Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was even prepared to go so far as to admit that monotony was the most comfortable way . |
| 2 | But though none might be prepared to go so far as that , all British parties would quickly realize that apparent discrimination against women in their lists would do them a lot of harm . |
| 3 | Do not , however , suppose that I am quite idle , though happily for my health it is not requisite to apply so closely as formerly was the case . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Retail demand is quite heavy and is likely to remain so even after the novelty value of the new car has worn off . |
| 6 | They are likely to do so only if the perceived benefits exceed the expected costs . |
| 7 | The rest are harder to get registered — designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 and dubbed jubilee kiosks , they were mass-produced until 1968 — but they are likely to survive so long as they are in good condition and in ‘ heritage locations ’ ( that is , near the house of somebody ready to give BT a hard time if it tries to take them away ) . |
| 8 | However , contributors to the Review were largely unwilling to go so far as to attempt to specify the nature of artistic quality in general , despite the fact that their own capacity to decide which texts were of sufficient interest in themselves to justify study depended upon recognizing such quality . |
| 9 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 10 | But now it seemed terrible that they should be able to talk so naturally while Dr. Lorrimer lay there dead upstairs . |
| 11 | ECOMOG officials , however , categorically denied Taylor 's claim that Ulimo had been able to advance so rapidly because it had received aid from countries contributing to the ECOMOG force . |
| 12 | But they were able to do so only because — by chance — monkeys and apes failed to reach this island . |
| 13 | Whatever the government , the NHS has always been seen as underfunded and that is unlikely to change so long as children and old people wait months for operations . |
| 14 | ‘ Theoretically , yes , but that 's unlikely to happen so long as the company is successful and the shareholders approve of the way it 's run . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |