Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The equity partners should perhaps guard against any indemnity being drawn so widely that a salaried partner is relieved from the consequences of such " individualism " . |
| 2 | A big hand must go to the Canadians who took part so wholeheartedly and the many other international representatives . |
| 3 | Warming occurs so slowly that the descending lithosphere retains its high density characteristics for a very long time . |
| 4 | I was probably still thinking about that as I got back to Armstrong in Soho Square , which is why I reacted so slowly when the white Ford Capri screeched alongside Armstrong 's parking place and nosed into the kerb so I could n't move him . |
| 5 | Beneath and down-wind of the ash cloud there is a steady rain of fine ash particles , sometimes falling so thickly that a dark curtain appears to be hanging beneath the cloud , while in and around it electrical storms rage , with lightning flickering frequently , so that the whole effect is much more dramatic than even the most ominous of thunderclouds . |
| 6 | The roof , which is stripped of tiles , provides the water-supply ; the chimney smokes so thickly that the opposite wall is barely visible ; the few remaining window-panes are stained and the majority are stuffed with rags and paper . |
| 7 | She could tell that Dr Neil was looking at her most sceptically , although he was touching her so gently that the black fear which she had felt before she had fainted did not return — and pooh to his suspicions ! |
| 8 | These rolls were a speciality of Baden , and the people of Zurich liked them so much that a special train used to leave Baden early every morning so that they were in Zurich fresh and in time for breakfast . |
| 9 | ( Who knows , they may even enjoy a book so much that the next time the author is published they may even buy it at full price ! ) |
| 10 | However it must be worth trying to do so especially if a senior employee has received independent legal advice before entering the agreement and has been specifically compensated ( as is common in the USA ) for accepting the restraint . |
| 11 | At the end of August 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier on the field ; so suddenly that an elderly spinster had to furnish him with stars unsewn from her father 's uniform . |
| 12 | It has not been so long since the average chartered or company secretary was something of an eminence grise , rather than being in the front-line . |
| 13 | They also maintained that it would be impossible to hold fair trials so long after the alleged crimes had been committed . |
| 14 | With a digital signal , it is very difficult for distortion to occur since so long as a 1 remains a 1 and 0 remains a 0 the signal will continue to carry all the information and the data stream will be as pure at the end as it was at the beginning . |
| 15 | With this purchase came the inevitable decision to ‘ get rid of the horses so long as a comfortable place could be found ’ . |
| 16 | Kádár was fairly liberal in that respect , so long as a few taboos were respected , especially the role of the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | Even in a larger group , so long as a few actors stand to benefit disproportionately from the group 's success , then it may be worth their while to bear the costs of collective action , although less-involved people will free-ride . |
| 18 | That might work with the philosophe who put together the doctrine in the first place but it is unlikely to work with a follower who is able to live with all sons of inconsistencies so long as a few slogans can be repeated again and again . |
| 19 | So long as no viable cause for continental drift could be demonstrated , however , belief in it remained an act of faith . |
| 20 | Even Conservative Governments could be persuaded of the wisdom of this approach since , so long as no powerful state threatened the status quo , support for the League was the cheapest way of maintaining the Empire . |
| 21 | The right of free speech is one which it is for the public interest that individuals should possess , and , indeed , that they should exercise without impediment , so long as no wrongful act is done . |
| 22 | The Netherlands allows the centre to carry on supporting , preparatory or auxiliary activities , which is more flexible , at least in principle , and the centre can take on commercial risks so long as an increased mark-up is agreed . |
| 23 | After a 16-year ban , shops will now be allowed to display English ( or Italian or other language ) signs outside , so long as an accompanying French sign is ‘ markedly predominant ’ — that is , twice as big . |
| 24 | Of course , this does not rule out the use of naturalistic facts so long as an objective notion of validity is employed — the validity of inductive inference could turn on features of the context in which it is carried out , or the perceptual apparatus of the reasoner . |
| 25 | Before he left Persia in February 1921 , Ironside told Reza Khan that the British would not oppose his seizing power so long as the reigning Qajar Shah was not actually deposed . |
| 26 | If its greatest danger lies in the Israeli threat to push yet more Palestinians across the river Jordan and in a consequent revolution , Jordan 's greatest asset lies in the support it receives from the West , anxious to bolster Jordan as a ‘ moderate ’ in the Arab world so long as the Middle East conflict persists . |
| 27 | So long as the Algerian and Berlin crises were continuing , de Gaulle did not spell out the full implications of this threat , although his decisions , in 1959 , to withdraw the French Mediterranean fleet from NATO and to deny the US permission to base atomic weapons in France were clearly designed to reinforce the original message . |
| 28 | So long as the other 85% continues to rebound — thanks to stronger exports outside Europe and the boost to demand from lower interest rates — continental recession will dampen Britain 's recovery , but not block it . |
| 29 | And although the flow of mutual aid was markedly more often from the grandparent so long as the two generations were living separately , there were several cases in which visiting was explicitly intended to enable the grandchild to convey help . |
| 30 | The point of this analogy is that , so long as the two poles are separated , there is no relationship between them ; no power flows ; there is no danger . |