Example sentences of "is so [adj] [conj] it [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , some have argued that the ‘ traditionalism of his general philosophy is so strong that it virtually disables him from that critical rationalism which is essential for the appraisal of particular traditions ’ .
2 Ellis 's sense of the quiet solidarity between women , and of the bonds of love that bind the generations together , is so sure that it more than compensates for the novel 's occasional listlessness .
3 The pattern is so simple that it hardly seems worth studying .
4 As the Royals have learned to their cost the law is so lax that it actually encourages widespread snooping .
5 Also , the intonation screws are too long ; on the bottom E , the screw is so long that it literally digs into the string .
6 The recent flood of cheery indicators is so good that it almost certainly condemns the beaming government to setbacks over the coming months , and to talk of a double-dip recession .
7 Some of ‘ Up In Downsville ’ is so laid-back that it simply wafts around your ears like tobacco smoke and they have an irritating habit of pulling their potential punches for fear of treading on someone 's daisies .
8 One , with its morbid traits of personalised delusion , chaotic thinking , and bizarre affect , is so self-destructive that it frequently reduces the sufferer to psychological incompetence .
9 In fact , it is so proud that it now boasts at a European level of the cheap U K labour costs and the lack of workers ' rights .
10 Might it be also true of Jackson 's work that its formalism is so relentless that it actually reveals itself as questioning the parameters within which it operates ?
11 Its functioning , including leap years , is so familiar that it sometimes comes as a revelation to researchers into early English local history to learn that there were several calendars in use in the past , each somewhat different from the other , with quite distinct ways of referring to months and days , and with days whose hours varied in length according to the season of the year .
12 Life there is so inexpensive that it just takes longer to get it all done .
13 It is very effective and almost shocking when you realise that what he is saying makes complete sense and the uselessness of war is so true as it really achieves very little good if any at all .
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