Example sentences of "[vb infin] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | These identifications will not hold good throughout the poem , precisely because the two poets were so intimate , and would remain so : each could and did ‘ internalize , the other , in the sense that within Yeats there was a voice that spoke the sentiments of Pound , and within Pound a voice that spoke like Yeats . |
| 2 | Anxieties which are currently felt most acutely by those living near destruction plants themselves may not always remain so localised . |
| 3 | But how much longer will they remain so ? |
| 4 | Kurt Hager , the 77-year-old chief party ideologue who first indicated changes were on the way , insisted in Moscow yesterday : ‘ The leadership is united and will remain so , even though people keep on trying to invent disputes . ’ |
| 5 | Yet the industry is a feeble exporter and will probably always remain so . |
| 6 | The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer and will remain so . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State is accountable to Parliament for that enormous budget — currently running at over £30 billion a year — and must remain so . |
| 8 | Planar proportions that are harmonic on the drawing board will remain so in the structure , provided effects of overlapping are taken into consideration . |
| 9 | ‘ Budweiser Budvar beer is one of Czechoslovakia 's national treasures — and should remain so , ’ they said . |
| 10 | They did not remain so for long . |
| 11 | It 's like playing for a country and I think it will always remain so , ’ he said . |
| 12 | How did the world remain so blind for so long ? |
| 13 | It is the last bastion against all these evils , and will remain so as long as it keeps acquiring books it does not have when they are found and brought to it . |
| 14 | He is stable and , all being well , will remain so for some considerable period of time.5 The motive for turning off the ventilator in this situation may be evil , or it may be good , as , for example , in the case of involuntary euthanasia intended to bring about an end to misery and suffering . |
| 15 | Shouting ( euphemistically called ‘ atmosphere ’ ) is part of the British system of politicking ; indeed , in 1945 , a conscious decision was made that it should remain so . |
| 16 | The existence or otherwise of this origin is , as yet , unknown in this twentieth century , and may remain so forever . |
| 17 | Tamar , Lady Lassiter 's life was tidy and secure once again and she determined that it would now remain so . |
| 18 | That is their secret , and will remain so ; it behoves us not to pry , only to speculate in passing . |
| 19 | On the night , he bought himself a ticket , watched Dinah from the stalls — how could she remain so cool , so competent , when her heart must be torn , as his , by reason of their separation ? |
| 20 | As I learned more of missionary work all over the world , I began to realise that there had to be a tremendous effort to help undernourished people to grow their own food for themselves , a task which is still tragically unfinished , and will remain so until the nations of the world , rich and poor , combine together to sacrifice a meagre percentage of their gross national product , which experts calculate to be necessary to abolish hunger in a generation . |
| 21 | So prices are inflated and will remain so until there is a steady flow of imported goods . |
| 22 | It was agreed however that a ‘ Red Lion Roundabout ’ should remain so named , even if the pub later changed its name to ‘ Rose and Crown . ’ |
| 23 | The extent to which this need remain so tightly gender-related is debatable . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ We have not reached in this country the situation where you are guilty by birth — and long may it remain so . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Despite the excesses of some tabloids , freedom of the press is sacrosanct and should remain so . ’ |
| 26 | And , until ( the organisers ) can show a little more initiative in their booking policy , it will remain so . ’ |
| 27 | But it may not remain so for long , for there are already plans to develop a recreational complex on the island and to install a much-needed sewage treatment plant . |
| 28 | Long may it remain so . |
| 29 | The world is what it is , and will remain so ; and you learn to live within it by adjusting yourself rather than it . |
| 30 | As a basic point , you should enquire whether the scheme is contracted in or out of SERPS and whether the intention is that it should remain so in the future . |