Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since no firm of solicitors can ever afford to retain the services of any employee or partner whose conduct tends to reflect ill on the reputation of the practice , and since the circumstances may rarely be so clear cut as to secure withdrawal from the firm by consent , thorough consideration must be given at the outset to the conditions for expelling partners . |
| 2 | Other people are hoping that the standards that can be set for the 7 , 11 and 14 tests must necessarily be so low that they need hardly be attended to . |
| 3 | If that does n't make you feel humble you must naturally be so humble that the hell with you anyway . |
| 4 | The length of the transition curve depends upon the total change of radius , the velocity of the engine and the permitted superelevation , bearing in mind that the cant must not be so great that if an engine is halted it will topple over . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , we must not be so swiftly carried away by talk of the job-market as to forget our democratic belief in the value of education as a good in itself , for everyone ; nor our individualistic belief in the concept of educational need . |
| 6 | Believe it or not , I use a fairly hot iron over the neck area to be cut out — the iron must not be so hot that the fabric melts , but just hot enough to flatten it . |
| 7 | In order to read the story they must find it interesting or useful , and it must not be so detailed and technical that they can not understand it . |
| 8 | I make no attempt to define satisfactory ; for apart from the truism that it must not be so large that the individual member of it is lost in the crowd and hence in his own view and in that of those who lead , instruct or represent him , reduced to an impersonal average , what makes a satisfactory constituency will vary from case to case . |
| 9 | It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change . |
| 10 | The " other ground " must not be so fanciful or remote that the proferens canot be supposed to have desired protection against it ; but subject to this qualification … the existence of a possible head of damage other than that of negligence is fatal to the proferens even if the words used are prima facie wide enough to cover negligence . |
| 11 | Pound 's point , of course , in these essays reprinted from magazines and from earlier collections like Pavannes & Divisions ( 1918 ) or Instigations ( 1920 ) , is that these matters that we think of as recondite should not be so regarded . |
| 12 | Product names therefore should not be so specific as to exclude wider use where appropriate . |
| 13 | Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers . |
| 14 | At the same time , a constituency should form a homogenous whole and , ideally , it should not be so large in area that its affairs can not properly be overseen by its Members . |
| 15 | Morrissey should not be so arrogant as to think that he can , expecting no recrimination or criticism , use racist imagery without anything but the most ambiguous of reasons . |
| 16 | ‘ The Pumas ’ critics should not be so dramatic . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) that the spending plans should be realistic in the impact they will make in any particular curriculum area ( e.g that the money should not be so thinly spread across departments as to be unlikely to influence significantly the work of any one of them ) |
| 18 | On a summons issued by solicitors for the interim government of Somalia , the Republic of Somalia was substituted as the plaintiff in the proceedings and directions were given for payment out of the money paid into court to the solicitors instructed by the interim government , unless cause was shown why it should not be so paid out . |
| 19 | Ltd. and Madigan Associates S.A. be joined as second and third defendants ; and ( 3 ) the U.S.$2m. in court be paid out to the solicitors instructed by the interim government of the Republic of Somalia , unless any party showed cause why it should not be so paid out . |
| 20 | But here we will make an end of it and leave a sign for all time that it should not be so . ’ |
| 21 | Though one can question the exact proportion allocated to education , it is impossible to argue that a certain proportion should not be so allocated . |
| 22 | Feminists argue that women should not be so dependent on the opinion of men . |
| 23 | It will be argued below that there are strong reasons why this should not be so . |
| 24 | Budgets should be sufficiently detailed to set clear targets for the managers responsible for carrying them out , but should not be so complex that they defeat their purpose of providing planning and control aids at the operating levels of the enterprise ; |
| 25 | Under the new system , such controls should not be so necessary . |
| 26 | The right hon. Gentleman should not be so cheap over such a problem . |
| 27 | I notice that a great many people were nodding when he suggested that , possibly including the hon. Lady , who should not be so argumentative because I am agreeing with him . |
| 28 | Although royal icing should be firm , it should not be so hard that it can not be cut with a knife . |
| 29 | ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’ |