Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WP Yes , but South Korea started from a nil base so far as industrialisation was concerned and with labour costs not much above peasant-subsistence level . |
| 2 | The idea of higher education as ‘ liberal ’ turns into a fiction so long as courses are determined solely by the introverted stance of the student 's core discipline . |
| 3 | She cried and wailed into Sally-Anne 's skirt so pitifully that Sally-Anne 's own fear of the brute before her was lost in sympathy for his wretched victim . |
| 4 | This may be the inescapable question for the foreseeable future so long as NATO procurement policy is predicated on highly trained work forces , scarce materials and sophisticated machine tools . |
| 5 | No one doubted that the disqualification remained in force so far as clergymen of the Church of England were concerned but the position of clergymen of the Irish Church remained in doubt until the election of one of them , the Rev. MacManaway , in 1950 . |
| 6 | On 16 June he captured Châteauroux and this time it fell into his lap so easily that men talked of treason . |
| 7 | And the triple classic winner flew across Newmarket Heath so fast that Clive is brimming with confidence that she can stay unbeaten next Sunday . |
| 8 | Western agencies are very envious of Mossad because it relies not on huge arrays of computerised technology but on a small group of efficient and dedicated men and women who are not bothered by any form of morality so long as Israel benefits . |
| 9 | Since money is seen as one component of total wealth , we can expect the demand for money to be directly related to total wealth so long as money is regarded as a ‘ normal good ’ by wealth-holders. ( b ) Rates of return on financial assets ( R ) . |
| 10 | He had changed the subjet so adroitly that Juliet could only stare at him . |
| 11 | It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned . |
| 12 | Indeed , they may be able to help the would-be Texas traveller by uncovering the fact that Philadelphia or New Hampshire may be more productive places to seek a placement to seek a placement so far as child abuse is concerned . |
| 13 | I beat the school 's fastest runner in the 100 metres sprint , breaking the finishing tape just before the other runners manage to leave their starting blocks ; I smash the school long jump record by 15 metres ( give or take a metre ) and I hurl the discus so far that Miss Harrison , the teacher in charge of the event , has to get her battered Mini from the car park to retrieve the discus for the next competitor ( who manages a measly 25cm ) . |
| 14 | This outperforms the return on conventional gilts of the same maturity so long as inflation is above 1 p.c. to 2 p.c . ’ |
| 15 | The perceived role of the Court and of the Commission as the twin guardians of the Treaty will be sufficient in practice to ensure that the Commission will determine the limits of its own field of competence so far as Article 38 and subsidiarity are concerned . |
| 16 | But they came the closest to looking like husband and wife so far when Charles handed Diana his pen after signing the visitors ' book at an Anglican Cathedral . |
| 17 | On Feb. 6 the US Secretary of State James Baker announced that the US administration would delay submitting the CFE treaty to Congress for ratification so long as questions remained about Soviet compliance with the treaty . |
| 18 | Drawing a long breath , Sophie shook her head and hugged her godmother so lovingly that Helen 's eyes filled with tears . |
| 19 | This is the clearest evidence so far that Mr Gorbachev is willing to change his government 's plans in order to share authority with the federation council — the first step towards wider talks . |
| 20 | They had clearly not done their homework so thoroughly as ATP before its coup d'etat over the Men 's Tennis Council in 1989 . |
| 21 | In fact Mr Hingston found a slightly unusual account in that it had instant access so long as withdrawals were made by post . |
| 22 | Finally , whereas Brittan and Peacock would perceive nothing untoward in biased programming so long as consumers are free to exercise consumer choice as they do with newspapers ( sic ) , Curran and Seaton propose that broadcasting and the press should be more representative of all political shades . |
| 23 | I slip into the pitfall of subjectivity with trepidation , but observing my fellow patients , I seemed to discern a distinct pattern so far as stress was concerned . |
| 24 | Then , in a movement so fast that Isabel had to replay it later in her mind to sort everything out , fitzAlan flung his cloak over the drunk on his left and brought his sword slashing through the air to slice through the arm of the man on his right . |
| 25 | No lords appreciated the possibilities inherent in the movement so clearly as Louis VI and Louis VII . |
| 26 | Gordon H. Wright , very much the driving force of the movement so far as librarians were concerned , declared in a letter to the Library Association Record in September 1961 : |
| 27 | It seemed to [ Judith ] that the emperor 's good physical condition might not last much longer , and his death would threaten danger to herself and to Charles unless they could win over one of Charles 's elder brothers to work with them , and they calculated that none of the emperor 's sons would fit this role so well as Lothar . |
| 28 | Take off cabinet doors : leave them off altogether for an open shelved look ; replace them with new louvred or wooden doors with beading ; replace them with glazed doors , or hang curtains in front of shelves instead ( PVC fabric curtains wo n't pick up dirt so easily but cotton is cheaper and easier to wash ) . |
| 29 | In this chapter , less emphasis is given to child than to infant mortality and , also , to morbidity , partly because the influence of biological factors becomes considerably weaker during childhood and , partly because the number of observed deaths decreases by age so rapidly that inferences drawn from survey statistics become less significant and the mortality figures more erratic due to increasing sampling errors . |
| 30 | Jinny went bright red and started towards the door so fast that Keith did not catch her up until she was outside on the path . |