Example sentences of "[conj] so [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until ten years or so ago a bundle of similar envelopes had lain in a drawer of her desk ; one day in a fit of vigour she had torn them up and thrown them away . |
| 2 | We owe it to the people of my own borough of Hillingdon , where only a week or so ago a teenager who had just stolen a car killed himself when he drove it into a tree at nearly 100 mph . |
| 3 | A week or so later a Miss Symes walked up the drive with two whippets at heel . |
| 4 | A score of over 70 can be taken to imply an already-advanced economy , and so not a particularly favourable climate for new investment . |
| 5 | At one point he talks of the extension over time of ‘ a personality ’ rather than of ‘ a person ’ , and might have said that , even if the general knew what he did as a boy , it could be nothing to him , no part of his adult conception of himself , and so not a matter for guilt or blame . |
| 6 | It is directed by James Cameron , though , and so primarily a first-rate action picture . |
| 7 | It is directed by James Cameron , though , and so primarily a first-rate action picture . |
| 8 | Other organisms show evidence for muscular activity and so presumably a nervous system , as well as the inferred presence of a circulatory system . |
| 9 | So I took the name and address and so eventually a summons came through for this old lady . |
| 10 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 11 | The bonanza went on until the church thought enough was enough and so on a Sunday evening in August , a concerted effort was made and strong sermons were preached from every pulpit against bee wine and its evil effects . |
| 12 | And so quite a big job has been cutting reeds back around the islands and the banks , and also we 've had what they call blooms of blanketweed , not so much recently but , apparently it 's more common with new ponds and I had a tremendous bloom of blanketweed the first year after I made it . |
| 13 | Such rocks are rare in the forest , and so sometimes a queue forms to use one . |
| 14 | In addition , our use of our mother tongue is often so automatic and habitual , and so much a part of our individual and social identity , that help is needed to stand back and reflect on aspects of language with some degree of objectivity . |
| 15 | So the notion that venture capitalists are prone to interfering in the businesses in which they invest is not , strictly speaking , a valid one , or if so not a criticism about which MBO managers would fret too much . |
| 16 | Commercial agreements sometimes say that the opinion of a Queen 's Counsel will determine whether and if so how a claim should proceed . |
| 17 | Doctors are working hard , but so far a cure for HIV and AIDS has not been found . |
| 18 | " They came round again to see if they could find any more clues , " Sara said , " but so far a blank ; and also , I don think anything was stolen , thanks to you . |