Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] so [adv] that " in BNC.
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1 | This suggests that the feeling of difficulty may be strongest with people whose incomes are stretched so tightly that they have to use credit for some needed purchases which they could not afford otherwise . |
2 | The most powerful were imprisoned ; traitors were beheaded and Catholic landowners like the Roscarrocks were fined so heavily that they were forced to sell property and make do with fewer and fewer servants . |
3 | Although she had been seen at the school less frequently over the past few years , rehearsals and contracts were organized so smoothly that the dancers had not noticed her gradual disappearance . |
4 | The children were wedged so tightly that it was difficult to move . |
5 | The services were cut so drastically that at the time no one in their right mind would have forecast that they would become so bad . |