Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] so [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So small a boat in so vast a sea . |
| 2 | To refute any groundless gossip on so important a subject I consider it necessary to inform you that I have no intention of doing so immediately . |
| 3 | When the price of such attractive styling on so usable a 5-string is this low , I ca n't understand why the whole country is n't playing them … |
| 4 | I doubt whether a judge , either of the High Court or of the county court , would have regarded himself as qualified to make an assessment of so substantial a claim . |
| 5 | How could a man in his position take advantage of so vulnerable a creature as Melanie Gandell ? |
| 6 | One advantage of so large a hall was the inability of all but the most vocal heckler to make himself heard . |
| 7 | In the aftermath of the Orthodox Church leaders ' summit in Istanbul last month , when the assembled patriarchs spoke — as much in sorrow as in anger — of the proselytism addressed at their flock by what was carefully described as ‘ certain elements ’ in the Catholic Church , the mere presence of so benign a Catholic as Cardinal Hume in Moscow could well encourage local Catholics and Orthodox alike to reassess any confrontational attitudes to one another and to concentrate rather on their common ground , thus furthering mutual respect , concern and understanding . |
| 8 | Such re-use is , of course , much encouraged by a building being listed , something which , until recently , was not possible with architecture of so recent a date . |
| 9 | It was a big job for so small a number of men . |
| 10 | This is a bizarre lapse for so successful a man . |
| 11 | but very inexperienced to be put in charge of so grave a trust . ’ |
| 12 | Even a full house would be piffling for a town with so vast a drawing area . |
| 13 | Even a full house would be piffling for a town with so vast a drawing area . |
| 14 | In 1918 Sanders thought he had a chance to become Chief Secretary for Ireland , but was soon reduced to considering himself as a possible Speaker ; in 1921 he was passed over for Chief Whip because it did not suit the coalition to have such a partisan in so sensitive a post . |
| 15 | A guide to London public sculpture described the monument as ‘ A masterpiece by the much-advertised apostle of Ugliness ’ , a view shared by those who felt that Hudson the nature lover was ill commemorated by a sculpture which showed nature in so raw a state . |
| 16 | Despite the amusement such indigenes provided , the months at anchor in so depressing a place wore on Magellan , and by late August he was off south again with the four ships that remained . |
| 17 | Though the evidence for so precise a statement is not at all clear , he does also present two pieces of documentary evidence which appear to provide at least a probable terminus post and ante quem respectively for the appointment . |
| 18 | Richard was the youngest man ever to be made Head of so large a school . |
| 19 | It would be unusual in the West to find people living next door to each other with so large a difference between their incomes . |
| 20 | Peter Holman 's exemplary notes suggest that Jenkins composed these works in his 20s or 30s , but the quality of the music seem to belie that generally accepted claim : it is difficult to imagine such depth of repose in so young a man — though that in turn gives the modern listener a clue as to why Jenkins was such a respected and well-loved figure in his day . |
| 21 | I think we were all pleased to lose the scoundrel at so small a price . |
| 22 | Very occasionally in going beyond the immediate subject a few minor errors have crept in , but no one else could have told the main story in so authoritative a fashion . |
| 23 | As Ivan Nagy , the Russian-trained Hungarian dancer who runs English National Ballet , points out , to produce four great artists like Nureyev , Makarova , Baryshnikov and Mukhamedov in 30 years is not a great striking rate for so huge a nation . |
| 24 | If this is the case , the argument for so narrow a definition of sexual intercourse would seem hard to sustain . |
| 25 | ‘ … no convincing intellectual case is to be found in the White Paper for so fundamental a change in the structure of local government . |
| 26 | A tutor who could command the unhesitating affection and intellectual respect of so miscellaneous a collection of men as Derek Brewer ( later Master of Emmanuel College , Cambridge ) , the drama critic Kenneth Tynan , the publisher Charles Monteith and the poet John Wain was clearly doing his job . |
| 27 | Franco was well aware that the deliverance from evil of so powerful a symbol would greatly enhance his standing among the Nationalist partisans . |
| 28 | I need hardly say I have found it difficult to hold my tongue on so important a matter over the last eighteen months . |
| 29 | Clara had never seen such securely straight hair on so old a woman ; even the more fashion-conscious of the middle aged lecturers at her college were adorned with the permanent waves of their generation . |
| 30 | I would so like to be the proverbial fly on the wall at those Cabinet subcommittees which are currently engaged on passing judgement on so far-fetched a proposition . |