Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] so " in BNC.

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1 Not for professional historians so much as for people who really did want to have a version of England 's past which makes some sense sort of sense now .
2 The silence was explained , however , as he entered the box and found Marion and Ronald in a deep embrace , their feelings for each other so apparent .
3 You and Matthew have it for each other so bad you probably could n't add two and two together . ’
4 And not getting stuff for each other so I hope she has n't been out and done it all .
5 Delay times were rearranged for the consonant groups in the list for each trial so that particular consonant groups were not always associated with the same delay time .
6 I went to only had er there was about between twenty five and thirty in each year and there was only form for each year so I say
7 A bias is evaluated for each lexicographer so that those that are receiving less than their ‘ fair share ’ are given priority over others .
8 The distances between the two points were measured for each junction so that the driver 's mean speed at a junction could also be estimated .
9 To identify and measure the trade-offs that exist between economic objectives so that the policy-maker is made aware of how much of one must be given up to get more of another , e.g. 2 per cent more inflation or 0.5 per cent less unemployment .
10 for instance , it might be possible to introduce genes coding for specific receptors so as to alter the stomach or intestinal lining and provide treatment for ulcers .
11 Nina Myskow was on the show — wish we 'd have been together , we bounce off each other so well .
12 Deselect the SAVE CHANGES option for normal use so that you start each new Windows session with your preferred layout .
13 Think carefully about each option so that , if the worst comes to the worst , you will be prepared .
14 The Code also applies to offers for private companies so resident where : ( 1 ) their equity share capital has been listed on the London Stock Exchange at any time in the ten years before the relevant date ; ( 2 ) dealings in their equity share capital have been advertised in a newspaper on a regular basis for a continuous period of at least six months in the ten years prior to the relevant date ; ( 3 ) their equity share capital has been the subject of a marketing arrangement as described in CA 1985 , s163(2) ( b ) ( eg on the USM ) at any time in the ten years prior to the relevant date ; or ( 4 ) the company has filed a prospectus for the issue of equity share capital at the Companies Registry at any time in the ten years before the relevant date .
15 The sentences were enlarged as much as possible , but sizeable gaps were left between each sentence so that the temptation to interpret contiguous sentences as meaningfully related was to some extent avoided .
16 When you select INTEGRATE from the main menu , you will be shown a list of the pieces for that garment so that you can enter the type of knitting method ( intarsia , Fair Isle or jacquard ) and the name of the particular stitch pattern to be used .
17 that for that quarter so the
18 ( v ) Most libels of any gravity directed at the conduct of a local authority would sufficiently identify the councillors or officers concerned in or responsible for that conduct so as to enable individual councillors or officers to sue for libel just as , in this case , Mr. Bookbinder has brought proceedings in respect of the libels complained of by the council .
19 His upper jaw kept clamping down on his lower jaw with a loud grinding noise , and chewed through each morsel so thoroughly that we could hear his teeth striking against each other …
20 ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she said , the words low and heavy with threat , ‘ if you ever try anything like that with me again I 'll report you for sexual harassment so fast you wo n't know what 's hit you .
21 Erm yeah if er you have no objection , what it 's for is the , there 's this outfit called the British National Corpus and they 're trying to make a record of English Language as it 's used in the late twentieth century erm so it 's a sort of resource for further scholarship so it can assist in writing dictionaries and studying grammar and , and all sorts of things like that and erm they 're attempting to tape conversations from all over the place erm er I 've got a bit of bumph about it , it 's quite interesting erm and in some cases it 's sort of out of erm er it 's out of people 's homes , it 's out of broadcasts , it 's out of meetings , it 's out of all sorts of things erm at work and at home erm
22 Public affairs , local authority , government , financial , and charity public relations all call for different talents so the people working in these areas often have very different educational backgrounds and work experience from those doing consumer public relations .
23 It is here that the endless varied reactions of individuals make the task of caring for old people so fascinating and so complex .
24 ‘ There is no intrinsic reason for another reorganisation so soon after the last , and there is certainly no popular demand for it .
25 As well as carrying food , the CARE airlifts , which will soon be taking in enough seeds and tools for 50,000 families so that people can begin to help themselves .
26 They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner .
27 But the situation was now so critical , and the time for restoring confidence so short , that , very reluctantly , I agreed that each Party must sink its political programme temporarily and combine to pursue an economic policy to save the nation from bankruptcy .
28 It is best NOT to sing a hymn during this procession so that the emphasis is on the action of GIVING .
29 Sometimes if the strip is long enough , the bird will reverse direction during this process so that the strip is looped back and woven parallel to itself .
30 ‘ To dress the Croatian thugs up as Franciscan monks so that they could escape to Italy out of the clutches of Tito 's partisans .
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