Example sentences of "so [noun prp] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.

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1 So Castells was the pioneer of what came to be seen as the ‘ new urban sociology ’ and , paradoxically , The City and the Grassroots seemed to recover some of the themes ( especially that of the experience of the immediate spatial and social setting ) which he had earlier rejected in the Chicago School .
2 South Wales , the principal supplier of paper for London newspapers and magazines , was part of the GWR empire and so Paddington was the destination for that bulk cargo , an average of 623 reels of paper arriving daily .
3 But first they had to look for a camp site so Mr was the chief engineer I was employed by him , to have a look round and we discovered Lyness farm to be a suitable place .
4 As Saturday in the Leeds of 1913 was a day of football — association or rugby — so Sunday was a day of religious devotion .
5 So Gustave was a six-foot giant , and the world shrinks just a little with that knowledge .
6 So Suffolk was the prime area ?
7 To Rich , from earliest childhood , as Cis was ‘ more mother to me than any mother could ever have been ’ so Ifor was the chieftain brother , indomitable protector in the rough and wreckage of those valleys .
8 So SkottiS was an education — and a celebration .
9 So Gilly was an elder of the church , an upstanding member of the community .
10 Though always happy at Saint Cloud , the Emperor had a weakness for the great palace of Fontainebleau , perhaps because of its associations with Napoleon I. Because of the magnificence of the palace it was impossible to live a quiet family life and so June was a month of great social activity , a sort of informal summer Court , at which was to be found the glittering society so indelibly associated with the regime .
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