Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This represents a constant haemorrhage of money from the business which can only be sustained for so long , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ I thank you for the warning , sir , ’ Theda said demurely , ‘ and will hope to be forgiven for so wantonly playing the temptress . ’ |
| 3 | Any deficiencies in this software may be forgiven in so far as it is distributed entirely free of charge ; no registration fee is requested by the author . |
| 4 | Secondly , agency discretion should be limited in so far as this is compatible with efficient operational decisions . |
| 5 | No other substance at the enormous pressures that must exist at even relatively shallow depths in Jupiter could possibly be compressed to so comparatively slight an average density . |
| 6 | BCG does not say ‘ invest and grow ’ here , but implies that investment should be made in so far as it is needed to maintain a favourable position ; BCG seems to be ambivalent here about the need to invest to increase market share . |
| 7 | In sophisticated market planning , a certain type of work can be selected at so early a stage , on the basis of a few examples or of some calculated or projected demand , that production , from that stage , no longer originates with the primary producer but is commissioned from him . |
| 8 | He wished that Alice Fenwick could be dealt with so simply . |
| 9 | But the perpetual unrest in Argentina 's armed forces may not be disposed of so fast . |
| 10 | Sin could be repented of by an act of volition ; failure could not be disposed of so easily . |
| 11 | This ignoring of non-European high culture and history may not seem important , but it is a part of the same ethos which permits the everyday culture of Asian life to be stamped on so viciously in schools . |
| 12 | Words such as ’ normal ’ and ’ roles ’ are so weighed down with morally conservative pressures no responsible film-maker should let them be thrown in so lightly and without challenge . |
| 13 | 8.4 If at any time is at default in performance or observance of any of its obligations under this Agreement , shall be entitled for so long as the default continues , but without prejudice to any other rights under this Agreement , to withhold delivery of the Licensed Software from notwithstanding that orders for the Licensed Software have been accepted by . |
| 14 | In earlier times many learned lawyers seem to have believed that an Act of Parliament could be disregarded in so far as it was contrary to the law of God or the law of nature or natural justice , but since the supremacy of Parliament was finally demonstrated by the Revolution of 1688 any such idea has become obsolete . |
| 15 | In earlier times many learned lawyers seem to have believed that an Act of Parliament could be disregarded in so far as it was contrary to the law of God or the law of nature or natural justice , but since the supremacy of Parliament was finally demonstrated by the Revolution of 1688 any such idea has become obsolete . |