Example sentences of "so [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So pick a corner , |
| 2 | Debasement of the coinage led Wriothesley to call the Mint ‘ our holy anchor ’ ; its profits were such that he told Paget to keep its operations secret , ‘ for if it should come out that men 's things coming thither be thus employed , it would make them withdraw and so bring a lack ’ . |
| 3 | Nothing so unfits a woman for producing good work , or for living usefully . |
| 4 | Backing up your data is vital , so book a lunch date if you choose level two , because it takes about one minute per megabyte of hard disk space to set up . |
| 5 | Flour beetles do not need water but breed best in a damp atmosphere , so push a test tube or small jar containing water down into the flour . |
| 6 | If anything , he was a little nervous about his ability to sustain so demanding a role for fifty-two weeks . |
| 7 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 8 | Right , so given a choice between erm , an average , a guaranteed income of say fifty pounds per hectare right if they 're given a cer a certain , if that fifty pounds is certain every year , alright , they will choose that every time in a , er , well just yes . |
| 9 | The successful arguments were drawn from more general movements in the political and social culture and so formed a part of intellectual as well as legal history . |
| 10 | if it is considered that the information content is of paramount importance then it is valid to so construct a resource centre that every student may spend most of his time wired up to a dial-access system so that all he need do is dial a number , press a button and then sit passively absorbing what he sees on a screen and hears in his headphones … |
| 11 | My one criticism of SansAmp has always been the harshness of the top end ; the GX-7 certainly has less odd harmonics and so produces a distortion sound which is more pleasing to the ear . |
| 12 | In a sentence such as ( 1b ) not only does did situate its lexical supplement ( eat ) in time like any other auxiliary , but it also evokes all the time necessary to actualize the infinitive 's lexeme and so produces a representation of an event seen from beginning to end as something that really takes its place in time . |
| 13 | These extra guitar-gauge strings lie on the topside of each ‘ bass ’ string , so using a plectrum lets the instrument operate to maximum effect , since the drones are struck first — as with a 12-string guitar . |
| 14 | He suggests that their role is to signal rotations of the animal , and to do so using a co-ordinate system that is compatible with the other main organ for signalling rotations of the head , namely the semicircular canals , which are sensitive to angular accelerations . |
| 15 | With so limited a territory left for privacy , perhaps it is not surprising that the Swedes have led the way in data protection . |
| 16 | It is easy to assume that with so limited a population and tourists numbering a fraction of those who head for the sun , protection of the countryside is straightforward . |
| 17 | In addition to asking questions pupils have to develop the ability to analyse historical evidence , make judgements about it and in doing so develop a sense of perspective about the people of the past . |
| 18 | Therefore , this project in addition to providing results of importance for econometric theory , should provide methods of importance for modelling strategies in economics and related disciplines , and so make a contribution towards improving the average standard of empirical research . |
| 19 | The length and width will depend on how many will be using the punt at any one time , but always remember that they are not the easiest things to row , especially in rough water , so make a length of about 14ft your limit , with a width of about 4ft 6in. maximum . |
| 20 | So make a start now by testing your taste-buds in this month 's competition , the Sainsbury 's Wine Taste Challenge on page 62 — you could win a trip to the wineries of New Zealand or Germany . |
| 21 | So make a note again tickets four quid each , the annual grand charity dance modern old time and sequence . |
| 22 | The fish look very attractive when garnished with cucumber , lemon and sprigs of lacy chervil I dislike plain mayonnaise so make a sauce verte which is good with both fish . |
| 23 | So make a point of checking if the aid is on or off before talking to someone who wears an aid , and speak slowly and clearly , with your face clearly visible . |
| 24 | So make a point of throwing away all those half-empty bottles — they probably wo n't protect your skin properly any more . |
| 25 | If Berowne had thought in these terms , then this was an incongruous place in which to receive so honoured a visitation . |
| 26 | It 's on Radio Nottingham 's breakfast show everyday at six fifty five , so send a nomination soon to in Nottingham . |
| 27 | His attempt to do so fostered a current of resentment that came to the surface in 1968 . |
| 28 | On the latter basis , it agreed to the LRT acquisition of two lines covering several miles at Croydon , so acquiring a link between two stations on differing London lines — Wimbledon and West Croydon . |
| 29 | Cressid , I love thee in so strained a purity , That the blest gods , as angry with my fancy , More bright in zeal than the devotion which Cold lips blow to their deities , take thee from me . |
| 30 | The bar of the Skein of Geese was the kind of drinking establishment Harry detested : fiddly little bowls of cashew nuts and olives littering every surface ; an effeminate barman who looked as if he would not know a handpump from a cocktail umbrella ; lighting so subdued a fellow could not see to count his change ; and a tape of Glenn Miller standards that made him positively nostalgic for the reception area 's bastardized Vivaldi . |