Example sentences of "[coord] so [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 BARLEY AND VEGETABLE SOUP The bonus of this homely soup is the brevity of its cooking time : 40 minutes or so is all that 's needed for a cheering bowl of soup from all-fresh ingredients .
2 THE STORY of vertebrate life in Britain over the past 2 million years or so is fascinating .
3 Nick , who had feared a torridly emotional hour or so was relieved by this ; grateful , he had shared half a bottle of brandy with Martin and told him a great deal about the behaviour of adolescents in certain African tribes , a safe subject , and one he was apt to enlarge on when drunk .
4 But a global cooling of only five degrees or so was enough to produce the Ice Ages .
5 The last 20 minutes or so were frantic but great to watch .
6 She has very clear pale skin and so is used to having quite strong make-up ( ‘ so that I do n't just look a bland mass ’ ) .
7 It presents its evidence impartially , and so is useful to those who do not accept Russia 's need for shock therapy as well as to those who do .
8 This technique is not always as effective as division , but does achieve a nearly random distribution , and so is useful when it is not possible to exploit any existing order in the key sequence .
9 Good ventilation is vital , and so is stable hygiene .
10 Information about the actual place is sparse , but an Orangutan Foundation representative told BBC WILDLIFE that there are no facilities and no expertise there to care for the orangs , and that the surrounding primary forest has been destroyed by fire and so is unsuitable as a release area .
11 And so is that instant of anticipation when it seems that two bodies must collide , brutally , and one is helpless to stop it .
12 Ownership of cars is also well up , and so is that of telephones .
13 And so is that six hundred pound if they want to buy both sides .
14 Gail 's in , and so is that Lisa .
15 The Osprey is well made and packs down small and so is good for all-season backpacking .
16 And so is one of his brothers-in-law , ’ said Forne .
17 The new conductor , Thelma Strange , picking up the baton for the first time , is his former pupil and so is new accompanist Kathryn Clarke .
18 The cake is n't large , and so is best for a small party of children unless you wish to make another robot as his ‘ friend ’ .
19 He points out that as well as being more durable than paint , epoflex contains no solvents and so is non-polluting .
20 Most minerals , glass , pottery , rosin , bakelite , cement , and biscuits are brittle , and so is ordinary table jelly as one can readily prove by propagating a crack in it with a spoon and fork .
21 Measurement of f at each of m values of t would provide m equations for the m unknowns ; however , since f is measured and so is inexact , it may be thought better to measure f at n values of t , where unc in order to minimise the effects of experimental error .
22 I would like to know if an easily accessible written package , with information on topics such as diagnosis , psychiatric drugs and their side effects , how to adjust to living with mental health problems in the family and so is available , or if there are any leaflets on the subject .
23 The state machine as a whole is regarded as neutral and autonomous from economic power , and so is available to be driven to the left if Labour is in the majority in the Commons .
24 Also , the coefficient b is the slope of the consumption line and so is equal to the mpc ( 0.8 ) .
25 Another reason , of course , is that the 29-year-old Ohmachi is Japanese and so is Suntory , the company that sponsors the championship .
26 February also has an original unknown which I am ( and so is Corgi ) hyping high , since it is a nice idea : the story of the Gold Blend couple in Susannah James ' Love over Gold ( Corgi ) .
27 Insulation , incredibly enough in our climate , did not get housing subsidy and so is primitive or non-existent .
28 We have already seen that it is common to feel tired about lunchtime ( the ‘ post-lunch dip ’ ) ; this is about 12 hours after retiring and so is another example of an ultradian rhythm with a period less than 24 hours .
29 As in a laminar flow ( Section 11.7 ) , the viscous term can be divided into two parts : one is essentially negative and thus represents viscous dissipation ; the other ( usually small ) integrates to zero and so is another energy transfer process .
30 Given that the alternative strategy is to continue to hold the portfolio of shares , this profit is independent of the value of the index at delivery , and so is riskless .
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