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 | The building was so perfect that it became fantastic , and we imagined a huge finger coming from the sky and pressing on the dome . |
| 8 | Out of the rock 's foot grew a shadow so dark that it contained all colours . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 11 | The bid-ask spread was so large that it converted significant profits into significant losses . |
| 12 | It is interesting and perhaps unusual that it developed first in politics but now is used more and more in commerce and industry . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The snow is so white that it reflects any available light . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | THE upheaval that shook Eastern Europe felt so natural that it seems pointless to ask why it happened . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I think he 's fit to go and he 's so unhappy that it seems unkind to keep him caged up . |
| 22 | His death was , on the contrary , so unexpected that it found several of the key political figures away from court . |
| 23 | His death was , on the contrary , so unexpected that it found several of the key political figures away from court . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It was so successful that it replaced all other control methods and the insect ceased to be a major pest . |
| 27 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 28 | Herta is so small that it seems natural to be quite strict with her . |
| 29 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 30 | Jo pulled nervously at the top of her dress ; it was also of satin , a pink so pale that it appeared white at first glance , swathed tightly around her long-waisted body and embroidered all over with pearls , brilliants and crumbs of coral . |