Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heavily patterned carpeting may seem a good idea , concealing ground in crumbs and cigarette burns until the cleaners get to work , but there are alternatives to the garish patterns so often selected for public areas . |
| 2 | The value of the political talks so far has been to expose three basic truths . |
| 3 | But this is the penalty all pioneers must suffer , for we all operate within the narrow confines of the knowledge and attitudes of our day , and before condemning us entirely , it is to be hoped that future students will appreciate that their own work would be that much more difficult , but for the solid foundations so meticulously laid down by John Pearson Gillam . |
| 4 | By this time , with the top tom-cats so sexually exhausted , even some of the masculine runts may risk a quick mating . |
| 5 | The foregoing reminds the reader of the salient ideas so far written to introduce the idea of the Created God . |
| 6 | Commonwealth countries take the view that it is the limited sanctions so far applied which have done much to bring about the new climate represented by the de Klerk administration , and believe a turn of the screw would effect more change . |
| 7 | The simple models so far considered ( which illustrate rather than justify the linear differential Equation ( 3.1 ) ) approximate to the behaviour of real materials but do not describe it exactly . |
| 8 | The Bosnian Muslims so far have not come to the UN and instead pleaded their case with US officials . |
| 9 | This was the actuality of the pretty designs so liberally provided by the cottage enthusiasts of the time . |
| 10 | The Zuccarelli recordings so far demonstrated could well have been made with a simple dummy head , incorporating reflectors or circuits to emphasise this effect . |
| 11 | Like covering plants with layer after layer of old earth ; it 's no wonder the poor things so rarely come up fresh and green . |
| 12 | Both explored the breakup of wartime solidarity , the liberation of former restraints on individual selfishness and the irruption of dark , subversive and irrational forces to tear down the cosy myths so assiduously cultivated during wartime . |
| 13 | And he condemned destructive , point-saving tactics , the very tactics so mistakenly attributed to his former manager . |
| 14 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 15 | The only sources so far identified in Europe comprise a few boulders from Piedmont and Switzerland . |
| 16 | He revelled in the fragrance of the green boughs so lovingly placed along the nave and sanctuary steps . |
| 17 | The Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne is giving the denizens of the south coast an opportunity to experience the start bleakness of the northern territories so empathically visualised by the unique and eccentric rent-collector with his visionary eye and ability to create beauty out of mean streets and the world of factories and warehouses . |
| 18 | Whereas the other tests so far reviewed have been concerned with specific aspects of linguistic ability , the RDLS is much more concerned with the way in which the child 's increasing mastery of language is associated with conceptual development and more sophisticated problem-solving skills . |
| 19 | With the minor forms so far described it is possible to investigate causes by means of almost full-sized experiments , but the formation of dunes proper involves the usual sort of inferential argument based on field observation commonly employed by geomorphologists . |
| 20 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 21 | And what on earth was she herself playing at , crossing the urban wastes so regularly to teach a bunch of delinquent girls , a bunch of criminals , for £15.60 a night ? |