Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] [that] [adv] a " in BNC.
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1 | This is necessary because the psychological action on many bodily processes can be so great that even a sugar pill can have striking therapeutic effects if the person believes it will . |
2 | Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea . |
3 | Normally , the energy of the particle is still positive , but the gravitational field inside a black hole is so strong that even a real particle can have negative energy there . |
4 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
5 | In 1936 he wrote " Nowadays the trouble and expense involved in keeping a stud of hawks is so great that only a fortunate few are able to do so . " |
6 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
7 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
8 | Currency markets , however , take the view that the deficit is so large that only a lower exchange rate will help to speed up the adjustment . |