Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [be] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is valuable that their contributions have been so accurately recorded , both in Committee and on Report . |
| 2 | ‘ British insects have been so well recorded that the discovery of new species is the icing on the cake of the study , ’ said Dr Holmes . |
| 3 | There is no intention in these arguments to give any sustenance to the view that corporate officials have been so successfully socialized into the ‘ way of life ’ that they can not see what they are doing or that the organizational constraints upon them were so tight as to be ‘ coercive ’ and therefore excusing . |
| 4 | It is hardly surprising that the Indonesians have been so profoundly affected by their kinetic environment , for theirs is the most tectonic nation on earth , boasting some 34 per cent of all the world 's active volcanoes , and registering an average of three earthquakes a day measuring over 5 on the Richter scale . |
| 5 | One of the chief reasons why these issues have been so hotly contested is that they have enormous bearing both on the significance of the religious changes introduced under Charles I and on the possible causes of the English civil war . |
| 6 | JOHN UPSON 'S horses have been so badly hit by a throat infection that only six out of his 30-strong string are fit to run . |
| 7 | Some companies even report losing credibility for a brief period as their documents have been so badly presented . |
| 8 | Too often , however , producers have not even got to first base , because the requirements for evolving strong scripts have been so poorly understood . |
| 9 | However , his conception of the ‘ underclass ’ , its causation and policy remedies , differs markedly from those of the far Right whose views have been so easily absorbed into British government and establishment thinking . |