Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] so [adj] [conj] even " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was surprised because the songs are so good that even when they 're getting massacred by cats and dogs or Germans or Russians they still stand up . |
| 2 | Until recently the fact that the strength of engineering materials is usually only between one and five per cent of the strength of their chemical bonds was of little practical significance because the joints between the various component parts of structures were so inefficient that even the strength which the material had was scarcely used . |
| 3 | The green of the spring grass and of the new leaves upon the trees was so intense that even riding through it for hours could not dim John 's sense of wonder . |
| 4 | There is a very strong link between the list that I have read out and the authorities whose councillors advocated non-payment — Lambeth , for instance , whose councillors were so bad that even the Labour party had to remove them from office . |
| 5 | Her family is described as " infirm " , and this may explain why even with two of her daughters grown women in their twenties the family was able to earn little , although it may also reflect the fact that earning opportunities for women were so poor that even able-bodied spinsters could not wholly maintain themselves . |