Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Leisure Society the employed are an elite of highly educated and skilled professionals who work full-time , but the wealth created by the equipment they have designed and operate is dispersed rather widely so that the mass of the population are able to live reasonably well off the products of the automated machinery cared for by the core elite . |
| 2 | I 've got better copies of the blank B one , but the handout is getting rather Right so if we 're looking at , we 'll complete the B one . |
| 3 | The winning artists were presented with their cash prizes by John Wood Group PLC chairman and managing director , Ian Wood and guest judge Ralph Steadman , who stayed on especially so that he could attend the presentation . |
| 4 | It is usual to grow on the cuttings for a year so that the stock stems become somewhat thicker than a pencil but rather less so than your little finger . |
| 5 | Answer : Levi has said he plays professionally only so that he can indulge his other interests . |
| 6 | We passed along slowly so that the cortège could be seen and all could have a last look at the coffin . |
| 7 | King lived in an age when growth rates changed only slowly so that his greatest concern was the possible end of the world ! |
| 8 | All right so cos this is vital is n't it . |
| 9 | On the one hand , Jaq must seem capable of irony and flexible tolerance — perhaps only so as to spring a trap . |
| 10 | Trumpets wailed , acrobats somersaulted , torn beasts died ; some bejewelled ladies blew kisses , perhaps only so as to kindle the jealousy of rival ladies or of their own lords . |
| 11 | Westley explains how he made sure he stayed around long enough so that his respondents had to talk , because of the difficulty people have of remaining silent for long ( 1970 , p. viii ) . |
| 12 | What you need to do is to be able to provide a private sector a certain level of certainty , that the concession will be er granted long enough so that one can recover both your costs an=and certainly be able to make a profit and so er to the extent that the franchises that are being considered are short natured , seven years , er that becomes rather disadvantageous and unattractive er concessions of twenty and thirty and forty years , and and really thirty thirty to forty year period er do make it in fact make it very attractive for private sector involvement . |
| 13 | The trick is to make the qualification time long enough so that the people who go to a club towards the end of their career and get large transfer bonuses do not qualify , but short enough for the players to feel that they will not have to wait half their lives to get theirs . |
| 14 | Lloyds is no more outlandish or intrusive than Tower Bridge and much less so than the monstrous and melancholy Battersea Power Station , a sublime work of imperious architecture that Londoners once loved to hate but now admire . |
| 15 | Though television was pro-government and pro-Conservative it was much less so than other elements of the mass media . |
| 16 | They became strong and agile swimmers , still vulnerable to attack but much less so than the invertebrates . |
| 17 | The only problem is that it is messy and somewhat smelly , though much less so than it used to be . |
| 18 | Even the ticking-over rate of about 10 pulses per second is probably quite costly , but much less so than the maximum rate of 200 per second . |
| 19 | Many " awkward " classes become much less so if some exploration in depth is attempted of the kind of points discussed in this chapter . |
| 20 | For example , a particular view may appear convincing at first sight , but become much less so when more rigorous analysis exposes certain implicit assumptions , or hitherto unnoticed consequences . |
| 21 | But if the idea of this procedure is simple , the practice is much less so because of the problems involved . |
| 22 | In fact , the whole programme had an unsually philosophical undercurrent ( quoting , for example , philosopher Mary Midgeley ) — so much so that it sometimes seemed less like a current affairs report than an enquiry into a fundamental shift in Western attitudes to nature . |
| 23 | some of the most successful of the small indies have achieved success largely by catering for specialist markets ( generally ignored by the majors ) and developing a good reputation for its product with the fans of particular styles , so much so that some indie labels enjoy instant sales of a new release on the strength of the quality of their past product . |
| 24 | There were also problems with the semi-automatic gearbox and a broken constant-velocity joint , so much so that Mansell was eased into fourth place on the grid by a very impressive lap from his team mate . |
| 25 | Similar changes in attitude have been in evidence throughout the training of these recruits , so much so that the unenlightened diehard points indignantly to an apparent decline in discipline and general standard . |
| 26 | However , it turned out to be a very relaxed meeting , so much so that when the private session was over and the press were invited in to take photographs , the Prince said to the Pope , ‘ Let me introduce you to my press corps . ’ |
| 27 | Suddenly , great guffaws of laughter that went on and on broke the silence , so much so that people began to stretch forward to see who they were coming from . |
| 28 | So much so that they are seen as ‘ natural . ’ |
| 29 | Hatred and fear of women is not new and is overt in religions , so much so that the evolvement of codes of courtesy to the female has been felicitous . |
| 30 | During the 1980s these quasi-government agencies became a convenient means of off-balance-sheet financing ; so much so that they have now amassed nearly $1 trillion-worth of obligations underwritten by the American taxpayer . |