Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] so [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the new firms that started were under-capitalised and so went to the wall , but the net number has increased by many hundreds of thousands since 1979 . |
| 2 | Whilst knitting I noticed how attractive the back of the work looked and so recreated this impression on the right side simply by using the negative image facility . |
| 3 | It also helps to vary the shapes of the flowers as well as their colours : for example , hydrangeas are much more pointed in shape than roses , and the petals of potentillas are widely spaced and so give a more pronounced petal shape . |
| 4 | Thus issue of pasting in photographs etc. would be resolved and so increase the chances of having the complete story . |
| 5 | If we are looking for advice on a particular situation which affects us then impartiality of the second type is particularly important ; for instance , the judge who assesses the relevant facts and selects the relevant moral or legal rules must not be someone who has something to gain or lose by the outcome , although this presupposes the correctness of the rules to be applied and so takes us back to the impartiality normally associated with legislators , which is a matter of their involvement in determining rules which are not only universalisable but are actually to be universalised , at least within a given community , and to their impartiality in the third sense namely the adequacy of the consideration given to the various relevant considerations . |
| 6 | The EQ had to be re-tweaked and so did the mixer 's , but the end result was a very powerful rock guitar sound indeed . |
| 7 | Moreover , since the reader has been sensitised to the force of such figures through repeated exposure , they are to an extent foregrounded and so contribute significantly to the meaning . |
| 8 | Whether or not things could be otherwise in a radically different society , as things are , the conviction and punishment of an offender necessarily carries a moral , condemnatory message and is seen as so doing . |
| 9 | Bernie believes some parts , mainly the rivets , had corroded and so protected the hull because they were tightly bound to the 11 mm steel . |
| 10 | Other SmartMath features include symbolic/numeric optimisation which simplifies expressions before they are calculated and so speeds up calculations , and live symbolics which trigger the program to evaluate expressions symbolically , using all previous definitions in the document . |
| 11 | Indeed , if Mr. Newman was right , retraction in this country of evidence previously given in the requesting state would ipso facto discredit the evidence so given and so deprive the magistrate of any power to commit on that basis . |
| 12 | Mick lined him up , smashed him backwards , the danger evaporated and so did the crowd 's passion . |
| 13 | However , it has been argued that certain clauses operate at an earlier stage so as to define and restrict the extent of the contractual obligation undertaken and so prevent there being any breach of contract . |
| 14 | One might surmise that this is because they represent elemental features from which all other structures are compounded and so constitute basic units of mental processing from which all learning proceeds . |
| 15 | By spreading the impactor 's mass over a wide area , fragmentation increases the amount of atmosphere intercepted and so enhances ablation and aerobraking ; hence a fragmenting object stops more abruptly , surrendering its kinetic energy more explosively , than does a non-fragmenting object . |
| 16 | Surbiton won by 3 matches with one drawn and so represent Gt Britain in the 45 age group in the European Club Championships in June ( 45 's ) and September ( 65 's ) at European venues yet to be decided . |
| 17 | Happily the village is now bypassed and so spared the torture of heavy traffic , a blessing appreciated by the grateful residents . |
| 18 | The ABI also requests that , in the circular to shareholders , there should be an undertaking that the authority to buy-in will only be exercised if so to do would result in an increase in earnings per share and is in the best interests of shareholders generally . |
| 19 | In this way , conventional practices are rationalized and so made more adaptable , as both Brumfit and Krashen point out . |
| 20 | He was among the first to exploit the fact that living nerve fibres pick up and transport protein molecules like the enzyme horseradish peroxidase , whose presence is easily demonstrated and so acts as a marker . |
| 21 | I know what I am become and so do you . ’ |
| 22 | It will also allow the validity and reliability of the national survey to be assessed and so produce a more accurate figure for the incidence and prevalence of known cases . |
| 23 | ‘ She knows he ca n't be prosecuted and so does he . |
| 24 | I should be sorry if the debate on the Bill were to be unnecessarily prolonged and so prevented the House from debating the Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill that hon. Members are waiting to discuss . |
| 25 | One of Scotland 's most famous artists was the ‘ deaf and dumb Geikie , ’ as he was commonly known and so quoted in a publication in 1837 called Bibliographical , Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland by Charles Frognall Dibdin . |
| 26 | In the evening , body temperature is being reduced and so tends to be slightly higher than required . |
| 27 | Or are they to be softly stretched and so angled that they curve upwards and over before descending silently as in Fokine 's Les Sylphides ? |
| 28 | She 'd heard stories about people being attacked and their handbags stolen and so decided not to walk across town alone . |
| 29 | Viborg Cathedral , though still on original lines , is extensively restored and so possesses that machine finished appearance typical of Scandinavian nineteenth century work . |
| 30 | The unexpected usually occurs in military affairs for the simple reason that what can be foreseen can be deterred and so tends not to happen . |