Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] so [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , decisions are rarely so rational or even conscious . |
2 | While I am happy that our efforts to keep more heavy traffic off the roads should achieve front page prominence , I am not so keen that so much journalistic ‘ topspin ’ should have been applied in the process . |
3 | The ‘ implications ’ of literacy are not so obvious nor so easily elicited or described as Goody suggests . |
4 | The effector processes become slower and less powerful but these effects are not so marked or so consistent . |
5 | Yeah you see , well when we were looking you see so many and you think ooh that looks nice , ooh that 's nice but some of them are just so squadgy and well nice if you , if that 's how you want to sit |
6 | It will be good , it will be an achievement , they must learn to live together , they 've got to , and they can , they can already , they 're both so wonderful and so intelligent and they like and respect each other very much , that 's absolutely clear . |
7 | If we 're really so bad and so thick that we 'd actually use all those wonderful H-bombs and Neutron bombs on each other , then maybe it 's just as well we do wipe ourselves out before we can get into space and start doing horrible things to other races . ’ |
8 | However , environments are usually so variable that even if the conditions are good where the animal is now , they probably will not be in a month 's time ; it may then be better to be a hundred miles south . |
9 | They are both so likeable and even though they are of different races and sex . |
10 | If you are up so bright and early we will be able to set off in very good time . ’ |
11 | And here we 've got a couple that happen to be olive trees , and I , I 'm not so sure that just the fact that they 're olive trees really is that important . |
12 | Most of the game is mental — being able to keep your head clear and retain a certain outlook on life should mean that bad times are neither so frequent nor so lengthy as they would be if you start examining your technique or doubting your ability . |
13 | A mass of evidence follows , most of it from sound medical sources , that the medical profession has become hopelessly hooked on prescription drugs ; that the drugs are neither so effective nor so safe as our doctors would have us believe ; and that the public and the profession is being remorselessly taken for a ride by the pharmaceutical industry . |