Example sentences of "so [adv] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nor for those others that came so rarely to this place .
2 Only the quota on Japanese vehicles prevents a true head-to-head with the class-leading Discovery and the Isuzu Trooper that has cashed in so successfully in this growth sector of the market .
3 Some have argued that the lands of the Iceni suffered so badly from this act of destruction that the tribe remained economically backward .
4 Thank you so much for this month 's beautiful surprise !
5 Thank you so much for this month 's beautiful surprise !
6 He feels that as he loved her so much during this time , he ca n't believe she was n't feeling the same way .
7 The opposition of Scipio Nasica to the destruction of Carthage figures so prominently in this account by Diodorus — and therefore by Posidonius — because he was thought to have foreseen the possibility of civil war in Rome if Carthage were to be eliminated : " but once the rival city was destroyed , it was only too evident that there would be civil war at home and that hatred for the governing power would spring up among all the allies because of the rapacity and lawlessness to which the Roman magistrates would subject them " ( 34.33.5 transl .
8 If we forget these differences , then we are no better than the bullies who figure so prominently in this book .
9 It is inevitable that we think of children at Christmas but , as Father John McCullagh writes so movingly on this page , our thoughts should not stop there .
10 The custodian of the birds , dozing in the sun and hardly expecting a long-distance message so soon after this morning 's arrival , jerked to his feet and looked up .
11 The novel insisted on reverting to the ampler great-sinner pattern ; hence Stavrogin 's emergence as ‘ chief character ’ , ‘ tragic villain ’ and so forth during this period , and Peter Verkhovensky 's withdrawal to the second rank : Verkhovensky the mere wrecker , the nihilist , the man of the 1860s , the deeper realist 's answer to Turgenev .
12 , who spoke so eloquently in this Chamber two years ago , has now joined the Trust staff .
13 Edward V was in his hands , and so probably by this date was Clarence 's son , Edward earl of Warwick , who was barred by his father 's attainder , but whose title was otherwise better than Richard 's own .
14 Edward V was in his hands , and so probably by this date was Clarence 's son , Edward earl of Warwick , who was barred by his father 's attainder , but whose title was otherwise better than Richard 's own .
15 He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ .
16 So clearly in this period the U K holidaymaker moved from being someone who primarily took their holidays in the U K very definitely into someone who was now taking their holidays abroad .
17 It will take time , I 've detected , as I 'm sure you have too delegates , a feeling of confidence in our debates so far at this conference , a confidence that has n't been there recently .
18 Much of the work reported so far with this technique involves organic samples , but the application to inorganic species should be a useful addition to other sources of information .
19 I 've never got so I 've never not got so far with this crossword .
20 England 's management are unhappy about the publicity given to Gooch , Gatting and Smith 's illness because they feel they have taken every precaution necessary so far on this tour — as yesterday 's events prove .
21 So far on this journey , except for a moment at Mahanaim , we have been travelling through country we know or can imagine .
22 Now we 've got four speakers so far on this matter er Chris
23 So far under this heading ‘ trade union and legislative development ’ , as under the earlier headings , the case effectively stated remains the case for extension , within the existing dispensation , of the role of trade unions .
24 ‘ I hope that the energy and drive displayed so far by this member , is only a taste of what is to come .
25 No one has advanced our studies so far in this direction , although one must not forget the valuable work of M. R. Hull on the Colchester industry ( 1963 ) .
26 So far in this discussion the emphasis has been on the voluntary nature of the ‘ obligations ’ of the active citizen , which is to be encouraged through the educational system and in other ways about which , it must be said , there is fairly broad agreement across the political spectrum .
27 So scorpion mating demands , for the first time among the animals that have appeared so far in this history , the ritualised safeguards and placations of courtship .
28 So far in this judgment I have been principally concerned to explain why , as it seems to me , the court has not only the power but the inescapable responsibility of deciding , in that specific context , what is to be done in the interests of her welfare .
29 So far in this section we have looked at the present provision of training and at ways of improving the system .
30 Much of the evidence cited so far in this section has derived from the research of John Scott , who adopts a self-consciously Weberian approach .
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