Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] so [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the latter once jocularly remarked to Briand , the Premier , that in his relationship with Joffre ‘ apart from sleeping together , we could n't do anything more to show our intimacy ’ and although every afternoon — as part of the Chantilly ritual — he accompanied the Commander-in-Chief on his post-prandial stroll , Joffre and his coterie were as jealous as Turks of the brother-general placed so dangerously near the throne . |
| 2 | The buildings identified so far within the town would imply a fairly dense distribution . |
| 3 | ‘ Hardly ever has a Goebbels article stood so much in the public eye as this one , ’ added the report , ‘ but his articles have probably never been so criticized . |
| 4 | In short , during the past four hundred years the lemon has become , in cooking , the condiment which has largely replaced the vinegar , the verjuice ( preserved juice of green grapes ) , the pomegranate juice , the bitter orange juice , the mustard and wine compounds which were the acidifiers poured so freely into the cooking pots of sixteenth and seventeenth-century Europe . |
| 5 | All the arguments considered so far against the use of portfolio-grid analysis of the McKinsey-GE type are , in my view , better seen as warnings about simplistic use of the technique rather than as indicating fundamental flaws in it . |
| 6 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 7 | A book written so close to the time is unlikely to have achieved the necessary perspective on such a controversial subject and not all of the evidence will have been accessible . |
| 8 | Many of the tips provided so far for the management of children have been relevant for adolescents . |
| 9 | As she floated there , she found herself remembering the sight of Tsu Ma in the water , his chest bared , his hair slicked back ; the presence of his boots planted so solidly on the earth beneath the table ; the deep , warm vibration of his voice . |