Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you choose a backing in the middle of the tonal range , such as a bright turquoise green , its colour will be so strong that it overpowers those of the pressed materials . |
| 2 | Very soon , even before they went under dome , Arcady surrounded them from horizon to horizon , its size so prodigious that it banished all Ari 's ideas of what a city might be . |
| 3 | In a sense this is an extreme form of heterogeneous accretion of volatiles , though the separation of planetary accretion from the veneering by volatiles is so complete that it merits separate consideration . |
| 4 | Finally , though it must be generally accepted that individuals can not be protected from foolish actions based on an inadequate knowledge of the law , the situation following the 1954 Act was so complex and , because of the inevitable unpredictability of the necessity for compulsory purchase , so risky that it appeared likely ( in retrospect at least ) that public opinion would demand a further change . |
| 5 | The room , painted a white so fresh that it seemed pale blue , was cool and soothing . |
| 6 | These relations between finite coordinate distances are generally so inconvenient that it makes more sense to start calculations from the differentials which do transform linearly : . |
| 7 | She loved him , so much that it seemed impossible that she had lived her life this long without him , impossible that he could n't know it from her response . |
| 8 | One important part of the citizens charter is not so much that it contains many individual ideas and proposals for change , but that it is intended to change the entire attitude of public servants and the way in which citizens approach them . |
| 9 | He has raised the reputation of the Chelsea Garden so much that it excels all the gardens of Europe for its amazing variety of plants of all orders and classes and from all climates , as I survey with wonder and delight , this 19th July , 1764 . |
| 10 | The building was so perfect that it became fantastic , and we imagined a huge finger coming from the sky and pressing on the dome . |
| 11 | Out of the rock 's foot grew a shadow so dark that it contained all colours . |
| 12 | Village hoardings are covered with adverts for Astra margarine — a product made of saturated fat so hard that it stays solid even in tropical heat . |
| 13 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 14 | The bid-ask spread was so large that it converted significant profits into significant losses . |
| 15 | It is interesting and perhaps unusual that it developed first in politics but now is used more and more in commerce and industry . |
| 16 | But that had been seven months ago , a chill morning in mid-February , when the bushes which screened the canal walk from the neighbouring council estate had been tangled thickets of lifeless thorn ; when the branches of the ash trees had been black with buds so tight that it seemed impossible they could ever crack into greenness ; and the thin denuded wands of willow , drooping over the canal , had cut delicate feathers on the quickening stream . |
| 17 | The snow is so white that it reflects any available light . |
| 18 | Some of the patterns shown are so elaborate that it seems doubtful that they were woven : some may have been printed with blocks , while others may have been produced by a mixed-medium method , combining printing , embroidery , and appliqué work . |
| 19 | ‘ But it is so naive that it seems unlikely the politicians will want to spend much time on it , ’ says Jean Rankine , the museum 's deputy director . |
| 20 | THE upheaval that shook Eastern Europe felt so natural that it seems pointless to ask why it happened . |
| 21 | The simple-mindedness of their consideration makes the object of it complex in comparison — so complex that it becomes difficult to understand how mere mortal man has ever managed to enjoy anything . |
| 22 | The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to . |
| 23 | June 1873 , the Prince and Princess of Wales held a garden party there , at which Queen Victoria , also the Shah of Persia , were present , and the list of guests was so long that it filled three columns of the Times . |
| 24 | I think he 's fit to go and he 's so unhappy that it seems unkind to keep him caged up . |
| 25 | His death was , on the contrary , so unexpected that it found several of the key political figures away from court . |
| 26 | His death was , on the contrary , so unexpected that it found several of the key political figures away from court . |
| 27 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |
| 28 | The problem was that every time they took it over 250 mph the left wing became so heavy that it needed two hands to hold it up . |
| 29 | It was so successful that it replaced all other control methods and the insect ceased to be a major pest . |
| 30 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |