Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of the entrance there is a pillar of rock forty feet high , called the Soldier Rock , and the entrance itself is so narrow as only to admit a small boat , and then only in fine weather . |
| 2 | To an outsider visiting Imperial College , some of the departments seem so large as almost to prevent a sense of unity . |
| 3 | With so powerful and so complete an equipment as the Holy Spirit , the Christian has every reason for peace and joy in believing . |
| 4 | William Dale claims the honour of being the first to reproduce it accurately in his Tschudi the harpsichord maker of 1913 : previous reproductions were so murky as almost to obliterate the harpsichord . |
| 5 | Although Noverre did not specifically name them he described these dancers ' particular characteristics as having similar physiques and technical expertise as the danseurs classiques but they were not always so well-proportioned and usually possessed a natural sense of comedy . |
| 6 | They said of Dr Barnard that from fragments so minuscule as almost to deceive a magnifying glass he could reconstitute a bomb to the point of identifying the factory that made its components and the man who assembled it . |
| 7 | As I put the question again in 1974 , ‘ Why is Man so restless and so divided an animal ? |
| 8 | In general , however , the contract of a mentally disordered person is fully binding on him unless the other party was aware that he was so insane as not to understand the nature of the transaction . |
| 9 | The sensitivity of the test is such that a diluted specimen may still give a positive result , but the contaminants will be so dilute as not to cause a problem . |