Example sentences of "[adv] so [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The better-known Cabinet Ministers moved in a stately fashion as if speed of foot might trample accidentally a party worker bent upon homage ; better to tread slowly so as to receive fittingly the admiration of many . |
| 2 | What an ordinary individual needs is to have a slice of his savings invested in the company he works for , and the rest spread widely so as to spread his risk , through unit trusts ( mutual funds ) , life-insurance policies or pension funds . |
| 3 | The water molecules were spread widely so as to react with the plasma effectively reducing the plasma density through a process beginning with ion-exchanges . |
| 4 | Right so that means if there 's nobody moving out , John ca n't move in ? |
| 5 | right so if press the letter Q to quit from the data processing environment and press the return key , head towards the action menu , right , when you are in the action menu , go to option two , which is the estimate option , right , and you should then be given a dialog box . |
| 6 | BELVILLE : I had rather so than perfecting my Pamela in it . |
| 7 | By all means use them when they are needed or appropriate , but there is no call to construct a headline especially so as to include one or more of them . |
| 8 | Especially so when housing and jobs are in such short supply for those who already live here . |
| 9 | In fact , it is basically seen as the professionals banding together to protect their own — especially so when set against the various Royal College of Surgeons ' statements that testing of patients after operative accidents is reasonable whether or not the patient agrees . |
| 10 | By this time , the trade was completely unionized , and the existence of the women 's section of the union gave the group a certain coherence and identity ; so much so that to avoid overloading the present chapter , the union 's creation and activity is discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 11 | These categories reveal an intricate relationship between social rank and economic standing , so much so as to invite the conclusion that by this date , if not much earlier , it had come to be acknowledged that status was a function of source and level of income , subject to the proviso that land took precedence over personal property . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In this more temperate climate , we can see that rock 's estate is a grand one , and it 's tempting to tramp its grounds — necessary , perhaps , if only so as to have somewhere to ‘ go ’ . |
| 14 | On the one hand , Jaq must seem capable of irony and flexible tolerance — perhaps only so as to spring a trap . |
| 15 | Take the example of St-Germain-des-Prés on the west bank of the Seine at Paris : here the landlord , the monastic community , organised peasant transport services not only so as to ensure the abbey 's food supply but to permit the sale of surplus wine and corn . |
| 16 | Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention . |
| 17 | This court , submits Mr. Richards , with impressive citation from those high authorities , should think long and hard before waiving the appellant 's undertaking merely so as to improve C.N.L. 's position in their libel action . |
| 18 | It may be painful , but a lot less so than failing miserably when your presentation ‘ goes live ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Some of these prisoners were arrogant and felt proud to die for their cause ; others were less so and resigned to their fate . |
| 20 | The lateral sclerites usually comprise two plates on either side , closely hinged together so as to form a fulcrum between the head and prothorax . |
| 21 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 22 | In enamel these crystals are very closely and beautifully packed together so as to constitute 99 per cent by volume of the material . |
| 23 | The previous pack contained the full text of the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 , which made detailed amendments to the rules governing solicitors , largely so as to apply those rules to registered foreign lawyers practising in partnership with solicitors in England and Wales , where appropriate with special provisions . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's like a terrorist attack , you know , splashing around rifle fire and bazookas and even nerve gas indiscriminately so as to get the highest death toll in the shortest possible time . ’ |
| 25 | But then a week later my clubs turned up ( all but the woods ) so I changed the claim I had made to insurance company just so if covered the woods the money came very quickly for once . |
| 26 | Had they taken it away so as to fool him ! |
| 27 | I saw some people from school and turned my head away so as to avoid them . |
| 28 | The edges of adjacent planks were not fastened together mechanically but stood open so as to form a V-shaped groove . |
| 29 | But , when out in open ground , as Duncan was , the occupant had to lie absolutely still so as to avoid being seen . |
| 30 | Introducing Wired , his biography of John Belushi , Bob Woodward recalls how the rigours of research involved going to bed early so as to rise at 4am to visit one of the comedian 's favourite watering holes . |