Example sentences of "[conj] so [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must also not forget the other 13 or so credit insurance underwriters who may well be able to structure cover which more accurately meets the policyholder 's individual requirements , particularly where companies are trading only in OECD markets . |
| 2 | For a start only about thirty or so take part , since it is organised in four-ball teams , with one professional , a celebrity who is normally from sport or show business , and two amateurs . |
| 3 | Or so Cover Girl can prove with their amazing ‘ before ’ and ‘ after ’ shots seen above . |
| 4 | In addition , the social imperialists held that empire was the means to secure and enhance working-class living standards and employment in the metropolitan country , and so deflect revolution . |
| 5 | However , I state again that enforcement procedures offer plenty of opportunities for someone to pay their dues and so avoid imprisonment . |
| 6 | He therefore counsels Hoccleve to have faith and so avoid damnation . |
| 7 | We reasoned that , as cytokines in vivo will be rapidly washed away , MIP-1 β might be bound to endothelial surfaces and so induce adhesion in its immobilized form . |
| 8 | Many mothers continue to work part-time even when their children start school , so they can be there when they come home in the afternoon and so holiday childcare arrangements are a little easier . |
| 9 | Soft materials , like fibreboards and soft furnishings , also do n't respond , and so prevent sound reflecting or bouncing back off them , as it would from a hard surface like a mirror . |
| 10 | It is therefore vital that this transformation does not introduce a PAR and so make use of the recursive procedure we are currently defining . ) |
| 11 | We can therefore see such a plasmid as a temporary alliance between genes which induce conjugation in the host bacterium ( and so make transmission of the plasmid itself possible ) , and genes which help the host to survive and multi ply . |
| 12 | This process confirms the belief that many of the difficulties can not be resolved by teachers in their classrooms and so require specialist services in a specialist context . |
| 13 | This means that they are always slightly damp , and so step paint would tend to bubble or blister . |
| 14 | In learning sign language the opportunities for doing this are relatively few , and so sign language learning takes place in a less than ideal environment . |
| 15 | It is often possible , then , to understand and so overcome spelling errors , once you understand why you are making an error and can work out a way of reminding yourself of the correct form . |
| 16 | Positive , meaningful , often intense relationships with coaches yield stable , lasting bonds with sport and so guarantee commitment and perseverance . |
| 17 | Another cut in short-term interest rates , by contrast , would provoke new jitters about inflation and so keep bond yields high . |
| 18 | After the Falklands war , one could observe what great efforts relatives of soldiers and sailors killed there were prepared to make in order to visit their graves , and so keep memory alive . |
| 19 | Lock-in agreements , where parties expressly agree to negotiate with each other , are unenforceable because they are merely " agreements to agree " and so lack certainty ; lock-out agreements , under which a vendor agrees not to negotiate with third parties , can , on the other hand , constitute valid binding contracts . |
| 20 | Yet while these rays tan it now seems UVAs are also the rays which are much more capable of penetrating deeply into the skin , and so cause damage , especially where children 's sensitive skin are concerned . |
| 21 | Thus interest rates may be too high and so discourage investment , while what finance there is for investment is channelled into socially inefficient uses . |
| 22 | A linked range of innovations focus on white racism or male sexism and so introduce school policies which attempt to overcome racist and sexist attitudes and beliefs . |
| 23 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 24 | Open our eyes to see Your glory , open our hearts to receive Your love , open our minds to discern Your purposes , quicken our feet to go for You , loosen our tongues to speak for You , open our hands to give for You , and so take care of us Your people who embrace the cross of Your son and desire to move forward in faith in the power of Your Spirit and to the glory of Your name ; |
| 25 | Proteins can bind to sites on the DNA at the beginning of the gene — known as the promoter — and so initiate transcription ; on the other hand , there are proteins that can block transcription by binding near the promoter and so prevent its transcription . |
| 26 | Any lack of required work effort by an individual will affect the immediate group bonus and so peer pressure can be significant . |
| 27 | Further , large waves of destructive type , although combing the beach down , may at the same time fling shingle up above high water mark and so form beach ridges . |
| 28 | Secondly , a non-porphyrin ligand would be easier to chemically modify and so permit study of a greater range of ligand structural variations . |
| 29 | I mean to marry Miss Kyte , and so gain possession of Merchiston Lodge and Aunt Lavinia 's fortune . ’ |
| 30 | At the end of Fifth Year , students take the Diploma in Architecture , and so gain exemption from the RIBA Examination , Part 2 ; the Diploma is also taken as a two-year course by students who have obtained a first degree in architecture elsewhere in Britain . |