Example sentences of "[noun sg] that have been so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 52–17 victory for Dallas will be sticking in the collective craws of a Buffalo side that has been so close , but never close enough . |
| 2 | If there was to be a common external policy , economic and strategic , which appeared more and more desirable , as between the parliamentarily self-governing populations around the world that were deemed all to be parts of one empire , the logical but crazy conclusion must be to defy the impracticability that had been so clear in the eighteenth century and to envisage an imperial parliament . |
| 3 | It was not a friendship of the kind that had been so frequent in Anselm 's early life . |
| 4 | All she could see was Felipe 's face , his dark eyes , the laughter that had been so ready this morning . |
| 5 | Too many different players were winning odd caps and the continuity that had been so important under Ron Greenwood seemed to be disappearing . |
| 6 | In the Portuguese elections of 1984 , where I was an adviser , it was quite a problem — it had always been done from the second floor — so I suggested the flatbed truck concept that had been so successful in Malta . |
| 7 | What had she seen in him the other day that had been so disturbing ? |
| 8 | There may be more to this than meets the eye ( if you 'll excuse the pun ) as just once in a while I have taken zander during the daytime in water that has been so clear that I would have rated my chances as zero . |
| 9 | CCG was awarded the £1 million contract for North Yorkshire schools last January , and since then we have implemented the healthy eating policy that has been so successful in other school contracts . |
| 10 | David Giles gained a deserved reputation among Palace fans after playing three superb games for Swansea City against us in the FA Cup 3rd round in January 1980 but , having joined us eighteen months later , he lacked the sparkle that had been so evident then . |