Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] so [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of Lewis and Harris and the uplands of South Uist have a very low Potential Water Deficit , as precipitation equals or even exceeds evapo-transpiration in all months of the year , and the uplands of southern Lewis , Harris and South Uist are so moist that even in summer ( April-September ) there is a PWS of over 500 mm . |
| 2 | The United States is so big that even in the twentieth century the inhabitants prefer to explore their own continent . |
| 3 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 4 | In the 1780s , when Highgate Hill was so steep and deeply rutted that carriages regularly failed to make the grade , and the drive to town sufficiently dangerous that a wise man went with pistols , a merchant called Thomas Roxborough had constructed a handsome house on Hornsey Lane , designed for him by one Henry Holland . |
| 5 | But , poorly placed as X Corps was for any new attack , its position on either side of Fort Douaumont was so untenable that just by sitting still it was losing 230 men a day to French shellfire . |
| 6 | Also known as Fachen , Fachin , or the Diereach , this evil monster from Scotland is so ugly that simply looking upon one could result in death from heart failure . |
| 7 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 8 | Jupiter orbits the Sun well beyond the orbit of Mars , and though the solar radiation at Jupiter is about 25 times less than at the Earth , Jupiter is so large that only Venus , and Mars at the most favourable oppositions , outshine Jupiter in our skies . |
| 9 | However , while the romantic is afraid of being ordinary , Jesus was so ordinary that even his own family could see nothing special about him . |
| 10 | MORALE in Britain is so low that nearly half the population would emigrate if they could , according to a survey . |
| 11 | The market for engines in Cornwall was so important that eventually Boulton & Watt employed a very able engineer called William Murdock who was permanently based in Cornwall supervising the erection of their engines . |
| 12 | Jenny said erm , this time it said I could n't stand , when we all come out at twelve o'clock and the shock had hit us and we sort of said oh well we 're better off out of it , I 'll , I 've survived twenty five years without , I shall survive again , and when Jan , and Janet was so sick and then I turn round and Janet says I 'm with you girl , I said where you going ? |
| 13 | Right and when Mr said to everybody right , read out your stories and he did n't know John was so slow and so when he erm asked John to read his out , cos everybody had to read it out John goes when he goes reasons for writing er what is John 's called ? |
| 14 | Suggesting that life under Hitler was so bloody that even his deputy wanted to get out . |