Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] so [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This enables the data to be searched for patterns so placing theories within the constraints of empirical evidence . |
| 2 | The value of this constant has been chosen so that the lists of collocations so produced are comparable in size with the definitions taken from machine-readable dictionaries . |
| 3 | ‘ Walking is the progression of steps so taken that unbroken contact with the ground is maintained at each step . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) A person who is an employee of a holder of a licence under this Act and any other person engaged in a business which deals in alcoholic liquor , including directors , officers and employees of companies so engaged shall not act as a member of a licensing board for any purpose under this Act . |
| 5 | This sets up a desirable chain of movements so giving a correct position at the top of the backswing which allows the player to swing the clubhead back to the ball on the right path , that is , from inside-to-straight , or as a theory has it , from in-to-out . |
| 6 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 7 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 8 | There was general unemployment in the country which in turn affected the attendance of audiences so offers of work were dwindling . |
| 9 | By the early 1830s the very ‘ glut ’ of petitions so held up the normal business of the day that , although an exceptional petition like that of the ladies could make an impression , the House of Commons acted to refer petitions to a committee and deny immediate speech on them on the floor of the House . |
| 10 | Some database software come " content for pupils to use as a source of information e.g. QUES1 as books come in a variety of formats so does computer soft " Viewdata software such as COMMUNITEL , with pages down from Frestel , comes closest to the description of a book with and page numbers . |
| 11 | The receiver section needs a lot of connections so proceed carefully . |
| 12 | You can score points for the number of ceramic divisions you can move the butt over ( with extra for actually getting it down the hole and extra for doing it from the far end of the gutter from the hole ) , for the amount of destruction caused — apparently it 's very hard to get the little black cone at the burned end to disintegrate — and , over the course of the evening , the number of fag-ends so dispatched . |
| 13 | In two and a half years she has won over 40 trophies and hundreds of rosettes so do n't despair , Kathy , keep an eye on the condition and just enjoy your horse . |
| 14 | In fact , the Port of Rotterdam offers you a variety of facilities so complete that other ports can only dream of them . |
| 15 | Excitement had for days so filled her that she could not sleep , and now at last she had embarked upon it ; thoughts of loss and martyrdom paled before the facts . |
| 16 | Thirdly , recruitment through employees acts as a form of control since responsibilities and obligations hold between workers so recruited : for if the sponsored antagonizes the employer , the reputation of the sponsor himself will be damaged ; thus , the new worker is constrained by the interests and reputation of his sponsor . |
| 17 | Performance is measured against objectives so ensuring that the contract is fulfilled . |
| 18 | Pennyroyal , a type of mint , is effective against fleas so attach a few dried pennyroyal leaves to your pet 's collar . |
| 19 | Slowly he stepped across to the terrace and gazed down at her with eyes so racked with pain that Ruth 's own eyes filled to the brim with her despair and lost love . |
| 20 | A devil in human form , who cheated Death for centuries unknown ; a man with appetites so base they lay beneath satiation ; a necromancer , torturer of the dead , dismemberer of spirits ; a vileness made flesh ; a wizard , a scholar , a monster . |
| 21 | Under the new section 251 , a company , any of whose shares are officially listed , need not , in such circumstances as are specified by regulations and subject to complying with conditions so specified , send copies of the accounts and reports to members but may instead send them a summary financial statement , derived from the company 's annual accounts and directors ' report , in such form and containing such information as may be specified in the regulations . |
| 22 | This kind of close integration between research and higher education is obviously highly desirable : discussion with students so advancing the teacher 's understanding and insight that a stronger publication emerges . |
| 23 | There was complete silence as we padded through two more streets with walls so bitten away that they looked like lace . |
| 24 | In addition , large overseas banks , e.g. Standard Chartered Bank , also provide vital access to international capital and credit markets for LDCs so enabling them to tap external funds to finance economic development programmes . |
| 25 | It is difficult to contemplate that a mortgage deed would ever be construed as entitling a mortgagee to charge against the mortgaged property , or to require the mortgagor to pay , all costs charges and expenses even if improperly or unreasonably incurred or improper or unreasonable in amount unless the mortgage deed had expressly in terms so provided . |
| 26 | But is it the case that western women , living today in the United States , let alone in secular modern Europe , live in societies so dominated by the Christian myth , so ready to point to the place of women within the biblical tradition , that the best that women can do is to try to give a better reading of that past ? |
| 27 | But just as the removal of trees from the lowlands has created considerable opposition from environmentalists so has the policy of planting them across the hillsides . |
| 28 | Just okay Right So if you log in now I think we will go into Word , right , we 'll do this in Word , all right , Word for Windows so connect to network Log in as you . |
| 29 | Assessments of less than £1 were not made in the subsidy , and nearly all below £2 were based on wages , except for a few based on income from land ; and since the statutory proviso , doubtless intended to allay fears raised by the inquest of 1522 , restricted taxation to one form of wealth only , any personal property belonging to persons so taxed was ignored . |
| 30 | Only in the event of his death intestate and without relations so entitled , will the estate come to an end , and the land pass to the Crown . |