Example sentences of "[coord] so [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last 20 minutes or so were frantic but great to watch . |
| 2 | This technique is not always as effective as division , but does achieve a nearly random distribution , and so is useful when it is not possible to exploit any existing order in the key sequence . |
| 3 | Insulation , incredibly enough in our climate , did not get housing subsidy and so is primitive or non-existent . |
| 4 | The method had found unburnt paraffin in the person 's lungs , thus suggesting that the person had inhaled paraffin and so been alive when the fire started . |
| 5 | Generally the vaults have replaced the original wooden roofs in the churches here and so are later than the rest of the building . |
| 6 | Apologists for science also argued that doing science was valuable for building the character : accurate observing and truthful reporting were required of the scientist ; and so was open-mindedness and humility in abandoning preconceptions . |
| 7 | Its potential use was limited because it was not absorbed from the gut and so was ineffective if given by mouth , and because tyrocidine , in concentrations liable to occur during therapeutic use , damaged or destroyed red blood cells . |
| 8 | I had not yet learnt that a German is not necessarily angry because he is shouting , and so was surprised when he added in a gentle cooing voice : |
| 9 | We will turn our backs to each other , and so be polite while we strip . ’ |
| 10 | Jobson is good in the air — but so are newsome and Wetherall . |