Example sentences of "so [adv] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was saying so forcibly when the telephone interrupted her . |
| 2 | They did so mostly because the transactions depended on the new debt burden being temporary while bits of a firm were sold , but the burden turned out to be lasting . |
| 3 | Few of these , from the vantage point of 1990 , flourished as corporations so successfully as the BBC , which gained a reputation as one of the great creations of social and cultural policy in the twentieth century . |
| 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 | Express mention of the beneficial owner covenants will imply on the part of the assignor that the terms of the lease with regard to maintenance , decoration and repair have been complied with ; this may not be so especially if the husband has been absent from the property for some time ( see generally Butler v Mountview Estates [ 1951 ] 2 KB 563 ) . |
| 6 | So obviously when the war finished there was tremendous demand . |
| 7 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
| 10 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 11 | Now , not so long after the rebels won , their war has been ignominiously recast in official Arab circles as a training school for religious terrorists . |
| 12 | They also maintained that it would be impossible to hold fair trials so long after the alleged crimes had been committed . |
| 13 | You may say , against this , that there can surely be some form of appearance/reality distinction so long as the input systems can deliver up information about such objective facts as occlusion . |
| 14 | Eventually equipment purchases will have to be made so long as the demand for packaging is there . |
| 15 | A recession would cut back London 's traffic but so long as the economy keeps growing , the result will be more cars , more traffic and more pollution . |
| 16 | Mr Patten said that he had not turned against the idea of any and all new towns : ‘ So long as the location is right and so long as people can have real confidence that a decision in favour of a new settlement will relieve development pressures elsewhere , then new villages and new settlements could have a part to play in increasing the acceptability of new housing decisions . ’ |
| 17 | The Soviet Union , for its part , let it be known that if serious trouble did break out in East Germany Soviet troops would not move in , as they did to quell the 1953 revolt — so long as the West did not interfere either . |
| 18 | ‘ But so long as the system remains as it is , those who choose to disregard their obligations must realise they may face a fine . ’ |
| 19 | First , gathering , hunting , and fishing do not represent clearly different technological stages but always occur together so long as the environment permits the combination . |
| 20 | So long as the animals ' behaviour is meticulously noted , she argues , empathy and intuition can be invaluable in interpreting it . |
| 21 | That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll . |
| 22 | That takes time , but also requires scale : so long as the car makers ' output — and thus demand for parts — is small , it is hard to force suppliers to change their ways . |
| 23 | In water it forms aluminosilicates , which are inert as far as living organisms are concerned , so long as the level of acidity stays low — the silicon will make the aluminium separate out harmlessly . |
| 24 | So long as the frost does n't get to them first . |
| 25 | So long as the prosecution proves that D caused the explosion , and that the explosion was likely to endanger life , that would suffice for conviction . |
| 26 | The fault element in section 20 has been further broadened by the decision in Mowatt ( 1968 ) : there is no need to prove recklessness as to wounding or grievous bodily harm , so long as the court is satisfied that D was reckless as to some physical harm to some person , albeit of a minor character . |
| 27 | In most research studies of bereaved people it is recorded time and time again that , so long as the people involved have somewhere to go and someone to talk to about this major loss in their life , then they may well cope . |
| 28 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 29 | Tolerance of strangers may be morally right however threatened one feels , at least so long as the strangers respect the laws and customs of the country they have settled in . |
| 30 | In other words , so long as the campaign was in effect a referendum on the Government 's performance , Labour won . |