Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] so [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a very bright man , Michael Howard , but it 's quite clear that he 's much more concerned with grabbing the headlines and finding scapegoats , than with taking action through law that will actually improve the chance , both of preventing crime and of detecting crime , and then even more so , deterring people from re-offending , and it 's most distressing to see that when research showed that a particular non-custodial method of punishment is effective in perhaps fifty or seventy or eighty percent of cases , whereas prison is not , he goes for prison , he goes for picking on squatters , he goes for picking on the defendants right to silence so that we can see more people like er , jailed when they were innocent . |
| 2 | It is assumed that within a single erosional system all elements of the topography are mutually adjusted so that they are downwasting at the same rate . |
| 3 | For the high and mighty only appear so because we are on our knees . |
| 4 | The injunctions that are undermining self-esteem can only do so when they are unobserved and unquestioned . |
| 5 | At Hendaye , Franco stated personally what had already been said in his letters and through his ministers and officials : Spain was committed to helping the Axis , but could only do so when she was materially equipped for war and assured of her " rightful " territorial claims in North Africa . |
| 6 | In the area of competition and canvassing there are three general headings under which the courts will examine the existence of reasonableness of a restraint : 4.1 Restricted activities If the employer seeks by contractual restraint to restrict the activities of a former employee by proscribing the types of business in which the employee may become engaged once employment is over then he can only do so if he can establish a close connection betwee the restriction and the work done by the employee prior to leaving . |
| 7 | I will take on the caring but I must have a break every six months , ’ or ‘ I can only do so if I can be sure that the incontinence service will be reliable . ’ |
| 8 | I should like to hear Rebecca 's version , but can only do so if I repair my rudeness and invite them here — ( Like the Queen , we never ask her back ) . |
| 9 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 10 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 11 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 12 | I do n't want to give the impression that we often talked about Shanti 's origins ; we only did so when she obviously wanted to . |
| 13 | Despite himself he had been touched by her fierce defence of him , and although he frequently entertained Mrs Darrell he only did so because she was the widow of his dead friend . |
| 14 | You obviously did so because you suspected she was going with one of the boys . |
| 15 | When you do cook , only do so until they are tender-crisp — never until soft ( unless you are making a purée ! ) . |
| 16 | Look , cos that 's why it 's already broken so if you push it it 'll go . |
| 17 | The locks were still not completed so that whatever traffic moved between then and the opening of the Foxton Flight on 1 October 1813 must have involved portage up the tramway . |
| 18 | Hence people who enter the premises as lawful visitors may not remain so if they step outside of their invitation or permission to be on the premises . |
| 19 | However , they could not do so unless their account was settled in full . |
| 20 | If she or her children return before the ashes become cold , it becomes again an ahi-ka , but there is a difference of opinion whether the grandchildren can recover their rights in that way , but there is no doubt that the great grandchildren can not do so unless they are expressly invited and welcomed by the tribe . " |
| 21 | In practice , of course , we would not do so unless we thought the commercial circumstances warranted it . |
| 22 | As with problem solving , the difficulty with asking the right — questions is that we can not do so unless we already know the answer . |
| 23 | Our Higher Self is eager to give us a life full of love , joy , success and abundance ; but it will not do so until we say ‘ Yes ’ , and we keep turning our backs on it . |
| 24 | That said , we have seen so many people in recent months who wanted to move but could not do so until they knew what was going to happen to their take-home income . ’ |
| 25 | But many of those people who spend time making a good copy need not do so if they thought about the essay properly beforehand . |
| 26 | Similarly , a child who creates dangerous mayhem in the kitchen can not do so if he or she is taught and learns never to enter the kitchen . |
| 27 | Disappointingly strawberries do not freeze so if you do not eat them at once you need to use them up in some other way . |
| 28 | He had a round face , a hard set expression , and a way of speaking with his mouth scarcely open so that his words fell out as though under the weight of their meaning . |
| 29 | ‘ The rootzone is protected under the warmth of the polypropylene carpet and , although the grass can be kicked off during play , the roots are not damaged so that it recovers during the growing season . ’ |
| 30 | It seems odd not to do so when he is innocent . |