Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Gillett of the American science team says that despite the sun 's heat falling on IRAS , the satellite 's insulation is working so well that there is ‘ less heat going into the system than is radiated by the tip of my little finger ’ . |
| 2 | A wound on that side can kill within minutes , because blood is lost so quickly and the body 's supply of oxygen suddenly falls . |
| 3 | In the second kind of solution , the universe is expanding so rapidly that the gravitational attraction can never stop it , though it does slow it down a bit . |
| 4 | The trouble was , as I and several other people pointed out , the universe was expanding so fast that even if the bubbles grew at the speed of light , they would be moving away from each other and so could not join up . |
| 5 | ‘ I never felt that Jesus was a friend and I do n't think that I really ever loved him before this half but now he seems always near to me and I like to think of Him more than I ever did before Mama 's dying so suddenly and unexpectedly made a great impression on me … ’ |
| 6 | Piers turned around to face her , and for a split second his glance swept over her with appreciation , but the moment was gone so quickly that she thought she must have imagined it . |
| 7 | In June 1977 , six months before Fisher 's report was published , the tide of opinion was running so strongly that the Prime Minister announced the appointment of a Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure . |
| 8 | ‘ Roman was hurt so badly when Gabriella died . |
| 9 | Its population was expanding so fast that it seemed impossible that food production could keep pace with it . |
| 10 | Perdita was trembling so badly that she could hardly zip up her boots . |
| 11 | The function of a library service is to provide so far as resources allow , all books , periodicals , etc. , other than the trivial , in which its readers claim legitimate interest . |
| 12 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 13 | Her head was throbbing so vilely that the effort was too much . |
| 14 | That his bravery was ended so abruptly and unexpectedly seems very cruel . |
| 15 | Indeed in Lylsland Church in Paisley this fetish was carried so far that even the common cup used by the minister and elders on either side , had three wee individual cups soldered inside the brim , lest their lips should touch . |
| 16 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |
| 17 | Dustin was doing so badly that Nichols decided to allow the actor time to learn his lines and then redo the test . |
| 18 | The equity partners should perhaps guard against any indemnity being drawn so widely that a salaried partner is relieved from the consequences of such " individualism " . |
| 19 | However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) . |
| 20 | TNO vice-president Arthur Rörsch says that the government is pleased that the centre is valued so highly but that , ‘ against a background of budget cuts , with health budgets particularly under fire , it is not really easy to be optimistic ’ . |
| 21 | By mid-June , the projection of the opinion polls was already suggesting that the majority favouring a measure of divorce legislation was declining so rapidly that by the time of the poll , the noes would have it . |
| 22 | The escape pod was rotating so rapidly that its four occupants were pinned against their couches . |
| 23 | The extremities of the cloud are rotating so fast that the cloud would disperse if it were not held together by some force of gravity . |
| 24 | The book is read so easily because it is almost devoid of mathematical formulae , normally the very foundation of engineering work . |
| 25 | The show is advanced so sluggishly and episodically that , apart from first and last reels , there could be a mix-up in reels without much comment . ’ |
| 26 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 27 | But the gesture was accomplished so smoothly and was finished so quickly Dexter found it impossible to judge . |
| 28 | Searle glosses Foucault 's comment by saying , ‘ The text is written so obscurely that you ca n't figure out exactly what the thesis is ( hence ‘ obscurantisme ’ ) and then when one criticizes it , the author says , ‘ Vous m'avez mal compris ; vous êtes idiot ' ’ ( hence ‘ Terroriste ’ ) . ’ |
| 29 | If the assets of the testator 's estate were not sufficient to pay both his creditors and all the bequests he had left , then first the creditors were satisfied in full , and afterwards the beneficiaries by legacy or trust were paid so far as the estate would allow . |
| 30 | So there was a stage where we did say , this scheme is going so far and anybody that buys a house out with that area , they 're free to apply for grants . |