Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] so [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason for linking the British currency to the Deutschmark was the argument that by so doing Britain would benefit from being inextricably tied to ‘ sound ’ German financial policies , especially those aimed at controlling inflation . |
| 2 | A Disaffection shares in that uncertainty , and in so doing acknowledges a connection with a certain whether-or-not that we meet with in the plays of Shakespeare . |
| 3 | On both her outings Silk Slippers has thrust her attractive nose in front just where it matters and in so doing has established herself not merely as a valuable stud prospect , but an exciting candidate for next year 's 1,000 Guineas and Oaks . |
| 4 | For Page has deliberately divided his dancers into the traditional hierarchy of principles , soloists and corps , and in so doing reminds us of all the great courts of 19th century ballets . |
| 5 | But such homosexuality must in some sense be repressed ; overt ‘ masculine ’ homosexuality is subversive , says Irigaray , because it openly interprets the law according to which society operates and in so doing threatens it : ‘ once the penis itself becomes merely a means to pleasure , pleasure among men , the phallus loses its power ’ ( This Sex , 74 , 24 — 8 , 128 , 171 , 192 — 3 ; her emphases ) . |
| 6 | The Victorians tried to spoil the pleasures of puddings with foolish economies and in so doing brought Britain 's once fine reputation to its culinary knees . |
| 7 | In the Chairman 's Address by the Rev. Arnold Thomas quoted above he went on to expand on a definition of the Nonconformist Conscience and in so doing showed how social attitudes and religious arguments had become fused . |
| 8 | However , it is time to take a more positive view , and to look at the way early organisms began to combine energy from the sun with gases in the atmosphere and in so doing enabled life as we know it to evolve . |
| 9 | All in all , the juvenile labour exchange legislation served to institutionalize the transition from school to full-time employment , and in so doing provided it with priests and rituals ; the transition became a rite de passage and , therefore , brought this aspect of the adolescent 's life into a formal arena where it was subject to critical scrutiny . |
| 10 | These were the terms that gave substance to the concept , and in so doing represented ‘ a co-ordination and subordination of individual actions towards some common good ’ . |
| 11 | Education itself provides enrichment to the lives of individuals in a number of ways and in so doing determines the quality of life made possible by wealth creation . |
| 12 | The interdisciplinary course offers a new and attractive way of studying at undergraduate level such subjects politics and history by focusing on the notion of conflict and the particular political and social problems arising from conflict , and in so doing seeks to identify ways of resolving them . |
| 13 | In alarm she struggled to hide her body from the eyes of the young men , and in so doing knocked the vessel on to its side , leaving her and the soapy water on the floor . |
| 14 | said I was not to say sixteen not sixty ’ and in so doing will have lost the game . |
| 15 | During the late seventies , Johnny collaborated with and produced albums for the legendary Muddy Waters , and in so doing was almost single-handedly responsible for the great bluesman 's comeback . |
| 16 | In that way the Court was perhaps the institution which most successfully stamped its imprint upon the ECSC , and in so doing built up a body of case law , an authority , and legitimacy that could serve as foundations for the future . |
| 17 | Thus ‘ speculators ’ would buy undervalued currencies and sell overvalued ones , and in so doing would speed up the adjustment process . |
| 18 | Therefore monetarists have resorted to the claim that governments can exert control over the money stock if they are determined enough , and in so doing will bring about the desired effect on money incomes and prices . |
| 19 | When the negotiations were concluded , the directors exercised their right to buy the shares and in so doing made a profit . |
| 20 | Feminism 's concern with sexual politics extends into the whole range of representations of sexuality , masculinity and femininity , from advertising to pornography — it intervenes in the culture and in so doing seeks to change the ways in which men and women inhabit their masculinity and femininity . |
| 21 | Applying those considerations to the present case , their Lordships are of the view that since the plaintiff was well aware that the defendants would be acting also for other vendors of comparable properties and in so doing would receive confidential information from those other vendors , the agency contract between the plaintiff and the defendants can not have included either ( a ) a term requiring the defendants to disclose such confidential information to the plaintiff or ( b ) a term precluding the defendants acting for rival vendors or ( c ) a term precluding the defendants from seeking to earn commission on the sale of the property of a rival vendor . |
| 22 | The mass producer ( who may be production , quality or sales orientated ) may attempt to supply all , or a substantial part of this total demand , and in so doing may consider that he can obtain a price , volume or distribution advantage relative to smaller scale producers . |
| 23 | In his study of abolition , Williams was effectively challenging the views perpetrated by an august body of imperial historians and in so doing was bringing into question the ‘ moral legitimacy ’ of the British anti-slavery movement . |
| 24 | Of late , my generation has perforce had to count up the debit column of all those mistakes , and in so doing has forgotten the benefits . |
| 25 | It looks closely at the range of policies developed by local government and in so doing assesses the relative responsibilities of various professional and political groups for their initiation and enactment . |
| 26 | Nevertheless most are likely at some stage to lose their pouch and in so doing will sacrifice 40 to 50 cm of terminal ileum . |
| 27 | In contrast , government Whigs can be found defending the prerogative rights of the Crown — notably vis-à-vis the Church in the Convocation controversy , but also on a number of other issues — and in so doing invoked a vision of England 's feudal past similar to that employed by Tories during the Exclusion Crisis . |
| 28 | Here , in ( ii ) , the utterance provides the clue : B has to go to Edinburgh ; thus if A and B are both far from Edinburgh ( and mutually know this ) , so that it will take the rest of the day to travel and do things there , then B is busy today ; sob is indirectly producing a reason why he or she ca n't easily come to see A , and in so doing can be understood to be refusing A's request . |
| 29 | In the fastest class for the 250cc Formula E machines the champion of two years ago , Colin Menary , from Bangor drove to .05 of a second off the lap record , and in so doing took won a fantastic final . |
| 30 | The cession of this province to the Kingdom of Italy would help to complete the work of unification begun in 1859 and by so doing would ease Napoleon III 's conscience about an unfulfilled pledge . |