Example sentences of "is so [adj] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political ambitions of the CLB can be deduced from its interpretation of the Edwardian crisis : ‘ At so critical a period in British history as the present , when there is so great and unfortunate a tendency to slackness , ease , and carelessness as to religion , morals , and work , when there is so great a craving for pleasure 's sake , when so serious a social problem as the great army of the unfit and unemployed has become a national scandal and a public danger ’ , it was necessary to provide men of the future with ‘ that spirit of self-denial , self-control and definiteness of righteous purpose ’ which had put Britain in the lead among nations . |
| 2 | That would have reduced exposure ; but it is so small a step from cutting the level to removing it altogether that perhaps that is now a wiser move given the shift in public opinion . |
| 3 | with alcohol I mean alcohol is so much a part of the establishment of Oxford . |
| 4 | In the drawing there is so wide a divergence between the upward curve of the optimist and the downward curve of the pessimist that most situations are covered . |
| 5 | Even the surreal speech that is so distinctive a feature of Orton 's comedies was based in part on the systematic collection of real-life instances ( Lahr 1980 ) . |
| 6 | This is why fiction , including children 's fiction , is so irreplaceable a form of human knowledge . |
| 7 | One of the reasons why owl pellet analysis is so useful a tool for ecologists is the good preservation and lack of breakage of most of the bones . |
| 8 | Because this is so crucial a matter for consideration in RE , I discuss this example in some detail . |
| 9 | Suffering is so prominent a part of the Gospel that it has been described as a Passion story with an introduction . |
| 10 | Little wonder then that the battle for sheer survival is so important a part of the task . |
| 11 | McClellan has written that ‘ the knowledge of books is so important a requirement in each factor of book provision that an organisation of staff based on bibliography seems self-evident ’ . |
| 12 | It might destroy part of the ozone layer , which would permit the sun 's ultra-violet radiation either to tan us or fry us , depending upon how large a hole had been blasted in the stratosphere : it might equally well cause the onset of a nuclear winter , which is so popular a topic among both scientists and laymen these days . |
| 13 | This is so widespread a reason for rejecting religion , present in all strata of society and amongst all types of people , young and old , that any RE which fails to help pupils think clearly about it is seriously deficient . |