Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] as [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central importance attached to the inefficiency of labour markets is either so generally abstract as to have little or no practical application or so partial as to ignore the necessary interdependence between labour supply and a whole range of institutions . |
| 2 | That core of meaning is necessarily general and vague enough to make such variations possible , but it is not so vague as to permit any meaning whatsoever to be placed on the word . |
| 3 | It is true that the actual distribution of property in society is far from equal ; but it is not so skewed as to give any individual a monopoly of economic power . |
| 4 | They accepted that Massingham had gained his promotion on merit although they were not so naive as to suppose that being the elder son of a peer did any man harm . |
| 5 | I mean , I 'm not that rude as to say that 's for the payment of allowances , but some people may say that . |
| 6 | I mean , I 'm not that rude as to say that 's for the payment of allowances , but some people may say that . |