Example sentences of "and so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sufficiently confused by the English way of repressing emotion to characterise kind Hearts and Coronets as characteristic of Ealing movies in being emotionally quite frozen , ’ and so fastidiously determined to stay aloof from bland commercialism that he took no interest in the horror genre ( even though his later use of the Frankenstein story in his 1982 film Britannia Hospital suggests how much of a contribution he might have made in this area ) . |
| 2 | Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy . |
| 3 | And so generally buy the first thing that actually fits . |
| 4 | It is all too easy to feel that we know the answer to the problems presented and so precipitously give advice . |
| 5 | The kingly rule of God which Jesus proclaimed and so signally embodied is not a matter of mere externals , what you eat or drink ; but righteousness , peace and joy in the Holy Spirit ( Rom. 14 : 1 7 ) , and all three were pre-eminently to be found in Jesus . |
| 6 | He really scents the difficulty but thinks it too hard for discussion and so conveniently pretends that he has not seen it . |
| 7 | Most babies distinguish reliably between their parents and others during the first six months of life , and so already know that human beings vary . |
| 8 | One suggestion is that AIDS patients , like the rest of us , have suffered from common viral and bacteria infections and so already possess the necessary antibodies for defence . |
| 9 | First , the Macintosh was designed as a graphical computer and so already possessed the necessary hardware to provide a typographically ‘ accurate ’ WYSIWYG display and then print it out onto the new LaserWriter printer . |
| 10 | So ‘ fit ’ and so well adapted were they , and so successfully did they dominate their terrestrial environment , that they survived for 140 million years . |
| 11 | Lothar having tried for three days to do the dividing , said he " could not do so because of his ignorance of the places involved " and so finally left that task to his father . |
| 12 | ‘ The fact that the regime has so quickly and so completely imploded in East Germany could risk a reunification of Germany almost by default before long , ’ one diplomat said . |
| 13 | In these papers , all kinds of non- and extra-philosophical activities become the basis for philosophical reflection , for instance menstruation and childbirth ( Brenda Almond 's paper ) ; a gut reaction to pornography ( Alison Assiter 's paper ) ; the fantasies that disturb because of their apparently unfeminist nature Jean Grimshaw 's paper ) ; and nonviolent demonstrations against missile bases ( Anne Seller 's paper ) ; the point in each case being that these experiences are the starting point , because their importance did not seem to be recognised within the theoretical categories already provided , and so urgently impel the theorist to work out categories that are more adequate . |
| 14 | Third , the plight of the business may be so grave , and the selection of the individuals concerned so inevitable and so urgently required , that consultation would make absolutely no difference to the outcome . |
| 15 | With regard to the latter , it should be noted that many Glasgow deaf church members around that time were very religious and so strongly disapproved of drinking that they formed their own temperance Society , the Glasgow Mutual Improvement Society . |
| 16 | Jennies were smashed across Lancashire in 1769 and so strongly resisted in the West Country that their penetration in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire was limited before the early 1790s . |
| 17 | Opposition to the deal built up because of fears that this plutonium would free US stocks for use in its weapons programme and so indirectly help US weapons expansion . |
| 18 | When you listen to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sweeping aside concerns about the decision to put VAT on fuel bills with a casual assertion that it will help the national debt and so ultimately benefit every consumer , it gives you the clearest possible indication of how divorced this government has become from the concerns of millions of electors . |
| 19 | But this renewed social concern benefitted from the lessons of the preceding decades by being more realistic — and so arguably achieving more . |
| 20 | Lt. Mikhail Vologsky stared again at the buff-coloured application form , so meticulously filled out , and so callously rejected . |
| 21 | 736 and so firmly reiterated in Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is by invoking the decision of the Court of Appeal in Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 22 | This pattern occurs in second- and third-century contexts both at Kate 's Cabin and in Normangate Field at the site 's extremities , and so probably began earlier within the defended area . |
| 23 | The humpback 's singing can be heard from 32 kilometres away and so probably helps to bring breeding individuals together . |
| 24 | The boy led them up one of the dark streets to a place where the houses were tall and thin and so closely packed together that door followed immediately upon door . |
| 25 | He did n't employ an architect or surveyor , hoping that by being on the job and so closely involved , he ‘ could control things not being removed ’ . |
| 26 | Everyday experience is generally highly predictable and so rarely offers such surprises . |
| 27 | Clearly , I am focusing on the idea that it is the residues of bad experiences that lurk as bad objects in our psyche that cause us so much trouble because they have to be avoided at all costs and so rarely get modified by experience . |
| 28 | Throughout his chaotic years in Paris he continued to go to life classes , but he could not afford the five francs an hour for a model and so rarely had a chance to paint the nude , except for his girl-friends , and that , as he was beginning to realize , was expensive too . |
| 29 | This is lost soon after laying commences in April or early May — which is a shame , because most people visit the sea-bird colonies in summer , and so rarely see a shag in all its glory . |
| 30 | ‘ Losing Danny so suddenly and so pointlessly has been terrible . |