Example sentences of "very [adv] so [conj] " in BNC.

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1 There has been a tendency on the part of the Commission to interpret Article 85(1) very widely so that all restrictions fall within it and require exemption .
2 She crossed her slender legs very slowly so that the panel of her dress fell away to reveal long , shapely limbs plus a glimpse of white satin briefs .
3 The only way around these attempted take-offs was to walk very slowly so that we did n't build up too much ground speed , as airline pilots would say , and stop if Dawn 's wings did open .
4 They lay at angles to each other , drifting very slowly so that the gold-splintered pattern of the lake changed continuously .
5 Once again the control cleavage pattern reappears very slowly so that at several sites the reaction is not complete even after 30 minutes .
6 Sam 's porridge bowl was fuller than usual — Ma Bombie 's hand being even more unsteady than normal — so he was walking very slowly so as not to spill any .
7 V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments .
8 Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah .
9 Oh very much so because I mean all through this er through this period the communists are making , they , they want to unite themselves firmly with the peasants
10 Pulsars are spinning very rapidly so that some asymmetry is likely .
11 Add mustard sauce , season and bring to the boil very quickly so as not to overcook meat .
12 Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it .
13 However , this information needs to be given very carefully so that it does n't anger or hurt the person .
14 It 's always in a working capacity , but the difference being that we note down the results of our work , document it very carefully so that we can provide some kind of a lesson learnt for a future operation .
15 Then she had gone into the garden and played cricket with Oliver , running up and down and laughing very loudly so that they should hear her next door and know she was n't tired at all .
16 When they went out to a restaurant together , he would always complain — very loudly so that the proprietor would know who he was and so there would be people around about whom he could fuss were pestering him for his autograph .
17 Having made a decision on travel as their retirement hobby , they may have to live very modestly so as to finance their trips overseas .
18 Léonie frowned very hard so that she would not cry .
19 Erm there are , however , and a number of other valid objections erm if I just mention them very briefly so as to save time .
20 Any trimming should be done in mid-spring , very lightly so as not to cut into growth older than that produced the previous year .
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