Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had grown so tall and disrespectful that the old woman was afraid to hit her . |
| 2 | At the Huntsman 's Inn in Ide , Kent , the refurbishment proposals were to involve demolitions so extensive that all but a portion of the building 's external wall would be destroyed , the planned reconstruction included an extension that would double the size of the original structure . |
| 3 | What they do then is scale a cliff , clambering from one ledge to another until they 're perched on one so high and narrow that the leopard ca n't follow . |
| 4 | Individual deterrence occurs when someone commits a crime , is punished for it , and finds the punishment so unpleasant or frightening that the offence is never repeated for fear of more of the same or worse . |
| 5 | But the GMC 's rule against advertising was not so irrational or unreasonable that the court would interfere . |
| 6 | But the GMC 's rule against advertising was not so irrational or unreasonable that the court would interfere . |
| 7 | She will be half pleased to see him and half disapproving ; and that will be the beginning once again of something so painful and awkward that the possibility of happiness must be concealed in it somewhere . |
| 8 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 9 | The church was so vast and empty that the vicar 's words rolled away into the gloom . |
| 10 | Edwin Frere looked into Agnew 's old face and saw only hopeless consternation there , as though he too were overwhelmed with feelings so vast and flood-like that no word might answer them . |
| 11 | What can be so easy as this when the critic has to be responsible for nothing ? |
| 12 | She was staring at him , with her great golden eyes , and her expression was so sad and apprehensive that the sight of it shocked him into asking the question he had been trying to ignore . |
| 13 | They looked so filthy and disreputable that a woman walking her dog stopped to stare at them as they straggled wearily across the wide , almost deserted beach . |
| 14 | On large scale cinema-type systems , HDTV can produce theatre quality images which , combined with CD-quality sound , create an ‘ experience ’ so life-like and realistic that the viewer can barely resist the urge to reach out and touch . |
| 15 | The state apparatus has become so corrupt and exploitative that the common man sees it as an enemy . |
| 16 | It seemed so quick and easy when the time came that she wondered why she had waited so long . |
| 17 | erm several hundred million peasants will rise like a mighty storm , like a hurricane , a force so swift and violent that no power , however great , will be able to hold it back . |
| 18 | However , the calculations required to find out whether or not there were any infinities left uncanceled were so long and difficult that no one was prepared to undertake them . |
| 19 | I much prefer this Bernstein performance to his later one with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra , which is so self-indulgent and slow that the final Adagio loses both shape and momentum . |
| 20 | There is a cliff in Kaiserslautern which holds a cave so deep and mysterious that no one has discovered its bottom . |
| 21 | The writer , Steve Brady , criticized the notion of the state being so powerful and monolithic that a secret leadership was necessary to prevent MI5 spies from taking over the party . |
| 22 | In each case this process culminates , both musically and dramatically , in the central interlude , and these central interludes are so powerful and momentous that the scenes which follow can only be fitted , so to speak , into their musical reverberations . |
| 23 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 24 | The foregoing illustrations emphasise problems of interpretation across cultures , however much of the teaching of Scripture is so plain and obvious that no great intellectual capacity or specialist training is required . |
| 25 | The " other ground " must not be so fanciful or remote that the proferens canot be supposed to have desired protection against it ; but subject to this qualification … the existence of a possible head of damage other than that of negligence is fatal to the proferens even if the words used are prima facie wide enough to cover negligence . |
| 26 | When the RSPCA was founded 150 years ago , the abuse of animals was so extreme and obscene that the issues must have appeared simple to the founders . |
| 27 | ‘ The issues raised are so important and fundamental that an effective response is required by the auditing profession , rather than merely attempts to justify the status quo . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The issues raised are so important and fundamental that an effective response is required by the auditing profession , rather than merely further efforts to justify the status quo . ’ |
| 29 | Yes , you you 've got to extend the route , well of course you 've got to put up , trolley poles every for about forty yards and then of course there was two lengths of trolley wire that had to go because as you know trolley buses used to have two arms , positive and negative supply and er , of course the bus had to come back er alongside the premiu the outward route , it come on , so you had four wires up there and the cost of copper wire was terrific so the motor buses were developed and we expenim experimented with the buses on , on extensions mainly but when the extensions were finished we then begradged because trolley wires were then beginning to wear out , rather than replace them they would convert a trolley route into a bus route , and erm because the erm , there was a lot of people hated to see the demise of the trolley buses because they were so clean and silent and the buses came , you got the deal sloke and lumbering of the old engines , that a lot of people hated to see the trolley buses go but cos that was the , the reason that they went . |
| 30 | ‘ Each Schmincke stick is satisfyingly substantial to hold ; not so thin and fragile that the slightest pressure will result in breakages and big enough to work with for a considerable length of time . |