Example sentences of "are so [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glasses behave as they do because , while they are cooling , they are so viscous that the molecules do not have time to sort themselves out into crystals and so cool glass is a solidified liquid , not a crystalline solid . |
| 2 | The implications of this theory are so powerful that the impact of modern linguistics on literary studies has not been limited to problems of literary language alone , but has produced new theories of the nature and organization of literature as a whole and indeed of all social and cultural life . |
| 3 | Their problems are so deep and the solutions will take so long that it will hold back political and economic progress in western Europe if we insist that they are brought into the fold sooner rather than later . |
| 4 | Some clog easily on sticky ground , others are so shallow that the loss of a couple of millimetres due to fair wear and tear produces considerable loss of adhesion . |
| 5 | THE overwhelming feeling one got of the exhibition on the Royal Mile Traffic Calming ( Phase One ) Project was one of disappointment — not because the problem is easy or unimportant but because the analyses are so shallow and the solutions so insignificant . |
| 6 | In fact , the drivers are so good that the Windows version of WordPerfect allows you to choose between these drivers and the lesser Windows standard printer drivers . |
| 7 | They are in fact the original Green products having been around since 1959 , and are so good that the company 's turnover is about £1 billion . |
| 8 | The shops are so small that the person in the shop sees every corner , though there are no cameras . |
| 9 | Domestic needs for resources are so great that the USSR can not afford to take many losses in Latin America for purely political purposes . |
| 10 | Tunnels are so emotive and the mind can conjure up thoughts of terror and the possibility of being run down in a dark tunnel . |
| 11 | As many as one in five of the population attends an accident and emergency unit every year , yet staff shortages are so acute that a quarter of the 239 units in England and Wales do not have a trained consultant in charge . |
| 12 | oh the cupboards are brilliant it 's just the fronts are so dated and the man in these reports in the house said erm , kitchen is satisfactory but it needs updating and it was only about seven years ago it was brand new , no , not seven , have we been in then , no eight , so nine or something , I know the fronts need sorting out . |
| 13 | Where the implications of the choice are so overwhelming that the individual ca n't make a choice at all . |
| 14 | These days you are so efficient that the magazine even arrives on time ! |
| 15 | As psychologists will readily admit , such scales are unreliable at the extremes because the cases they measure are so rare that the scales can not be adequately calibrated . |
| 16 | There are certain books , in almost any field , that are so rare that the collector is very unlikely to find a copy in good condition and , perforce , will have to make do with second , third , or tenth best . |
| 17 | In Peru distances are so vast and the terrain can be so formidable that aeroplanes are not a luxury , but often the only shakily effective means of passing between desert , mountain and jungle . |
| 18 | The truth is that most Thai-Chinese business empires are so complex that no outsider , including bankers and minority shareholders , can ever know their real state of health . |
| 19 | It is not put forward as a definitive model for how coping , support and events interrelate in the genesis of psychiatric disorder , because the issues are so complex that the diagram could be redrawn in several different ways and indicate several other likely relationships . |
| 20 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 21 | If people are paid benefits , the benefit officers make the appropriate deductions , but that is not the answer in the case of people who are so poor that the benefit officers say that nothing more can be deducted . |
| 22 | In the four books which Ransome set in East Anglia , the geographical details are so specific that the books can be used as accurate guides to the appropriate parts of Norfolk , Suffolk and Essex . |
| 23 | The ancient treasures he restores are so precious that the location of his workshop is a carefully guarded secret . |
| 24 | Some examples of how tests may be failing to take account of cultural biases are so obvious that the errors might appear crass . |
| 25 | The trains are so fast that the passengers complain about not being able to see any of the countries beautiful scenery . |
| 26 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 27 | The astonishment is that , in the face of these adverse odds , the fossils that have been collected are so numerous and the record they provide so detailed and coherent . |
| 28 | The differences are so significant that the probability of starting fires and the degrees of difficulty in extinguishing fires , once started , can also vary quite widely . |
| 29 | Things are so grim that the group , which covers such diverse enterprises as engineering and house building , has been forced to pay its 6p total dividend out of reserves . |
| 30 | Things are so grim that the pals are throwing in hand-me-down clothes for the baron 's American wife Jeannie . |