Example sentences of "so [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I I have to say that I I I I 'm not enthusiastic about using this which is so obviously at a report in support of the particular locations , to look objectively at the criteria . |
| 2 | She was sick with wretchedness , convinced she had only herself to blame — and of course the devastating effect Paula had on men — but still puzzled that it could have ended so suddenly without a word of explanation on his part . |
| 3 | The only real surprise about Danny Rampling 's fine debut single ‘ I Hate Hate ’ is that it 's taken so long for a DJ of his reputation to commit himself to vinyl . |
| 4 | How far would Rock Hudson have got if his true proclivities , hidden so long by a succession of girlfriends provided by the studios , had been known ? |
| 5 | While setting up the calm surface of village life in a realistic manner , the film does so only as a contrast to the savagery that ensues : a priest is shot while making a stand against ‘ the enemies and oppressors of mankind ’ , the Post Office lady kills a German with an axe and is promptly bayonetted herself , and the vicar 's daughter disposes of the Quisling squire , to whom she had been amorously linked . |
| 6 | On behalf of the Crown it was contended that the law did not recognise any such general principle as was involved in the primary submission for Woolwich , that the facts of the case did not meet the established principles governing the restitution of sums paid under duress , and that the revenue were never under any obligation to make any repayment and did so only as a matter of grace . |
| 7 | And you deal yourself with new recruits and so forth as a sort of P R man , you you deal with new recruits ? |
| 8 | McKim , a Wales youth player last season and new to some of the more unwelcome machinations of senior rugby , lost his temper so totally after a brush with the Cardiff prop Jeff Whitefoot that he even lashed out at Newport 's skipper , Glen George , who was trying to cool him down . |
| 9 | Thanks to the site 's owners , the Guiting Manor Amenity Trust , excavation continues to search for signs of those whose victim has lain undisturbed for so long and for a reason why the site was built so carefully in a line with the mid-summer sun . |
| 10 | Carse did so partly as a result of George Smart 's comment that the conducteur ‘ answers the purpose of the prompter at our [ London ] opéra house , they have no other prompter , ’ which Carse took to imply impotence in the post of maître and artistic power in the violin leader . |
| 11 | We believe that many teachers who adopt such modes of interaction , though they do so partly as a matter of habit , are also responding to what they feel is expected of them . |
| 12 | So far as a transfer to the wife coupled with a deferred charge in favour of the husband is concerned , this should proceed by way of a conveyance/transfer ( see Chapters 3 and 4 ) followed by a separate charge ( see Precedent 62 ) . |
| 13 | So far as a tenant in common is concerned however , he or she can not release an undivided half share , as a tenant in common is solely seised of his or her respective interest . |
| 14 | We , in our observations so far of a number of teachers using the same program teaching units , have been more impressed by the disparity of the lessons than by their similarity . |
| 15 | Consumers who saw their commitments enlarge so dramatically as a result of higher interest rates , who found themselves over-committed , and then found themselves unemployed and even less able to meet those commitments , will not rush out and spend money even if they have more of it . |
| 16 | Galerie de la Scala fared so well with a mixture of French , North European and Italian drawings , priced at FFr 20,000–350,000 , not always by famous names but always in exquisite taste , that they had to go back to the gallery for more . |
| 17 | ‘ I have never had to run so fast in a job in my life , and the incredible speed of things at the moment is all thanks to the recession , ’ he says . |
| 18 | I had lost four points for having only one hand on the wheel ‘ when initiating braking ’ , three for ‘ incorrect hand positions when cornering ’ , three for ‘ exceeding the permitted rev limit ’ and so on to a total of 27 errors . |
| 19 | So he and his rider galloped up a long hill and then down a longer hill and then up another hill and so on without a break for eight exhausting miles , and the more his rider puffed and gasped for breath , the more he enjoyed himself and the faster he went ! |
| 20 | When two 2nd Order rivers join ( not a 1st and a 2nd ) the much larger river is 3rd Order , and so on in a hierarchy of sizes . |
| 21 | Parker , of course has to argue for the mainframe 's continued existence , but he does so persuasively with a blizzard of points seeking to prove that a ) the mainframe market is n't really in decline and b ) the mainframe will be able to evolve successfully into an indispensable network superserver . |
| 22 | So instead of a bit of ‘ ooh la la , ’ it was mostly ‘ oh what dross ’ as Sky TV viewers joined Chelsea 's biggest League crowd of the season for a game that had promised better things , even without the absent you-know-who . |
| 23 | So instead of a slap on the wrist I got promoted to high-flying executive symptoms . |