Example sentences of "[conj] so [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not many viewers can have realised that this was a deft parody of the catastrophic visit of Mike 's ‘ uni-mates ’ a week or so ago that ended in Bron cruelly dumping him just before his psychology exam . |
| 2 | We we saw him come on against Birmingham about a month or so ago and save that penalty and it 's ironic that that 's how Nigel Spinks started at at Villa was n't it when he came on for Jimmy Rimmer and if Bosnich does the same job as what Nigel 's done over the past ten years then no one 's going to argue . |
| 3 | I was at a concert with the children a month or so later and saw one rather pushy friend , who I could normally handle . |
| 4 | They will find their enemy the skua already in residence , having arrived a week or so earlier and practising his piracy harrying kittiwakes or puffins until the terns come back . |
| 5 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 6 | They quite simply can not explain WHY they believe WHAT they believe , and so rather than admit their ignorance about their own faith , they just shut up . |
| 7 | It 's quicker for me to clear up/wash up and so on than to argue with them about doing it . |
| 8 | It 's an electro-mechanical device , with contacts and so on that tend to corrode and all the rest of it , and that sort of thing can be very conveniently replaced by a small microcomputer . |
| 9 | Secondly , the answers will only reveal any proposals for new roads and so on that have actually been placed on the council 's register . |
| 10 | What we do at the end of the year we have n't quite worked out , but we are very much committed to sharing child care and professional space if you like , but we are very privileged in that academic work allows one the flexibility to work in the hours that you find convenient and so on and allows you the flexibility to make this kind of family arrangement . |
| 11 | The group are hoping to produce a publication , organise workshops , courses and so on and plans to become involved in schools and colleges . |
| 12 | Two others , wearing raincoats over their underwear , would be waiting at the bar or similar , ready to join the fray shouting ‘ Boozebusters ’ and things like ‘ Your wife/secretary/boss is taking you out of here now ! ’ and then they would spray foam , throw cards , pop party-poppers and so on and drag the victim out to a waiting fast car . |
| 13 | But er , he he hopped on one day and er had a talk with him and so on and took my temperature and pulse and that , this , that and other , he said well I 'll call again he said , when I 'm by , but he never did ! |
| 14 | Because it was no use to the farmer , there was no water to be seen there , and I thought I could do it with my own garden tools , and so once I 'd removed all the rough brambles and so on and discovered the periphery of the old pond |
| 15 | During this fabulous weekend , we cut out our material , linings and so on and prepared them for sewing . |
| 16 | She knows to turn the water off , drain the tank and so on and turn electricity off and count units used etc . |
| 17 | that if had relinquished all his responsibility regarding the mortgage and so on and signed it over to you , then you could have turned round and say alright that 's it , I 'm going to sell the house |
| 18 | In some cases population intermingled there 's bound to be conflict whatever happens , it seems to me that these problems can only be solved , first of all by ensuring that all eth ethnic groups have the right to their own culture , their own language , their own religion and so on and to exercise them in their own territory , but they 're not discriminated again in jobs and housing and education , er and then also as you say to help with state sponsored finance people who do decide that they want to migrate , that they do n't want to live in somebody else 's Republic , that they do want to move across the border into , as it were , their own Republic . |
| 19 | O K the Cold War , you 've got Russia and America building up their arms and so on and fighting all these kind of erm secret battles . |
| 20 | We then proceed to the third objective and so on and continue until all objectives have been considered . |
| 21 | And what we really do , when we 've got the show ground plan done you see , we look at which stands are where and say , Right , we 'll have that one , that one , that one , this one , and so forth and go |
| 22 | But so long as winning elections is seen as a mere matter of tweaking a market image , or of changing a brand title or logo , the whole enterprise is doomed to failure . |