Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] [conj] [noun pl] [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 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 .
3 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 ’ .
4 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 .
5 The placid dog is a more promising patient and the treatment , I am assured , is so relaxing that dogs often fall asleep .
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