Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] so great [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Deep down the heat and pressure are so great that even hydrogen is a metallic liquid . ’ |
| 3 | The applications of a disciplined spatial intuition to art and design , and to the study of natural morphologies in every conceivable science is so great that perhaps we might think of geometry as a semi autonomous department of mathematics with different as well as overlapping purposes to abstract mathematics . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that my personal disaster was so great that hitherto I had not allowed myself to understand it . |
| 5 | A second group is at the opposite extreme of breakage , with no mandibles intact , and this includes the mammalian carnivores , the little owl and most of the diurnal raptors not included in the main analysis ( not included because the damage is so great that hardly any recognizable bone is left in the pellets : see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 6 | Indeed the tenacity of Roman concrete and mortar was so great that today , in the ruined buildings of the Empire , it can be seen that it is the stone which has fractured not the material which binds it . |