Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in the Porifera and some Coelenterates the fluid is propelled through channels so that the food and oxygen it contains reach every part of the body . |
| 2 | They do n't know about frosts so hard that birds can fall dead from the sky . |
| 3 | Edwin Frere looked into Agnew 's old face and saw only hopeless consternation there , as though he too were overwhelmed with feelings so vast and flood-like that no word might answer them . |
| 4 | He pursued not only economies of scale but also reductions in the time occupied by movements which occurred within establishments so that labour could be used efficiently . |
| 5 | In fact in recent visits to schools I have been struck increasingly , not only by the ‘ over-age ’ children but by the considerable number of very young ones , conveniently parked in classrooms so that mothers could take employment , trade or visit . |
| 6 | First its propeller blade broke off after it hit a rock , then it got caught in currents so strong it could n't move in a straight line . |
| 7 | that hesitate on parapets so narrow |
| 8 | On Mrs Thatcher and Europe , he felt she had been ‘ locked in the bunker surrounded by sycophants so long that she 's lost touch with reality . |
| 9 | Analysts , impressed by results so far , think Zurich is well-placed to do both . |
| 10 | The course of infection can be modified by doctors so that early intervention to counter any deterioration can be made . |
| 11 | One possibility for the near-future which has hardly been considered by developers so far , is a marriage of an old-fashioned storage such as the magnetic hard disc with a newcomer such as DVI . |
| 12 | I 've heard of women so depressed that they spend their 40th birthday incommunicado , having a mini nervous breakdown in bed . |
| 13 | Percents and means for an ordered categorical explanatory variable should be connected between categories so that the eye can judge differences between adjacent pairs of categories ( figure 2 ) . |
| 14 | This enables the data to be searched for patterns so placing theories within the constraints of empirical evidence . |
| 15 | Thirdly , recruitment through employees acts as a form of control since responsibilities and obligations hold between workers so recruited : for if the sponsored antagonizes the employer , the reputation of the sponsor himself will be damaged ; thus , the new worker is constrained by the interests and reputation of his sponsor . |
| 16 | These exercises will be used on your first 3 routines , and will be incorporated in stages so as to make your training progressive and more demanding . |
| 17 | Mr Nitch-Smith said : ‘ I think the Malawi authorities have instructed outside lawyers so that it can be emphasised they are committed to a fair and open trial . |
| 18 | Nor has the tenor of British business life been much adorned by individuals so ready to dress up lies as the truth and , through their lawyers , to castigate the truth as libel . |
| 19 | Officials are now waiting for details so that the latest offer can be fully debated by members . |
| 20 | Yeah I had n't actually thought of architects so that 's |
| 21 | Performance is measured against objectives so ensuring that the contract is fulfilled . |
| 22 | I saw them through The Fat Controller 's eyes — they were gauche and dowdy , crammed into suitings so ill-fitting that they looked like bolsters stuffed into pillow cases . |
| 23 | Compacts are an excellent mechanism through which Partnerships can work with schools so that students ' learning and their vocational opportunities are enhanced . |
| 24 | ‘ Yet — with your Grace 's permission ? — if this eight hundred marks was paid over no more than a year and a half ago , surely it can not all have been used or turned into goods so soon , ’ he said . |
| 25 | He next examines the Hebridean footwear — ‘ Brogues , a kind of artless shoes , stitched with thongs so loosely , that though they defend the foot from stones , they do not exclude water . ’ |
| 26 | The soldiers that stand guard beside the entrances to the colonies and rush to defend any breach in the walls , are armed with jaws so huge that they can no longer gather food for themselves and have to be fed by the workers . |
| 27 | We do n't believe in leprechauns so why should we believe in The Queen ? |
| 28 | We are , as ever , delighted with the responses we 've had from artists so far and we are currently working with a superb international line-up which includes Alexei Sayle , Spinal Tap ( reforming specially for the show ) , Spitting Image , Julian Clary , Dave Stewart ( performing a specially composed number ) , Jason Donovan ( duetting with Kim Wilde ) , Tom Jones , Roger Daltrey ( with The Chieftains ) , Lisa Stansfield , EMF , Seal , Beverley Craven , Midge Ure , Mica Paris , and , as they say , many many , many more . |
| 29 | Other stories about Dic , Little Dick the Carpenter — how he never got to a rugby match because there were too many pubs on the way , how he was burnt all over in a pit explosion , wrapped in bandages so that only his eyes and nostrils showed through — and bathed slowly back to health by his daughters who poured olive oil over him all the time , how he took his daughter Cecilia ( Cis ) to eisteddfods because he loved to hear her sing but how she pleaded with him ‘ not to stop anywhere and not to leave her in the hall ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I know supporters get frustrated at times so do we . |