Example sentences of "so [subord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a month or so where her face had been seen almost daily on TV : they had not yet quite forgotten . |
| 2 | So although his neighbours opposite occupied houses with gardens , his side of the street had to work for a living : he would have been used to seeing the flame fanned by the bellows of the blacksmith , the steam rising from the sweating horses in the carrier , s stables , and — we may hope — a line of customers waiting to be served in his little shop . |
| 3 | In the transmission of ability , we assume that there is ‘ regression towards the mean ’ : children of above-average parents have abilities that are above average , but less so than their parents . |
| 4 | The images that the parties convey are important , more so than their stance on specific issues . |
| 5 | Armstrong 's patrician Oxbridge performance was not very successful in the brash atmosphere of the Australian courts — significantly less so than his performances before House of Commons committees . |
| 6 | Wright looked acclimatised to the First Division , more so than his partner Bright , who has yet to score this season . |
| 7 | The ‘ lifting up of the face ’ speaks powerfully and movingly of reconciliation , more so than our grey ‘ accept ’ ever can . |
| 8 | Many grandmothers who lived with their grandchildren helped look after them , made their clothes , got them up for school , minded them while their mothers went out to work : ‘ I thought of my grandmother even more so than my mother cos she was always there , you see . |
| 9 | The aggradation in the lower reaches of these rivers results in a landform with all the appearance of a true floodplain , a broad tract of easily flooded land over which the river flows in sweeping meanders , or did so until their courses were artificially contained in the interests of navigation and flood control . |
| 10 | Quite sharp conflicts continually develop between these two approaches , and will continue to do so until their relation is thought out properly . |
| 11 | The bureau has said it will consider doing so if its estimates are good enough . |
| 12 | Maxton led the opposition to this view , claiming not that the Party should disaffiliate immediately , but that it should not hesitate to do so if its freedom to advocate the Socialism in Our Time policy were limited . |
| 13 | As long as we start from the conception of a rational agent , it appears easy to decide whether an inclination is egoistic ; it will be so if its goal by the agent 's own standards is beneficial to himself . |
| 14 | Dara had handled her with humiliating ease , and no doubt could continue to do so if their paths were ever to cross again . |
| 15 | They want to feel that they are eating the kind of food which will add to the chances of their remaining in good health , but often they can not see how they can do so if their income has been drastically reduced . |
| 16 | So if we sort of went like that |
| 17 | So if we sort of put in here one one third what does it mean ? |
| 18 | So if they balls it up we get false |
| 19 | However , there is no truth in the story you may have heard that the Ponderosa also distils ’ its ’ own Poteen , so if your drink seems somehow stronger , it 's probably due to the thin air at that altitude ! |
| 20 | Second , Ketamine has a slow onset taken orally , so if your tablet does n't work , do n't drop a few more and cross your fingers . |
| 21 | IDE drives do not need low level formatting so if your BIOS has such a routine , ignore it . |
| 22 | Version 5 however , is expected to include a facility to ‘ knit from the screen ’ , so if your computer and knitting machine are in the same room , you may find this more convenient than printing on to paper . |
| 23 | So if your PC is already jam-packed with boards , you might need to do some creative rearrangement . |
| 24 | There are not many herbs which prefer acid soil , so if your soil is acid use chalk ( calcium carbonate ) or ground limestone ( the same substance but less quick-acting ) to alter it to a depth suitable for adequate root growth . |
| 25 | So if your dishwasher is unreliable and you are getting complaints from customers , then that might be the area to begin with . |
| 26 | Ecstasy 's been described as the next best thing to an orgasm , so if your life feels empty it can appear to fill that gap quite nicely . ’ |
| 27 | So if your resistance stays the same and we keep increasing the voltage at some stage you say ooh it feels tingly |
| 28 | So if your voice is quick , make sure you put in pauses , or find some other method of coping with it in that way . |
| 29 | Erm how about stayed if so if your friend stayed overnight . |
| 30 | We produce less saliva when tense , so if your child is licking her lips excessively , this could be a sign of worry . |