Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many industrialised market economies collective bargaining has become so firmly established that it is sometimes regarded as being virtually synonymous with the prevailing system of industrial relations . |
| 2 | ‘ The most a contestant has won so far is a small jar of face cream ’ , said Edna caringly . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND 'S industrial base has shrunk so dramatically that there are almost as many people unemployed as working in manufacturing , previously unpublished figures showed yesterday , writes Joy Copley . |
| 4 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 5 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 6 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 7 | That 's as far as my thinking has got so far . ’ |
| 8 | That the programme has gone so well is a measure of the enormous effort put into it by a partnership of centres and SCOTVEC . |
| 9 | Would another actress have fitted so perfectly the pensive , slightly sad role she created that so encapsulated Sydney Newman 's wish for human characters in awe of their out-of-time surroundings ? |
| 10 | The Harris/ITN exit poll shows that , overall , one in five people who voted Labour had done so tactically ( nearly a third of Lib Dem voters also did so ) . |
| 11 | The French negotiators had very little leverage , because their president had indicated so often and so publicly his determination to reach an agreement as soon as possible . |
| 12 | However , as I have said , by the time the case was before us W. 's condition had changed so drastically that , whatever may have been the previous position , the court would have been in dereliction of its duty had it not overridden W. 's wishes and effectively confirmed the order made by Thorpe J. that W. should be treated at the specialist London unit . |
| 13 | McGeechan regrets that the home unions committee has adhered so rigidly to the terms of its acceptance of the invitation 12 months ago . |
| 14 | Because home ownership has grown so fast , and old people now live longer , the main impact of inheritance still lies ahead . |
| 15 | It is , however , harder to explain purely in the context of the theory of contestable markets why some firms ' eurobond operations have continued to be successful while others have been unable to establish themselves , why there has been no significant decline in market concentration over time despite continual new entry , and why profitability has declined so steeply . |
| 16 | He says that the little boy has done so well , he can have a berret ! |
| 17 | That is why the support of the government to the voluntary sector has grown so dramatically in recent years . |
| 18 | Between 1856 and 1859 he travelled to Palestine and Syria and up the Nile beyond the sixth cataract ; he believed he was only the second European to have gone so far . |
| 19 | However , he did n't have time now for self-reproach , nor to wonder why Isabel 's seeming betrayal had cut so deeply that he had instantly thought the worst of her , had immediately accepted Matilda 's word though he 'd known how vindictive and spiteful the woman could be . |
| 20 | Yet the boy had insinuated so knowingly that the Commander had begun to wonder if perhaps he suffered from lapses of memory . |
| 21 | No architect before Burn had thought so profoundly about how buildings should function |
| 22 | The time may well arrive — indeed , that process is now under way — when the notion of the supremacy of the institutions of the Community and the primacy of Community law have become so firmly established that they are widely acknowledged to be a feature of the United Kingdom 's constitutional landscape . |
| 23 | Indeed , pre-existing opportunities have contracted as a result of the sale of council houses , which has proceeded at faster rates in more attractive suburban-type locations ( Forrest and Murie , 1983 ; Kleinman and Whitehead , 1987 ) , while the prices in the owner-occupied sector have risen so far that first-time buyers appear increasingly to be excluded from the housing market ( NBS , 1986 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's such a shame because the team has done so well on the pitch and manager Barry Fry is trying to do his best . |
| 25 | It 's just a try-on that 's worked before , delivered like a statement , not with the desperation and dependency of the displaced , urban campesino child whose need has become so much greater . |
| 26 | One was that Mr Yeltsin was Russia 's best hope — no plausible alternative leader has argued so unequivocally for a market economy , or seemed willing to trust the young reformers who will be needed to create it . |
| 27 | The trouble today is that the student body has moved so far away from asserting its academic rights that it has become largely passive , simply accepting the fare put before it . |
| 28 | Nothing in the age of contentment has contributed so strongly to income inequality as the reduction of taxes on the rich ; nothing , as has been said , would so contribute to social tranquillity as some screams of anguish from the very affluent . |
| 29 | Indeed the climate has changed so radically and rapidly that some teachers feel over-exposed to parental demand , exploitation and expectation . |
| 30 | The political climate has changed so rapidly since 1979 that many of the central principles of the Partnerships have been severely eroded . |