Example sentences of "so great [that] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In fact the force is so great that a concentrated jet from the water is capable of cutting straight through concrete .
2 The contemporary concern was so great that a Royal Commission on Population was set up in 1944 to examine the problem of Britain 's declining rate of population growth .
3 THE overwhelming success of the Midland Railway Trust organised excursions to London on November 21 and 28 have been so great that a third train has now been organised for Saturday December 5 .
4 When a national newspaper first published Mrs Travers ' views , the response was so great that a whole page had to be given over to readers ' letters .
5 The foreman of his jury wrote a letter to " The Times " : " Where a jury has to decide , as men and women of the world , " how much " " , the degree of uncertainty is so great that a random answer , consistent only with a total lack of any sort of yardstick , can be expected .
6 The risk involved in the defendants ' operations was so great that a high degree of care was expected of them .
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