Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 We have no intention to emigrate so far as present plans are concerned .
2 In kung fu one should never allow a technique to extend so far as to be impracticable .
3 In general terms , however , the present state of the law is that an individual who has reached the age of 18 is free to do with his life what he wishes , but it is the duty of the court to ensure so far as it can that children survive to attain that age .
4 People might also resist change because of peer group pressure to do so even though , off the record , they may acknowledge the changes as beneficial .
5 That is the ability to co-ordinate the actions of members of the society in cases in which they have reason to co-ordinate their actions , and the ability to do so better than they can .
6 To partake in that utterance must demand superhuman courage , courage from the divine , an ability to think so intensely as to die even from pure thought — to die a death ordained , not for self-glorification , a significant and saving death .
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