Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that my hon. Friend is anxious for a conclusion to be reached for next year , and I hope that it will be possible to do so soon . |
| 2 | But though none might be prepared to go so far as that , all British parties would quickly realize that apparent discrimination against women in their lists would do them a lot of harm . |
| 3 | Some colleagues are giving me some messages to read out it would n't be appropriate to do so today because colleagues they er forget them , so I 'm gon na do them tomorrow which will be more appropriate so please do n't think that I 've er forgotten them . |
| 4 | But now it seemed terrible that they should be able to talk so naturally while Dr. Lorrimer lay there dead upstairs . |
| 5 | Even though we have not yet been able to predict any of these quantities from superstring theory , many people believe that we will be able to do so eventually . |
| 6 | They would be able to do so only from about a metre away , however , because even the muscles ' discharges are tiny . |
| 7 | Where , for instance , an independent power generator will be permitted by Directive to plug into the grid of any Member State ( something , as we have seen , not actually proposed by the Commission at present ) , it will be able to do so only with a safety clearance from the appropriate ‘ home ’ authority . |
| 8 | A party who wishes to appeal from a decision of an expert will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if the expert has decided the wrong issue ; or ( 2 ) if the expert has asked himself the wrong question : see 13.6.8 . |
| 9 | A party who wishes to appeal from an arbitration award will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if he has not entered into an international contract where the right to appeal has been excluded ; or ( 2 ) if he has not agreed to exclude the right to appeal after the dispute has arisen ; or ( 3 ) if the subject-matter is admiralty , commodities or insurance ; or ( 4 ) if he is challenging a finding where there is a need to interpret certain standard form contracts ; or ( 5 ) if he is challenging a finding which is plainly and seriously wrong . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't think you 'd be able to see so far . ’ |
| 11 | To be able to concentrate so fully on a race needs good board handling skills , since you should n't have to think about how to sail the board fast . |
| 12 | A boy in Henry 's situation would be unlikely to think so explicitly in words . |
| 13 | ‘ I have no axe to grind and it may be that the scheme would pose no hazard , in which case I would be happy to say so publicly , ’ he said , ‘ But if I learn that the route would expose local populations to field strengths greater than two milliGauss I will say it is potentially hazardous and will support my statement with a good deal of scientific information . ’ |
| 14 | Since I would have to start the engine some time in any case , it might be best to do so now , cloaked by the noise of the steam engine thudding somewhere overhead . |
| 15 | She imagined , for instance , that if the inhabitants of Arghuri had been unwilling to venture on to the mountain before the earthquake , any survivors would scarcely be ready to do so now . |