Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] so [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Well in er , this policy any time if you want to surrender so if you need er , some of the money , you can get that money or any time .
2 I hesitate to do so because that 's actually a source of difference between us and the County Council .
3 Because we have been made children of God ; we carry the family likeness through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit ; we want to live so as to please our Heavenly Father ; and we enjoy his Fatherly protection and generous provision .
4 Not every act of consent succeeds in doing so , and those that succeed do so because they fall under reasons , not themselves created by consent , that show why acts of consent should , within certain limits , be a way of creating rights and duties .
5 Moving on to the question of defenders stopping the try by not standing on the goal-line , Law 27(e) is clear about what the offending team must do : ‘ The opposing team must run without delay ( and continue to do so while the kick is being taken and while the ball is being played by the kicker 's team ) to or behind the line parallel to the goal-lines and 10 metres from the mark , or to their own goal-line if nearer to the mark .
6 But , when you do check , make certain that you have maintained straight and level flight just previously , and that you continue to do so if re-setting the DI .
7 ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ .
8 They spot their prey from the air and , having successfully visited the pool , continue to do so until all the sizeable fish have been taken .
9 The expanded girths , embarrassing bodily functions and creative coiffuring I can cope with — but what 's harder to handle is that most groups who reform do so because of shrinking royalty cheques rather than any genuine desire to play together again .
10 Positional accuracy is achieved by means of the equal numbers of teeth on the stator and rotor , which tend to align so as to reduce the reluctance of the stack magnetic circuit .
11 But sportsmen must retire ; their bones insist upon it , and most try to do so if not at the height of their powers — that is too much to ask , no matter how determined the vows of youth — at any rate a day before they are asked to go rather than a day after .
12 However , most people fail to do so unless they are admitted .
13 A spokesman for the Roman Catholic diocese of Leeds said : ‘ Those who criticise or accuse do so as private individuals .
14 The majority of candidates who fail do so because they have been so nervous that they have not been able to think clearly , far less to perform well .
15 It does n't get at what you want either but it 's one of the system that we 've got So if you write something th that you for a piece of , an essay that you got say a two one for and then you write an appalling piece , you might still get a two one for it under exam conditions
16 Of course the majority of people who volunteer do so because someone they know has asked them and this avenue should not be ignored .
17 As is well known , he wrote in the ‘ Foreword ’ to the second edition : ‘ I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations , and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence . ’
18 They have done so as technology has altered the source of profits in the total system of supply .
19 It is not only the Conservative party that has asked for such an explanation ; Labour supporters and sympathisers have done so as well .
20 At night they like to ride horses , and in the morning one can see that they have done so because the horses are exhausted …
21 Although the number of ‘ high-bay ’ systems constructed in the United Kingdom to date is relatively few the companies who have made this kind of investment have done so because they have clearly recognised the advantages which such systems offer .
22 We have done so because we think they can do it better than anyone else .
23 In many cases they have done so because their goods , produced outside the Community , have been regarded as unfair competition and have attracted anti-dumping duties designed to make them more expensive and therefore less competitive .
24 Those that have did so while stationed elsewhere , for the district of Easton has predominantly ‘ ordinary crime ’ .
25 Roberts ( 4.5 ) surveys the literature on youth , pointing out that the traditional focus on how youth cultures have functioned so as to reconcile young people to adult roles in employment and family life have lost a crucial element — the expectation that young people ( especially those with only basic education ) would have jobs available .
26 This is not to say that whatever mystery you have chosen so as to lead your hero or heroine into these successively more and more suspenseful situations will have to be kept entirely hidden from your reader till the last pages .
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