Example sentences of "very [adj] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Natural wastage in AEA is currently very low so if there is a need to reduce numbers this will need to be through further redundancies . |
| 2 | The proportion of energy imports , however , will fall very little so that any economic improvement resulting from Spain 's lessening of oil reliance will be dependent on the market prices of imported gas , coal and crude oil . |
| 3 | Stress affects posture : often people look slumped , their shoulders sag and they hunch their back ; alternatively they hold themselves very rigid so that the muscles of the shoulders and neck especially are set ; their face takes on a fixed expression with perhaps staring eyes or clenched jaw ; muscular tics and involuntary twitches can arise ; for some people cramp is stress-related . |
| 4 | We recently acquired a darts board and this has proved very popular so if you have spare darts and/or a darts board , carpet bowls or skittles these too will be received with gratitude . |
| 5 | Sitting in Brussels , his information sources are very limited so that , if the legislation is to be effective , the official depends on information brought to him from outside . |
| 6 | Like many Sicilian buildings the windows are very small so as to exclude the hot sunshine ( 215 ) . |
| 7 | A magician lives in the house everyone says that he 's very grumpy so if you meet the magician you must be very polite . |
| 8 | Hilton 's Scale gains , perhaps , over some other later descriptions of the way in being very wide and very general so that the individual can find his own way therein without being embarrassed by a bundle of inapplicable particularities . |
| 9 | The problem is solved if the central core is very thin so that there is no room for reflection . |
| 10 | Because the gas turbine operates at a constant speed of 90,000rpm , it is very efficient so that fuel consumption and emissions are low . |
| 11 | ‘ She knew the lads and said they were very nice so that made it easier to audition for them . ’ |