Example sentences of "be [vb pp] so [adv] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do species have to be maintained so uniformly and tidily , so predictably , as if they were part of a genetic card index ? |
| 2 | Do species have to be maintained so uniformly and tidily , so predictably , as if they were part of a genetic card index ? |
| 3 | Never again in Anselm 's lifetime was the papal position to be stated so clearly and uncompromisingly . |
| 4 | ‘ They were separated , but they were separated so fully and so completely , and so soon after their birth , that the threat withdrew . ’ |
| 5 | Why had they been killed so barbarously and so mysteriously ? |
| 6 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 7 | The show is advanced so sluggishly and episodically that , apart from first and last reels , there could be a mix-up in reels without much comment . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed in Lylsland Church in Paisley this fetish was carried so far that even the common cup used by the minister and elders on either side , had three wee individual cups soldered inside the brim , lest their lips should touch . |
| 9 | His ability to organise often went unseen — though never unappreciated — since everything was done so unobtrusively and apparently without effort . |
| 10 | Certainly his skill as an administrator was a vital factor in ensuring that so much was built so quickly and magnificently . |
| 11 | That his bravery was ended so abruptly and unexpectedly seems very cruel . |