Example sentences of "but so [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But so long as no resources used in ‘ selling ’ or in producing are owned monopolistically , we are forced to conclude that this activity is essentially competitive and can not result in any kind of monopolistic control over production or any impairment of the competitive process . |
| 2 | A recession would cut back London 's traffic but so long as the economy keeps growing , the result will be more cars , more traffic and more pollution . |
| 3 | ‘ But so long as the system remains as it is , those who choose to disregard their obligations must realise they may face a fine . ’ |
| 4 | It can bolt it or it can corner but so long as the muzzle is in place it can not kill . |
| 5 | But so long as the three conditions expressed in the speech of my noble and learned friend are understood and observed , I do not , for my part , consider that the relaxation of the rule which he has proposed will lead to any significant increase in the cost of litigation or in the burden of research required to be undertaken by legal advisers . |
| 6 | But so long as the company 's objective is maximum profits , a concern with the welfare of third parties is necessarily an instrumental one : it is a means of protecting profitability in the long term . |
| 7 | But so long as the distinction remains , disaffection in so far as it appeals to existing principles of legitimacy , can be both conservative and loyal . |
| 8 | But so long as the tribunal decides the question assigned to it by the law , its relative opinion will bind , subject to appeal . |
| 9 | Its drawbacks were obvious , but so long as the tsar sought noble acquiescence in reform it probably represented the only sort of emancipation which had a chance of reaching the statute book . |
| 10 | The other powers did n't like it — they wanted Britain to get out of Egypt — but so long as the fiction could be maintained that the British were there at the express request of the Egyptian sovereign , there was not much they could do about it . |
| 11 | But so far as the confusions about to be examined are concerned , it does not solve the difficulty . |
| 12 | But so far as the problem of holism is concerned , attempts to formulate such a priori defences of individualism are unsatisfactory in two ways . |
| 13 | Of course , intuitionists and emotivists disagree about the availability of ‘ rational intuition ’ ( guided by such principles as that of organic unities ) but so far as the relation between the merely factual and the ethical goes they are at one . |
| 14 | Definitions are difficult , but so far as the workstation market can be defined , Dataquest reckons that it gained only 4.2% in 1992 , following a 14.5% gain in 1991 , and suggests that the slowdown in revenue was down to the overall mix of workstations shipped shifting towards lower-priced systems , and to the poor economic climate in Japan , so that the market crept up to $9,000m . |
| 15 | Quarries and coal-pits were numerous in certain localities , salt-works and glassworks were flourishing , the cloth industry was growing ; but so far as the visible signs upon the face of the country were concerned it was all a mere scratching on the surface . |
| 16 | That ground has not been strongly urged and I leave it out of account , but so far as the other grounds are concerned I am satisfied that there is validity in that criticism and those are matters which ought to have been taken into account and , being matters which are relevant , in my judgment , that is a reason why this appellate court can and should intervene . |
| 17 | But so far as the economy was concerned , lack of reach was a much bigger problem than lack of speed . |
| 18 | But so far as the growing and diversifying domestic market for manufactured goods was concerned , improved road transport was far more important a means of distribution , for here speed and reliability were often sought above cheapness . |
| 19 | You need special cards to get in even if you are a visitor but so far as the computer is concerned that did not have the same security ? ’ |
| 20 | But so far as an answer can be found , it must be sought in the influences to which he was exposed during his exile . |