Example sentences of "so [subord] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this could not be so if calling these things ‘ good ’ were just to reiterate that they promote the survival of the species . |
| 2 | They can be territorial , so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places . |
| 3 | They can be territorial , so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places . |
| 4 | Most pregnant mothers are told to relax and put their feet up at some point every day — and many of them had done so while watching these television programmes . |
| 5 | The second is to give the whole section an extended meaning , so as to embrace all persons , born or unknown , who in any way may benefit [ author 's emphasis ] from assets transferred abroad by others … |
| 6 | which established that in the absence of a prohibition in the memorandum , the articles could be altered so as to authorise such an issue . |
| 7 | Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 ) |
| 8 | This brings us back to Le Page 's hypothesis : " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified " ; only now we can treat " linguistic behaviour " at a micro level , interpreting " from time to time " to mean even at different stages within the same conversation — perhaps even the same utterance . |
| 9 | Putting this another way , what is the mechanism whereby we " create … the patterns of … linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time [ we wish ] to be identified " ? |
| 10 | Here a transfer price of £50 has been set so as to give each division some of the profit . |
| 11 | This would mean an amendment of Further Education Grant Regulations ‘ so as to give less prominence to the length of course as compared with other and equally important criteria ’ such as the quality of teaching and the amount of written work done by students ( Recommendation 10 ) . |
| 12 | If it is impossible to find a frame with a high tone in such a position it is recommended that the first part of the frame consists of 3–4 syllables , i.e. is n't too short , so as to give enough reference points . |
| 13 | His routines were organized so as to facilitate this intellectual process : weekends were reserved for Colombey , where he could take long walks and mull over problems ; workday schedules at the Elysée were strictly adhered to ; he insisted on absolute punctuality and an atmosphere of unruffled calm . |
| 14 | Having obtained the poles of , the relevant physical transfer function is deduced by rejecting poles in the positive half of the s-plane and a network is synthesised so as to generate that transfer function . |
| 15 | It is suggested that in the context of a monogamous union , adultery was elevated to the status of a sin ( or indeed a crime ) and grounds for divorce so as to reinforce this concept of marriage and , in the absence of birth control , to prevent the social ‘ untidiness ’ caused by the production of children not the product of a couple married to each other , with all the inheritance and support complications which could follow . |
| 16 | Northern Tyneside was identified so as to incorporate all types of residential locale . |
| 17 | ‘ You must not deliberately offend so as to invite such punishment , ’ whispered the puissant amputee hoarsely . |
| 18 | In a speech on 17 December 1945 Kim stressed the necessity for creating a wide range of party organisations in factories , enterprises and villages with the formulation of suitable criteria for party membership so as to eliminate some of the dubious elements which had recently joined the party . |
| 19 | The practice is for the second copy of the Request to be retained in the files of the Central Authority as a record of its action in the matter , and for the second copy of the document itself to be returned with the completed Certificate of service so as to eliminate any doubt as to which document is covered by the Certificate . |
| 20 | Again , a minimum data value of zero is specified so as to eliminate those countries for which no data are available . |
| 21 | One major problem is that if the offence is defined so as to include all touchings to which the victim does not consent , it seems difficult to exclude everyday physical contact with others . |
| 22 | The argument over housing in Derry soon came to be focused on am important issue of corporation policy — the question of extending the city boundary so as to include more land for housing and industrial development . |
| 23 | In preparing my statement so as to include another recent event , I was following the behaviour of my predecessors , who have done the same on such occasions . |
| 24 | The Articles also permitted the Board to delegate any of the powers vested in it to a committee and defined ‘ the Board ’ so as to include any committee authorised by the Board to act on its behalf . |
| 25 | The sensible interpretation would be to read the phrase ‘ not within the powers of this Act ’ so as to include any of the traditional heads of ultra vires and there is authority for this position . |
| 26 | This move can be interpreted either as yet another instance of poor central-local ties or as deliberate slowness so as to let more money flow into public funds . |
| 27 | Something new was developing in the 19th century , argues the historian Albert Hourani , something ‘ created by the vast expansion of the European mind and imagination so as to appropriate all existing things . ’ |
| 28 | This cost can be direct , for example in the form of additional accounting staff salaries , or it can be indirect , where other activities are neglected so as to put more effort into the final accounts . |
| 29 | But , as we shall see , in Marxist scholarship there are those who have modified Marx original theory so as to accommodate these changes in a way which is consistent with the original insight about the determined nature of the locus of power in capitalist societies . |
| 30 | Cameras and sound recording equipment were discreetly sited in the shop so as to record all that occurred over the counter . |