Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] [conj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standards are so high that guests never suspect they are bathing in a prefab and installation is quick and easy . |
| 2 | But seldom has a military miscalculation been so gross and retribution so immediate . |
| 3 | Together , they underpin rather than oversee the disciplines they serve , and reliance upon them can be so complete that procedures simply can not be carried out without their aid . |
| 4 | In addition the greatest single cause of a landless peasantry was missing : Carew contended that ‘ In times past , and that not long ago , holdings were so plentiful and holders scarce , as well was the landlord who could get one to be his tenant ’ . |
| 5 | The fact that Crosby fought tooth and nail to get the job in an area where the success rate is so limited and expectation so high , speaks volumes for his bottle . |
| 6 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
| 7 | But to act too soon on the fiscal deficit , when the economic upturn is so fragile and unemployment already at such unacceptable levels , could risk stopping it in its tracks . |
| 8 | But to act too soon on the fiscal deficit , when the economic upturn is so fragile and unemployment already at such unacceptable levels , could risk stopping it in its tracks . |
| 9 | The placid dog is a more promising patient and the treatment , I am assured , is so relaxing that dogs often fall asleep . |
| 10 | The EP observed that ‘ John 's language is so adult and behaviour so violent to other people that the school could not put up with it any longer . ’ |
| 11 | It was only because it was so rare that Stair ever troubled with him at all these days that Neil felt compelled to go along with him , willy-nilly . |
| 12 | It was so dark that Hazel seldom knew for certain whether he was leading or whether Bigwig or Silver might not be ahead . |
| 13 | Her care of the pups was so haphazard that Buddie often fed them milk from a baby 's bottle to make sure they were getting enough nourishment . |
| 14 | It was a command , but his deep voice was so soft that Isabel hesitantly held out her wounded finger . |