Example sentences of "so [adj] that [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
2 | Shakespeare 's plays are so rich that in every age they can produce fresh meanings and even those who deny his universality agree on his cultural importance . |
3 | Shakespeare 's plays are so rich that in every age they can produce fresh meanings and even those who deny his universality agree on his cultural importance . |
4 | German influence in East Prussia had been so strong that over the years the southern strip of East Prussia , which was occupied by a large number of ethnic Poles , had become increasingly Germanised . |
5 | The ceiling was so low that with a jump Matilda could nearly touch it with her finger-tips . |
6 | The biggest shock in the new round of cuts is that IBM 's forecasting last year was so abysmal that despite the fact that 40,000 people will have left by the end of the year where it was only counting on shedding 20,000 , it still has to make more cuts . |
7 | Donlevy ‘ lorded it over everybody else ’ and exasperated Ray Milland so much that during a fencing sequence , Milland aimed for an unpadded spot on Donlevy , managing to draw blood . |
8 | Why for example is the profit on running a service station whittled away so much that by the time off-site costs are taken into account , the final profit is just one quarter of what it was ? |
9 | The interesting thing of course was his ro , his brother Robert was a civil engineer and the story goes , of course , they disagreed so much that in the end George said okay Robert you can have the civil engineers , I 'll start with mechanical engineers ! |
10 | The international banking community was so nervous that for a while no forward foreign exchange markets operated properly anywhere . |
11 | I think of you so hard that after a while I can almost feel you kissing me . |
12 | Then he felt so ill that after the wedding rehearsal a doctor sent him straight to Reading 's Royal Berkshire Hospital at 7 pm . |
13 | When her kindergarten time was up , her parents engaged a modelling tutor to come in twice a week , and she was so good that at the age of 7 she was admitted to the Dover School of Art where she stayed until she was eighteen . |
14 | In fact there are so many that without the use of sophisticated computers it would be impossible to monitor them all . |
15 | There are a few extra types ( W , hotter than O ; and R , N and S , cooler than M ) but these are so uncommon that for the moment we need not worry about them . |
16 | The process is so effective that by the time the molecules reach the top of the outer tube , they are arranged in a series of concentric rings , each representing one type of molecule or cell . |
17 | He looked so contrite that for a moment she was in danger of actually believing him , until common sense came to her aid . |
18 | Indeed , the fall is so dramatic that for the NHS to maintain current nursing levels will require it cornering half of all available female school-leavers with good O-level results ( five higher grade O levels , or one A level ) . |
19 | They were so shocked that for a while I was convinced they would go away and not only cancel our betrothal but probably the wedding between Boz and Alamena as well . ’ |
20 | Yet investors were so shocked that in a day they knocked $13.4 billion off the value of the company . |
21 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
22 | The dust was so thick that for a moment he could not see . |
23 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
24 | The memory was so vivid that for a second she thought she heard the echo of the slam . |
25 | In the silence that followed she gradually became aware of David 's stillness ; so aware that in the end she was forced to twist her head so that she could see his face . |
26 | It was so enjoyable that at the headwall I took a line up the steepest part , just so I could play about hanging from the holds . |
27 | I was so surprised that at the time I uttered no word . |
28 | The pain was becoming so intense that by the end of the day she could hardly grip her scissors . |