Example sentences of "but so [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But so much the better ; not every 80-year-old survives an entirely new experience so succesfully . |
| 2 | It was hard lying , but so much the better , he would be in no danger of falling asleep . |
| 3 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 4 | But so often the challenge is not met and the result is a wishy-washy moral parable . |
| 5 | A suitable level of abstraction confers enormous benefits in devising simple and powerful documents ( but so often the abstraction only feels ‘ 90% correct ’ , leaving the remaining 10% maddeningly awkward and inelegant ) . |
| 6 | Doctors are working hard , but so far a cure for HIV and AIDS has not been found . |
| 7 | " They came round again to see if they could find any more clues , " Sara said , " but so far a blank ; and also , I don think anything was stolen , thanks to you . |
| 8 | This is a relatively small volcano , and so easily accessible that it has even been suggested that a hotel should be built beneath it , to make an especially attractive night spot for jaded Guatemalans , but so far no one has risked the capital . |
| 9 | But so far no one has determined whether they are of the type that produces the trichothecene toxins . |
| 10 | Reports from the OECD and NATO 's science committee have come to similar conclusions , but so far no one has quite got it together to act on a Europe wide scale . |
| 11 | They had spies out , to be sure , but so far no definite reports had come in other than that Balliol and the English army , now unfortunately reinforced by the Highland and other Scots adherents , had left Perth ten days before , cavalry and foot marching southwards by Auchterarder and the Allan Water , to cross Teith by the Ford of Keir and Forth by the Fords of Frew , presumably to avoid any opposition at the vulnerable Stirling Bridge ; which conjecture had set Alexander Ramsay worrying about Doune Castle and Mariot Randolph , not to mention her brother raising his levies thereabouts . |
| 12 | Several racecourses would like to stage more Sunday meetings but so far no fixtures ( apart from a point-to-point ) have been drawn up for next year . |
| 13 | So far only the local city authority has nominated its three members and the identity of the new President is still a matter of speculation : after ten years of Socialist rule the Christian Democrats feel it is their turn to be represented , but so far no suitable candidate has emerged . |
| 14 | Plants like these are very likely to have been among the earliest forms to colonise the moist margins of the land , but so far no fossil relics of undoubted mosses have been discovered from this early period . |
| 15 | A police investigation followed and a number of people including Mr. Tully were arrested and questioned but so far no charges have been laid . |
| 16 | It is hoped that this ‘ infrared slavery ’ will explain why quarks are always confined in colorless bound states , but so far no one has been able to demonstrate this really convincingly . |
| 17 | Certainly there is abundant evidence for the extraction of salt from sea water around the Wash , but so far no settlement has been found to match the name ; on the distance from London alone , it ought to lie in the Sleaford or Heckington area . |
| 18 | The US Government is also making available grants of $2.8 million for site selection and characterisation , but so far no Native American nation has taken up that offer . |
| 19 | Models for broadening the curriculum have begun to be formulated but so far no developed model , together with suitable resources , has been promulgated . |
| 20 | Donegall Pass CID are investigating the incident but so far no witnesses have come forward . |
| 21 | Further extensive tests are still being carried out on other samples but so far no trace of Miss Larkin , 24 , has been found . |
| 22 | The break-in happened between 6.30 and 10.30pm on Thursday night but so far no witnesses have come forward to give more information about the exact time of the raid . |
| 23 | In November Coun Thorne-Wallis , who represents Haughton West ward , telephoned British Rail about the missing fencing below Wylam Hill near Thompson Street East but so far no action has been taken . |
| 24 | But so far no one has provided a satisfactory answer to why , for generations , the Cumberland has inevitably been known as the Blood Kit . |
| 25 | This tiny Shetland pony was found two weeks ago wandering in a field of pitchum near Stroud but so far no one has come forward to claim him . |
| 26 | But so far the conclusions have been empirical rather than moral . |
| 27 | This proposition , admittedly , is not without its difficulties when the sovereign is the same person in two or more realms where her ministers may tender divergent or opposing advice on the same subject ; but so far the possibilities involved in these different capacities of the sovereign have not caused embarrassment in practice . |
| 28 | But so far the reverse is the case . |
| 29 | It may cost me my job , but so far the PM has backed me . ’ |
| 30 | But so far the countries have paid in less than $140 000 . |