Example sentences of "becomes so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tragedy of the whole affair becomes so pathetic as we realise that Coleen does love him and only a delay of post cost him his life . |
| 2 | Due to the variety of natural forms there is a tendency to introduce more and more subdivisions until the classification becomes so unwieldy as to be useless . |
| 3 | Such an agency generates a repulsive force which eventually becomes so strong as to halt the contraction of the object and to make it ‘ bounce ’ . |
| 4 | Add to them the cohorts of civil servants patiently drafting and redrafting sackfuls of international Green verbiage , and whole planeloads of whingeing journalists and television crews , and the whole shebang becomes so big as to overwhelm the senses of the vast majority of the aboriginal citizens of Planet Earth . |
| 5 | That is not to say it is the recommended method , once you have started the latch tool method of working ribs it becomes so fast as to make you wonder why you did n't try it before . |