Example sentences of "[noun sg] is so [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Suffering is so prominent a part of the Gospel that it has been described as a Passion story with an introduction . |
2 | Nature is so complete a system . |
3 | with alcohol I mean alcohol is so much a part of the establishment of Oxford . |
4 | The last four lines of this sonnet are seldom quoted , but to me they represent Shakespeare at his best , that intimate tone and unforced style of which Angel Day 's account of the personal letter is so apt a description : ‘ the familiar and mutuall talke of one absent friend to another … simple , plaine , and of the lowest and meanest stile ’ — yet how expressive : It is rare , even in his poetry , to find traditional tropes reanimated with such freshness and simplicity . |
5 | One of the reasons why owl pellet analysis is so useful a tool for ecologists is the good preservation and lack of breakage of most of the bones . |
6 | Little wonder then that the battle for sheer survival is so important a part of the task . |