Example sentences of "[noun sg] were so [adj] [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 | Her courage and consideration were so remarkable that even close friends did not know until near the end that she was seriously ill . |
| 3 | Maybe so , but there is good and bad , effective and ineffective propaganda , and , as Nizan himself was acutely aware , the technical problems associated with injecting ideology and politics into literature were so enormous that only the most adroit , the most cunning of revolutionary writers would be successful in creating an effective balance between ideological effect and aesthetic technique . |
| 4 | This sort of situation did not occur in Newham , perhaps because places in institutional care were so limited that only those unanimously in need obtained them . |
| 5 | The surprise and shock registered yet again on Ewen 's face were so real that even I , if this time I had not known better , would have thought them genuine . |