Example sentences of "[adj] do so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 22 of Appendix 1 shows that when people have recently bought a major item for cash rather than credit , half did so either because they never use credit or because they prefer not to if they can avoid it . |
| 2 | Some colleagues are giving me some messages to read out it would n't be appropriate to do so today because colleagues they er forget them , so I 'm gon na do them tomorrow which will be more appropriate so please do n't think that I 've er forgotten them . |
| 3 | They are likely to do so only if the perceived benefits exceed the expected costs . |
| 4 | But it was these same heads of kindreds and lords who were the major factor in ending feud and in maintaining order within local society ; and they were able to do so not as individuals but as men of power with powerful backing . |
| 5 | But they were able to do so only because — by chance — monkeys and apes failed to reach this island . |
| 6 | Therefore the buyers were entitled to refuse to accept delivery because the sellers had committed a breach of condition ( i.e. of section 13 ) and the buyers were entitled to do so even if they would have suffered no loss by having the tins packed in cases of 24 instead of cases of 30 . |