Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the axial inclination and orbital eccentricity of Venus are so small that seasonal variations are negligible . |
| 2 | In the North , for example , a team from Leicester University 's Labour Market Studies Group has found that job prospects are so bleak that clear signs of an underclass are apparent for those for whom ‘ normal morality is inverted and educational achievement is undervalued , . |
| 3 | Some are so obvious that new recruits but now do n't forget the other the asking bit . |
| 4 | Many plants are so reliable that floral clocks have been designed with flowers arranged round the clock face in the order of their opening and closing times . |
| 5 | The constraints upon dental materials are so severe that lengthy procedures to ensure the safety and efficacy of new products must be undertaken . |
| 6 | Two main factors stand in the way of adventurous design , MacCormac believes : ‘ In the inner cities , the cost of land has been so high that individual homes have not been economic ; in the country , local planning committees are one of the big barriers . |
| 7 | However , by 1986 it had become evident that the collapse in manufacturing had been so severe that alternative approaches based on tourism and retailing should be given much greater prominence ( MDC , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | Despite the very high savings ratios , the demand for funds from capital intensive firms has been so enormous that small firms are regarded as marginal prospects and the vast bulk of loans have been allocated to large firms . |
| 9 | In arid climates there is generally insufficient surface water , whereas in periglacial regimes frost action may be so effective that solutional forms have little time to develop . |
| 10 | One of the least known owls in the world , very rarely reliably observed in the field ; upperparts buff with greyer wings and distinct golden collar ; Tawny Owl can be so pale that unfeathered toes of Hume 's are only really good distinction ; perhaps black-tipped crown feathers would show a darker crown in the field . |
| 11 | From the age of eight he began at 5 a.m. despite being so small that special pattens had to be made to enable him to reach the machinery , and he bore the scars of the corporal punishment inflicted on him there for the rest of his life . |
| 12 | In some camps the lavatories were so bad that white slugs bred in the depths . |
| 13 | The specificity of cognitive accounts of particular ages is so strong that feminist psychologists have not really managed to make links between them or across them . |
| 14 | Friendship between domestic horses is well known , and the need for attachment is so strong that lone horses will become firm friends with cows , goats , pigs and even people . |
| 15 | His only complaint is that the technique is so simple that other researchers will be able to duplicate it quickly enough to keep up with his group . |
| 16 | Since the amendment bans ‘ unreasonable searches and seizures , ’ the possibility remains that a test may be found unreasonable if the job is so non-critical that public needs fail to outweigh individual privacy interests . |
| 17 | One important factor , he suspects , is that the market in the South-east is so depressed that southern buyers simply can not sell their own homes in order to move . |
| 18 | Yet the field is so rich that new insights emerge year after year which , alas , are largely restricted to specialists . |
| 19 | Crowd flow in these three locations is so good that non-conference guests can stay there during even the largest event without inconvenience . |
| 20 | It has a period of 357 days , and at minimum is so faint that large telescopes are needed to show it , but at maximum it has been known to rise to 5.7 , and is then just visible with the naked eye and very easy in binoculars . |
| 21 | More intensive use of tropical forests is occurring where pressure on land is so acute that fallow periods of insufficient duration are creating environmental degradation . |
| 22 | The situation is so bad that special seminars are being held to teach clergymen more about security . |
| 23 | It seems indisputable that there are a tiny minority of pupils whose behaviour is so disturbing that mainstream schools are unable to cope , in the present circumstances , with the manifestations of this behaviour . |
| 24 | Where the demised property is unusual either in size or in character , or where it is so valuable that small points have large financial consequences , determination by arbitration may be the better method since there will be an opportunity for full argument . |
| 25 | But the club coached by Stokesley hairdresser Ian Watkins , a former Great Britain international is so popular that other members travel each weekend from Milton Keynes , Gillingham , Whitehaven and Bridgend in South Wales . |
| 26 | It 's so ludicrous that certain lesbians , who despise men , become the exact replicas of them ! ’ |
| 27 | Although Sewell claimed in 1840 that the governors were fully satisfied with his ability to teach cattle pathology , his inadequacy was so patent that drastic measures were needed . |
| 28 | The world was so complex that tiny events could produce enormous effects by a process of causality so complicated that no one could trace it . |
| 29 | Paul Oldfield topped the lot in Melody Maker when he wrote of the track ‘ Living And Learning ’ that it ‘ made me think of a man who favoured The Jasmine Minks and My Bloody Valentine , but whose bedroom was so damp that miraculous spores and mildew afflicted his brown suede and paisley . ’ |
| 30 | Even Virginia tobacco was so short that favourite brands were kept out of sight under the counter , reserved for favourite customers . |