Example sentences of "so [adv] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intimacy with which she and Luke explored each other 's mouths was possession of a kind , so wholly were they given to that long kiss , and when it ended they had to have it all over again , instantly , mouths colliding with an urgency which carried them dangerously beyond mere sensuality . |
| 2 | Even the cash-flow predictions they cared about so much were nothing to her but answers she wanted ticked . |
| 3 | The sexual irregularities of which biographers have made so much were not in themselves important or unusual for a ruler of that age . |
| 4 | Maria thought the evening went well and could only hope those to whom this launch meant so much were equally pleased with the way she acquitted herself . |
| 5 | Our last Letters are dated Hobart Town Feb. 9 up to which time his expedition had been eminently successful ; far more so than he could have anticipated ; the most liberal assistance had been rendered him by the Authorities , everything that could facilitate his views being cheerfully accorded : while nothing could exceed the kindness of Sir John and Lady Franklin in whose house he was then residing : in fact so much were they interested in his pursuits that upon more than one occasion they accompanied him in his exploring parties . |
| 6 | She wanted to cry then , terrible tears of hopelessness , for the kiss and the way he held her so comfortingly were hopeless . |
| 7 | I felt then that at last the ambitions I 'd had for so long were possible , and that I could stop worrying about the gypsy who 'd looked at me closely a couple of years earlier , and said : ‘ You 'll never come to anything , you wo n't . ’ |
| 8 | It was not until the following Monday that the affidavits on which Julia had worked so hard and for so long were presented to the court . |
| 9 | That is to say , houses , hospitals , schools and so forth were needed to reproduce a workforce which had the capacity and ability to engage in labour . |
| 10 | The Denhams ' garden seemed to have no walls , so thoroughly were its boundaries screened and disguised . |
| 11 | The issues at stake — the strategic balance of forces in Europe , both States and classes — were complex ; so also were Marx 's purposes . |
| 12 | I would remind those who yearn for their bloodlust to be perpetuated that , in their day , so also were public executions , the burning of witches and ritual disembowelling to mention but a few of the highlights of our glorious heritage . |
| 13 | So also were the impressions formed by the Army Commander , Gen McCreery , on his visit to 5 Corps during the preceding two days . |
| 14 | Just as the Depression , followed by the dislocation of World War II , broke up many families , so also were many working class neighbourhoods transformed . |
| 15 | The dedicated comic fan may argue that most publications mentioned so far were written mostly for males — what about comics written specifically for females ? |
| 16 | Casualties so far were acceptable . |
| 17 | All the tunes mentioned so far were , so to speak , rescued from the hands of ‘ folk ’ song collectors and those of ‘ refined ’ parlour performers ; Corvan 's texts articulate them to the needs of his class , at a particular moment in its history . |
| 18 | In Somerset , the majority of the 500+ deserted settlements identified so far were formerly small hamlets of two or three farms and not large nucleated villages . |
| 19 | He looked back upon the month of May , and stood aghast at what he recalled , so far were these extremes from the whole habit of his mind . |
| 20 | The only tangible accomplishments to emerge from the peace process so far were as follows . |
| 21 | Ha the information that we 've put out so far were our second reprint of the er of the black booklet of which there 'll be twelve thousand , they are quite an expensive item and , but our feeling was that er in order to sell the thing you 've got to do it properly and er spending money does n't come easily but er er in order to market the thing er thought that was the , the way to go and we 've done other things , stickers and badges and posters and so on and so forth , the normal sort of things but we 've really tried to spread these around the country and get the message that it 's a vibrant young er interesting fun thing to be involved in for young people . |
| 22 | Meanwhile in the overcrowded , squalid base hospitals , those who had survived so far were dying like flies , their beds immediately refilled . |
| 23 | At one time the thermal sources on which the fortunes of Cauterets rest so securely were also claimed , as were those of other spas , as being especially radioactive , but this is , understandably , not a claim you find in the contemporary brochures , even though the radioactivity is presumably still there . |
| 24 | One by one , the blooms Luke Hunter had sent her so unthinkingly were reduced to a green herbal mulch and flushed down the drain . |
| 25 | yes , so now were all digging and sawing and |
| 26 | They were thoughtful , grave , as they so often were ; but Breeze had a queer impression that they were veiled tonight . |
| 27 | It was odd , she thought , that scientists so often were n't religious when their work revealed a world so variously marvellous and yet so mysteriously unified and at one . |
| 28 | Her eyes were drawn , as they so often were , to his portrait hanging just outside the Director 's office . |
| 29 | So , like so many in Irish rugby , he welcomes the arrival of the Irish Exiles project which aims at enrolling the large number of those with Irish qualifications who live in England , Scotland and Wales , and up to year or so ago were almost totally ignored in Ireland . |
| 30 | Although this was true for some respondents , most policemen and women in Easton periodically sought reassurance from the researcher about the purpose of the research , what was being written down about them , who would have access to the material , what the researchers ' politics , religion , allegiances , and so on were . |