Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] so [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skua is astonishingly agile for so big a bird , but can not keep up among the throng and gives up . |
| 2 | It is , at the very least , remarkable that the common law should be so schizophrenic concerning so central a concept . |
| 3 | You should never have been so eager to pay so much for so poor a privilege . ’ |
| 4 | He could not have done so much in so brief a time . |
| 5 | Whether this has any significant effect upon the vine 's growth has yet to be determined but it is true that the light in Champagne is exceptional for so northern a latitude . |
| 6 | The truth of the matter is , surely , that with so effortless a technique he is sometimes guilty of speeding , of not allowing himself time to bask in beauty — as in the chorale-like second subject ( with its magical waterfalls ) of the C sharp minor Scherzo . |
| 7 | Extreme reductionism is usually a sign of restricted outlook and it seems safe to say that sociobiology will not remain long in so puritanical a stage . |
| 8 | But China , Taiwan and the ASEAN countries , as well as Japan , are leery about so exclusive a grouping . |
| 9 | Was her waist just a shade too stiff for so massive a skirt ? |
| 10 | In the event , the Biennale 's President , Paolo Portoghesi , was not happy with so narrow a majority and adjourned the meeting until 22 May . |
| 11 | He was too much of a nonconformist in his origins , too much of an individualist , at that time too much of an oddity , ever to be really happy in so tight-knit a community as a boarding-school . |
| 12 | Essex have to get through regional qualifiers at Old Loughtonians on March 27–28 , but Chelmsford coach Dick Clarke believes unity is all important at so crucial a time . |
| 13 | Who can fail to be amazed that so few men ( and virtually unknown men too ) , could carry such a huge quantity of jewels unharmed over so great a distance ? |
| 14 | Its grounds were small for so large a house , no more than two shrubberies dividing it from its neighbours , and at the rear a stretch of lawn with trees ran down to a fence . |
| 15 | The problem is not susceptible of so simple a solution , however , since Mehmed Sah 's death is duly recorded under the events of the year 839 in the two early texts of Nesri ( 838 in the Ankara edition , p. 618 ) , at only some fifteen lines ' remove from the troublesome entry for 838 . |
| 16 | For one of so gentle a character he could be extraordinarily defiant of gamekeepers , and threatening letters to my father passed on to him with added threats were not of the slightest avail . |
| 17 | But there were earls present , Strathearn , Lennox and Ross , who were conditioned not to take over-kindly to too much prominence for a mere knight , even one of so illustrious a line as Dalwolsey . |
| 18 | Fraser , impatient at so inactive a role , persuaded the Regent to relieve him and appoint a replacement Deputy Warden , and now rode on with the main cavalry host . |
| 19 | The façade is pierced by five doorways filled with bronze doors , some of which are remarkably new for so ancient a building . |
| 20 | At the level of parliament , the news media and opinion poll data , management of the national economy has been the dominant issue in British politics for much of the post-war period and however important it is for socialists to insist that ‘ the political ’ be given a broader definition , they can not afford to be silent on so important a concern . |