Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in the age of contentment has contributed so strongly to income inequality as the reduction of taxes on the rich ; nothing , as has been said , would so contribute to social tranquillity as some screams of anguish from the very affluent . |
| 2 | Indeed , for most of the inhabitants of the countries in which xenophobia is now epidemic , the old ways of life have changed so drastically since the 1950s that there is very little of them left to defend . |
| 3 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |
| 4 | The pendulum of interest has swung so far in favour of the pro game that most young players of ability are determined to turn pro , irrespective of whether they can realistically achieve high enough playing standards . |
| 5 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |
| 6 | Interest in golf has grown so rapidly in the last ten years that it has reached out beyond its traditional confines and become glamorous . |