Example sentences of "[verb] so low [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
| 2 | But pace bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis said in a statement : ‘ We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments . |
| 3 | We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers . |
| 4 | Percy took her hand , saying , ‘ Definitely my art is diffused , but I have never stooped so low as to even touch a guitar . ’ |
| 5 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |
| 6 | Recovery will come when the country 's creditors decide that the return on money in the bank has fallen so low that the price of assets has become cheap . |
| 7 | Gasoline had been rationed since 1978 , when oil output was reported so low that domestic needs could not be met . |
| 8 | His head sank so low that his collar dented his bottom lip , and Sarah had touched his arm in sympathy , earning an even stronger rebuke herself . |
| 9 | Cessation of growth is most likely to result from starvation , which may arise because : the whelks eat out their food supply , or the supply fails for some other reason ( perhaps as a result of pollution Bryan ( 1969 ) ; wave action dislodges the whelks and transports them away from their food supply , or prevents them from feeding in some other way ( Cowell and Crothers , 1970 ) ; the temperature drops so low that the whelks become inactive for a long period ( Feare , 1970a ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I always heard tell of you that you were a wolf , but never that you were come so low as to prey on dead men . |
| 11 | While there are countless instances of cheerful competence in schools , there are many others where morale has dropped so low that even these two minimum conditions can not be met . |
| 12 | I WATCHED the General Synod debate on the ordination of women priests with my jaw dropped so low that my knee could have nudged it back into place . |
| 13 | This was said so low as to be virtually inaudible . |
| 14 | Yes a row of houses and of course when I saw I looked out the door and there was this plane swooping down like that and it seemed so low because they were aiming an and the bomb fell in the cattle market and , and I threw myself on to the stone floor , you see , and er and presently one of the ambulance men came round to my office door and he said , are you alright ? |
| 15 | The plane flew so low that Freya Stark aloft on her first flight in 1922 , could sec a fox running below . |
| 16 | Those belonging to Pan American were called Clippers ; they flew the Pacific and the Atlantic and , when storms were violent , they flew so low that the spray from the waves broke over the aircraft . |
| 17 | Quite unable to stop herself , she too reached out to stroke the satin-softness of his skin , her eyes darkening as she saw the many bruises that came from trying to control the incredibly fast cars that flew so low and hard round the Grand Prix circuits . |
| 18 | The means test is now being set so low that only people who are unemployed or have incomes near benefit levels will be able to obtain free legal help . |
| 19 | The manager , Paul Bennett , explained that they all felt so low when it was discovered that the baby had been murdered . |
| 20 | No , I am afraid , Lord Mayor , that the Conservative Group would not stoop so low as to exploit disability for mere political advantage . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , no , ’ Luce whispered , unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman 's finger . |
| 22 | She cried : ‘ My heart Burns to think that the mayor could stoop so low as to try Robin or Fleece-ing us like this . ’ |
| 23 | Production had sunk so low that in November , Black November , not a single film went into production in any of the country 's studios . |
| 24 | It 's really sad that integrity has sunk so low that any magazine has to print stuff that is n't really true . |
| 25 | The self-image of older people is closely linked with morale , which for many has sunk so low that they often do not wish to continue living . |
| 26 | Yet the All Black confidence and ability to dominate had sunk so low that the three minnows all had parts of the match when they outplayed the All Blacks with embarrassing ease . |
| 27 | He had sunk so low that she had been obliged to approach Dr McNab for his help . |
| 28 | She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood ! |
| 29 | It was ridiculous to have let the tank get so low but they had had an argument only three days earlier on whose turn it was to call at the garage and pay for the petrol . |
| 30 | And when the rain stops , the beavers may have to build them up again to prevent the level of the lake from falling so low that the entrance to the lodge is exposed . |