Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] [conj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | He argued so acutely and convincingly that each party hoped for victory when it heard him arguing on its behalf and there was no advocate who appeared before him who did not greatly fear his cross-examination and interventions . |
2 | FEW companies have fallen so far and fast as IBM . |
3 | Your employer may behave so foolishly or ruthlessly that a sensible settlement of your differences seems impossible . |
4 | There is one potential hazard associated with dense ivy growth on a living tree — it may grow so rapidly and thickly that any fungal growth may be hidden . |
5 | He said : ‘ If the Scottish Secretary wishes to make a statement then he should do so openly and publicly and not allow his young office staff to brief members of the press off the record . |
6 | The trouble was , as I and several other people pointed out , the universe was expanding so fast that even if the bubbles grew at the speed of light , they would be moving away from each other and so could not join up . |
7 | The unimaginable heat and weight of Fenna had pressed the ooze in the cave , pressed so hotly and heavily that the molecules of mud were squeezed apart , breaking up into carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms , and his weight had compressed the carbon atoms into diamond crystals , and more and more diamonds until his hoard was a lure to garish youths , who had toiled up to his cave and exchanged riddles and blows with him , but when he had fixed them with his ancient evil little eyes , they retreated abashed to sing his praises . |
8 | Their rarity lies in the fact that he supposedly worked so rapidly and neatly that they were unnecessary . |
9 | It snowed for three days without stopping , great cotton wool flakes , falling from a dark sky and swirling so thickly and blindingly that Mr Evans actually said the children need not use the privy in the yard in the daytime but could go up to the bathroom whenever they needed to . |
10 | As Griffiths LJ explained in Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans " I believe that the so-called iniquity rule evolved because in most cases where the facts justified a publication in breach of confidence the plaintiff had behaved so disgracefully or criminally that it was judged in the public interest that his behaviour should be exposed " and , as he aptly stated , " there is a world of difference between what is in the public interest and what is of interest to the public " . |
11 | Do n't be impatient , assimilate the knowledge and learning you 've gained so far and then when the time is right you will coast forward even faster . |
12 | By then he was breathing so strongly and normally that she was able to extend her consciousness to details , every one of which was stunningly unexpected and astonishing , even the flickering yellow eye of the torch still beaming upon the recumbent body . |
13 | The essence of any successful stage production is that it works so smoothly and efficiently that the audience is virtually unaware of the mechanism . |
14 | That 's what she 's like at school , misbehaving so languidly and aristocratically that by the time anyone notices , it 's too late to do anything about it . |
15 | Indeed the climate has changed so radically and rapidly that some teachers feel over-exposed to parental demand , exploitation and expectation . |