Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] so [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Phebus , which that shoon so clere and brighte , |
| 2 | Then abruptly he took one pointing nipple between his lips , pulling on it , and she gasped as a streak of fire ran through her , and his hands grew urgent , the thrusting caresses of his long fingers so expert that fulfilment soon came flooding in shock-waves which surged through her entire body . |
| 3 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 4 | Wrecked cars and land raiders smouldered along the boulevard under a leaden ceiling so high that utility tubes and power cables seemed to be but a delicate tracery . |
| 5 | The judgment , for example , that the sample size is sufficient and the observed difference so great that chance may be dismissed can and should be made when one is confident that the decision is ‘ obvious ’ . |