Example sentences of "[coord] so [vb base] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thought that the side-chain inter-reacts with poly-unsaturated fatty acids in the membrane , leaving the hydroxyl group in a position to scavenge free radicals and so maintain the integrity of the cell . |
| 2 | By claiming the right to discipline their own members , professional associations largely prevent public scrutiny of their affairs and so maintain the image which they project of themselves . |
| 3 | Then , you can begin the next shot with a close-up of that individual and so avoid the awkwardness of a jump in the action . |
| 4 | ‘ Our device makes you think about drinking and driving and so avoid the risk . ’ |
| 5 | The inorganic compound cis- DPP can chemically bond to guanine bases in DNA and so disrupt the replication of DNA in actively dividing cells . |
| 6 | A simple mis-keying of a complex formula can produce errors that are hard to spot but which subtly change the balance and so disrupt the model 's accuracy . |
| 7 | The dams etc may also have been designed to attract industry and so benefit the country in the long term . |
| 8 | ‘ So if the hoped for vatable activity is tagged on to an existing business the Customs and Excise or the Tribunals , may refuse to accept the activity as a business and so deny the VAT registration , ’ says . |
| 9 | Hubble noted that certain types of stars always have the same luminosity when they are near enough for us to measure ; therefore , he argued , if we found such stars in another galaxy , we could assume that they had the same luminosity — and so calculate the distance to that galaxy . |
| 10 | Whether the ability to chelate free iron and so prevent the formation of the hydroxyl radical is important remains to be seen . |
| 11 | Should one seek the causes , eliminate them and so prevent the disease ? |
| 12 | However , there is still a problem at the crests of the corrugations , where the gap between the valves is larger ; many brachiopods solve this particular problem by having fine , hair-like spines which cover the crests of the corrugations , and so prevent the intrusion of unwanted particles . |
| 13 | Yet if it is not alarmed by this procedure , you may well be able to relieve the obstruction and so prevent the dog from choking at a time when rapid action is required . |
| 14 | Some areas of moorland have been ploughed deeply to break the iron pan and so make the soil suitable for ‘ crops ’ of coniferous trees . |
| 15 | Slight irritation can swell the skin and so make the pore openings look less obvious temporarily . |
| 16 | The government 's measures to secure more planning permissions for housing development will go a long way to remedy the shortage of building land and so remove the occasion for windfall profits based on scarcity values . |
| 17 | If the Labour Party are going to be in a position of ‘ determining ’ the future then I believe they must put the Westminster culture in order and so spread the ownership of that future . |
| 18 | The GLC was empowered by the Act to make grants to the LTE for any purpose ( section 3 ) and the GLC intended in this way to reimburse the LTE for the revenue lost by the fares reduction and so enable the LTE to balance its books , this being an obligation placed on the LTE ‘ so far as practicable ’ . |
| 19 | They can also clearly indicate marked levels of delay and so enable the professional to plan a course of intervention and further investigation . |
| 20 | The horse that forgot about the tiger that lived in its lair at the bottom of the hill , or at any time disregarded the danger , would very soon become the tiger 's dinner , and so lack the opportunity to pass on to future generations its genes for a poor memory and a low threshold of fear . |
| 21 | K-Swiss use their five strip lacing system for constant lateral support , combined with a D-ring cinch system to hold the laces firmly in place and so stabilise the foot . |
| 22 | The spindle , projecting upwards from the centre of the bed stone , was at first fixed to carry the runner stone a little above the bed stone , but later the elevation of the spindle could be altered to allow regulation of the gap between the stones and so control the fineness of the meal . |
| 23 | Surfaces that come into contact with hands , such as light switches , telephone handsets , door handles , drawers , refrigerator panels and machine controls , may build up levels of contamination that can temporarily overcome skin defences and so cause the transfer of potentially harmful microorganisms to food . |
| 24 | The fall in the rate of interest will raise the rate of investment spending and so cause the rate of national income to rise again . |
| 25 | The first alternative corrects all weights which are too high , and so cause the node to recognise an image not in C. The second corrects weights which are too low . |
| 26 | If they are then housed for the winter the immunity acquired by the end of the grazing season has waned by the following spring and yearlings turned out at that time are partially susceptible to reinfection and so contaminate the pasture with small numbers of eggs . |
| 27 | Their advice was not wholly disinterested , however , since there seems to have been a move in the Conservative Party at this time to replace Baldwin as Party leader by Austen Chamberlain , and so prepare the ground for another Conservative/Liberal Coalition-a reversal , as Cowling puts it , of the verdict of the Carlton Club which had destroyed the Lloyd George Coalition . |
| 28 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 29 | In ordinary circumstances , persons of their order would never be permitted sufficient licence to be alone together , and so enkindle the fire that sparked between them . |
| 30 | Of the two creatures , the squids are much the more mobile and have lateral fins running along their flanks which undulate and so propel the animal through the water . |