Example sentences of "[coord] so was the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | From say 1950 to 1965 or so was the golden age for the professional … |
2 | As the Lord Mayor Albert was also returning officer on the night and so was the first to see the result . |
3 | Thorkell was there , having in the interval been in English service , and so was the Norwegian Earl Eric of Lade , and , if we can trust Thietmar of Merseburg , one Thorgut . |
4 | It was empty now , and so was the echoing hall of the old , its oxen safely stabled . |
5 | And so was the famous old Raffles Hotel ( although it 's been rebuilt since his visit ) just as he remembered it — from the outside , that is . |
6 | As is invariably the case , the chorus 's singing was first-rate and so was the orchestral playing . |
7 | The swelling was still very perceptible , and so was the bruised look . |
8 | And so was the written word — but perhaps less so . |
9 | He had lent his telephone to a colleague , and so was the last to leave the Press box as he transmitted his Rangers-Celtic match report . |
10 | The nearby red Hereford was often fully finchbacked in the eighteenth century and so was the old Castlemartin of Pembrokeshire , later incorporated into the Welsh Black . |
11 | The case was strong in law ( so much so that the defendants had contemplated pleading guilty in return for a fine ) but so was the public merit of the " illegal action " . |
12 | Not only was France a republic , one and indivisible , but so was the French ‘ community ’ which comprised France and its colonies . |
13 | It was as irrational as it was melodramatic , but so was the darkened room where for nearly thirty years Alfred had striven to keep alive the great illusion of his youth . |
14 | The tell-tale noises were close , but so was the winning post — or was it ? |