Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we want parents to enjoy meetings so much that they will want to repeat the experience then a number of basic issues need to be addressed : |
| 2 | She darted over to embrace Dot so tightly that she could n't breathe . |
| 3 | Since money is seen as one component of total wealth , we can expect the demand for money to be directly related to total wealth so long as money is regarded as a ‘ normal good ’ by wealth-holders. ( b ) Rates of return on financial assets ( R ) . |
| 4 | Given the traditional association of Guinness and oysters , and the sublime combination of the two , it is not surprising to find Guinness so strongly supportive of that great European favourite , The Galway International Oyster Festival , every September . |
| 5 | Even though she had got to know Miriam so well during the siege she was still often taken aback by her boldness . |
| 6 | What this study wo n't do is to tell us much about specific industries such as our own because the numbers involved will almost certainly be too small to pinpoint effects so precisely . |
| 7 | Of course , some people will refuse to co-operate at all , but once an interview is under way most people will be prepared to answer questions so long as they seem genuine and relevant . |
| 8 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 9 | Nobody destroys me , and nobody was going to destroy Johnnie so long as I could sit by his bed — some of his family tried to stop me — and will my life force into him . ’ |
| 10 | Under the circumstances it is astounding that people managed to reach agreement so quickly . |
| 11 | er Mr Chairman your care to require question so here 's a question . |
| 12 | ‘ That is true , ’ he laughed , as if relishing the chance to discuss theology so early in his day . |
| 13 | Modern choral forms tend to avoid idioms so closely associated with past epochs , and ideally each piece should have its own particular form , which is a compromise between the form of the words and the needs of the music . |
| 14 | They would n't be able to , to buy things so cheaply . |
| 15 | Sedgefield Labour MP Tony Blair : ‘ Our commitment to the NHS , and to the elderly and families by increasing pensions and child benefits will bring to Government a sense of community and the need to help others so obviously missing from the Conservative party 's agenda over the last 13 years . ’ |
| 16 | In conclusion I would say that the book itself is good and the style is brilliant , as you are able to see things so well through the eyes of Finn . |
| 17 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 18 | She somehow manages to put invitations so cleverly that I can hardly refuse them — will I advise her about a job move , will I try out a new restaurant with her before she entertains a client there ? |
| 19 | He agreed to do homage so long as it was spelt out that Aquitaine should belong to him and his heirs for ever . |
| 20 | Many managers feel that they understand how to run meetings so well that they hardly need to prepare at all . |
| 21 | The good readers , in contrast , seem to recognise words so quickly that the beneficial ( or harmful ) effects of context do not have time to take effect . |
| 22 | There were innumerable bedrooms , some with four-posters , the furniture draped in sheets , two doors leading to separate wings so long disused that the dust lay thick on the floor . |
| 23 | Beatty 's aim was to keep Hipper so closely engaged that the Germans could not break off the action until Jellicoe arrived ; Hipper 's task was to lure Beatty to destruction at the hands of Scheer . |
| 24 | The supporters do not consistently play some of the Club 's best players out of position to accommodate players so far past their sell-by date that if they were a tin of fish paste there 's be an outbreak of salmonella the length and breadth of Mersey Street ! |
| 25 | But they could not be sure of winning and they know perfectly well that Mr Mitterrand has no reason to dissolve parliament so long as there is even a small risk that his party might lose . |
| 26 | I thi , because the society does want to categorise people so easily and so quickly erm , it 's it 's a very , erm easy , quick way of erm , knowing where stand . |
| 27 | What had happened to change Sylvia so drastically during the course of twelve days ? |
| 28 | Few commanders would have wished to expend the time and energy required to overcome places so heavily defended . |
| 29 | In one way it was good to have success so quickly , but in another way it meant I was facing things for which I was n't really prepared . |
| 30 | Just when you 've begun to get Riva so nicely softened up . |