Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] so [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The major disadvantage of doing so is that the data formats required by the two packages are very different .
2 The arguments against doing so are that :
3 The stated reason for doing so is that an increasing number of cardholders are paying their bill at the end of each month , pay nothing for the card , and are therefore being subsidised by those who do use the credit facility .
4 His motive for doing so is that he thinks that English verse has been ill-served by prosodists in the past .
5 There was no reason why she should satisfy his curiosity and she was honest enough to admit that the only reason for doing so was because she was proud of her success .
6 The causes of marginalisation both in Europe and the Third World , the nature of the actions necessary to overcome it and the implications for industrial society in doing so are as yet poorly understood .
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