Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] so [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main problem in windsurfing is that it has developed so rapidly in the last ten years that boards only a few years old are very out of date and lack the features mentioned earlier . |
| 2 | What then is this second economy which has grown so massively in the shadow of one that the state has planned and controlled for decades ? |
| 3 | Interest in golf has grown so rapidly in the last ten years that it has reached out beyond its traditional confines and become glamorous . |
| 4 | The plan to construct a political union in Europe on the model of the German Federal Republic betrays just this kind of defective level of political maturity from which Germany has suffered so badly in the past . |
| 5 | It is the only thing that he has followed so far in the debate . |
| 6 | And having done so beautifully in the buildup how did he get it so wrong with the shot ? |
| 7 | This involved the creation of an Intendant-General of Finance and a number of Secretaries of State : the cumbersome system of councils on which the Spanish Habsburgs had relied so heavily in the previous century began to fall into disuse , the Council of Castile alone remaining important . |
| 8 | Such signs of relative forgiveness on the part of the leaders he had persecuted so relentlessly in the past , particularly Deng Xiaoping , offer perhaps the clearest insight into Chen 's career : he had never been a political force in his own right but merely a faithful interpreter and executor of Mao 's will . |
| 9 | Erm , I , I , I did n't say the question lightly it 's just that I think it needs watching , and I wondered how it was , because I 've heard so often in the past , that people have so many lines of enquiries , but the money goes , and you know , it 's all marvellous , and I 'm not suggesting |
| 10 | It was the biggest house he had seen so far in the village . |
| 11 | Both scored highly in the first round but the French had done so well in the next round with three landing on the line , that only the RAF stood a chance of catching them . |
| 12 | But perhaps the most punishing — and undeserved — losses had been suffered by von Zwehl 's VII Reserve Corps , which had done so brilliantly in the first days of the battle . |
| 13 | Up at five and sleeping badly of late , Luke kept his mind off Perdita and himself awake on the long straight roads , as he had done so often in the past , by concentrating on a particular horse . |
| 14 | She had slept so badly in the small hotel . |
| 15 | Four were the same burly sidekicks who had helped so willingly in the rescue of Louise Wyatt . |
| 16 | He singled out for special criticism two specific objectives which had figured so prominently in the application of Keynesian ideas : ( a ) the notion that the proper focus of attention for monetary policy was the attainment of targets for the rate of interest as opposed to targets for the supply of money ; ( b ) that demand management policies could be adjusted in such a way as to achieve a target combination of inflation and unemployment which was sustainable indefinitely . |
| 17 | The import of the Mallion lines could be considered the most beneficial thing that had happened so far in the breed . |
| 18 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
| 19 | Several members of the present touring party have made their reputations in the teams which have done so well in the Fira Championship . |
| 20 | One of the reasons why the polytechnics have done so well in the past 21 years is that a clear decision was taken by Governments of both parties to separate funding and quality control . |
| 21 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best way to provide improved employment prospects is to get inflation and interest rates down , as the Government have done so commendably in the past 18 months ? |
| 22 | Sadly , I can not share your optimistic conclusion , which implies we will always muddle through together as we have done so often in the past . |
| 23 | At least four federal U.S. agents and two cult members have died so far in the four-day siege , but some reports have suggested more than 20 dead . |
| 24 | I have spoken so far in an ordinary way of episodes of consciousness and of experiences , occasionally of modes and states of consciousness , and also of sensations , moods , perceptions , desires , thoughts , intending , deciding , and so on . |
| 25 | The drift to a cappella solutions might also be interpreted as a reaction to the individualism and subjectivism of the 1960s , both of which have lingered so long in the performance of medieval and ( some ) Renaissance music . |