Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [adv] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bates gets by because his theme is so universal that practically all the heavyweights have something to say on it . |
| 2 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 3 | It did not seem possible that so lively a person was dead . |
| 4 | MORALE in Britain is so low that nearly half the population would emigrate if they could , according to a survey . |
| 5 | Public response to the controversial share sale was so strong that virtually all the £5.3billion of shares could be sold without offering any to financial institutions or overseas investors . |
| 6 | Ironic that so noble an edifice should house so vile an organisation . |
| 7 | The statutory criteria ( in section 1 ) state that a custodial sentence must not be passed unless either ( a ) the current offence is ‘ so serious that only such a sentence can be justified for the offence ’ or ( b ) , in the case of violent or sexual offences only , only a custodial sentence ‘ would be adequate to protect the public from serious harm ’ . |
| 8 | Sad that so important a subject should be so turgid for most of us . |
| 9 | It seems fairly obvious that often such a decision will not be possible either because no clear decision procedures are available , or because of certain fundamental difficulties involved in applying such procedures . |
| 10 | As we have seen , it was encouraging that over half the applicants , while not taking a course at the institutions in our study , did take up courses at other institutions . |
| 11 | The current level of intelligence is so poor that over half the members of active service units on the mainland have no previous police or intelligence ‘ form ’ ( which is one reason why internment would not work ) . |
| 12 | A number of gentlemen raised their hands uncertainly and a gasp of surprise went up from the assembly as it became evident that almost all the food had been bought on Rayne 's behalf . |
| 13 | Finally , in view of the crucial part which the further education sector plays in the educational and economic well-being of Wales , not least in the way in which it caters for the indigenous population , it is regrettable that too big a gap still exists between it and the secondary school sector and too few Welshmen and women , particularly perhaps among those who are Welsh speaking , recognize its many achievements in the past and the vital contribution which it will be called upon to make in the future . |
| 14 | President Mitterrand of France ( and he 's not alone in this ) has been anxious that too swift a move to reunify the two Germanys could destabilise Gorbachev , something that could spell disaster not only for the West but for the balance of world power . |
| 15 | It is a little disappointing that so handsome a book offers so breathless a review of the subject . |
| 16 | Dalgliesh , who had heard him at a police concert , never ceased to be surprised that so narrow a chest and so slight a frame could produce such a powerful organ-toned bass . |
| 17 | ‘ It is true that practically all the world 's 500–600 active volcanoes — someone may have bothered to count them , I have n't — are located along convergent plate boundaries . |