Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it have changed much — or did it rain so pre-emptively that he can not have noticed the lovely inlets at Isleornsay , their green banked lands sloping to soft-coloured waters ? |
| 2 | They have pursued this dream so fiercely that they can not afford to admit any self-doubt . |
| 3 | The problem is not so much whether you can or ca n't but rather whether you want to . |
| 4 | That is the ability to co-ordinate the actions of members of the society in cases in which they have reason to co-ordinate their actions , and the ability to do so better than they can . |
| 5 | So long as they can sell , AEs will never have to pass the exam . |
| 6 | They do n't care whether I stand on the side of a screen or front stage so long as they can see me , hear me , Karl Gesner . |
| 7 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 8 | These should , on the face of things , be the most reliable sources , so long as we can trust the writer . |
| 9 | It does not matter whether the golden spike is hammered in somewhere in England or in France or in China , so long as we can make an arbitrary decision , stop arguing about words and get on with the much more difficult ( but much more rewarding ) task of correlation . |
| 10 | So but we 're we 're very easy with things , we do n't erm we do n't jump up and down and get cross erm so long as we can get some . |
| 11 | So long as we can get it , that 's all I 'm bothered about . |
| 12 | One would also tend to accept verbatim reports of judicial court proceedings , evidence given before special committees of enquiry , so long as one can genuinely believe that the people keeping the record were quite impartial and skilled in their work and that all they took down has been printed without editing . |
| 13 | So long as he can block Labour , his own party will stick together . |
| 14 | Mr Gates would be happy to get his financial information from the quarterly report to shareholders — so long as he can be confident that the news will be as consistently good as it has been during Mr Shirley 's seven years in charge . |
| 15 | Even where a trustee has misappropriated trust property the fund may still preserve its identity , and , so long as it can be identified , the rights of the beneficiaries will attach to the fund into whatever form it may have been converted by him . |
| 16 | the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular Ministry to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial . |
| 17 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 18 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 19 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |
| 20 | I do n't know , but so long as I can cure the disease I do n't much care ! |
| 21 | Just so long as I can see you . ’ |
| 22 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Just so long as I can do something — no matter what — I wo n't feel so helpless . ’ |
| 24 | well so long as I can easily change . |
| 25 | I have nothing against thorns and prickles so long as you can admire them from a safe distance . |
| 26 | You can uncover many things in this way , so long as you can hold your nerve when the technique is put into reverse and used against yourself . |
| 27 | Live yoghurt applied vaginally can often bring considerable relief from the itching , so long as you can contain the mess ! |
| 28 | It is trivially easy to select for a particular genetic formula , so long as you can read the genes of all the animals . |
| 29 | I think so long as you can keep the parts of the structure there |
| 30 | You do n't have to worry too much about money do you really so long as you can manage with it . |