Example sentences of "and so [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Insulation , incredibly enough in our climate , did not get housing subsidy and so is primitive or non-existent .
3 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 .
4 Generally the vaults have replaced the original wooden roofs in the churches here and so are later than the rest of the building .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 :
8 We will turn our backs to each other , and so be polite while we strip . ’
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