to share authority with the federation council — the first step towards wider talks . |
| 4 | We need to be innovative and extrovert , looking to the future and the continued enhancement of the Institute and I think we will always be enriched by the direct entrants so long as these continue to be strictly monitored . |
| 5 | Hotspur 's lance , steadily lowered as he came , selected its target , the foremost knight on the tallest horse , and struck the uplifted shield so strongly that the shock flattened its bearer back upon his horse 's crupper ; but he kept his seat gamely , rolling under the lance as it flashed by , to recover dizzily and swing a vehement though ineffective stroke with his sword , before the lurch and sway of the press carried him away . |
| 6 | It 's been good to play in the six games so far and you do n't want to miss any at this stage of the season . ’ |
| 7 | It 's been good to play in the six games so far and you do n't want to miss any at this stage of the season . ’ |
| 8 | We have used the outside scale so far because all the angles left-right have been turns from left to right looking from the base line . |
| 9 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 10 | The allowance is given from the date of bereavement to the end of that tax year , and for the following year so long as she has not remarried by the start of that year . |
| 11 | It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward . |
| 12 | It was the worst raid so far but Maureen who had not yet returned to driving was with her mother in the shelter and Anne , who finished work at ten o'clock , had reached home , dodging from shelter to shelter . |
| 13 | This may be the inescapable question for the foreseeable future so long as NATO procurement policy is predicated on highly trained work forces , scarce materials and sophisticated machine tools . |
| 14 | There seemed no hope of removing the National Government so long as division continued . " |
| 15 | He had guided the complex and nerve-wracking work of the international organisation so deftly and with such insight that it was hard to imagine anyone else measuring up to the job . |
| 16 | A superbly organised defence has been the key factor so far and even now at the zero hour , the men at the back are steeling themselves for a final defiant gesture . |
| 17 | It came to the reverse conclusion so far as the crime of administering a drug for the purpose of obtaining sexual intercourse was concerned and recommended that all sexual acts should be covered . |
| 18 | subdivision of a county , the smallest area so far as local government is concerned , governed until 1894 by a body known as the Vestry . |
| 19 | The important words so far as this appeal is concerned are the words ‘ any enactment or rule of law … restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . ’ |
| 20 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 21 | His face bright red with anger , Oliver jumped up , seized Noah 's throat , and shook the older boy so violently that his teeth nearly fell out . |
| 22 | Subsection ( 2 ) contains the critical provision so far as the present case is concerned . |
| 23 | In such cases the court should not apply the strict construction so far as to make the whole clause void or invalid or unenforceable . |
| 24 | Because the bottom line so far as a broadcaster 's concerned , or a studio 's , a station 's concerned , is to keep the listeners listening . |
| 25 | This outperforms the return on conventional gilts of the same maturity so long as inflation is above 1 p.c. to 2 p.c . ’ |
| 26 | The following observations follow those on the agenda , and of course will be dealt with together at the same time so far as possible . |
| 27 | Moreover , we showed , in a small study , that non-conservers of length will say that a one-inch and a ten-inch stick are the same length so long as their tips are on a level . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) The particular factors referred to above are — ( a ) the nature and scale of the institution 's operations ; and ( b ) the risks inherent in those operations and , if the institution is a body corporate , in the operations of any other body corporate in the same group so far as capable of affecting the institution . |
| 29 | ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose . |
| 30 | In the 1930s critics so variously and widely influential as Allen Tate , Yvor Winters and F. R. Leavis each in his own way considered Pound 's criticism , or some of it , and then instructed their readers that that criticism could safely be ignored . |