Example sentences of "was so [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folly tried to flinch away , but he was so close that every movement seemed to bring him closer . |
| 2 | ‘ The missile was so close that the warning system in the cab illuminated and fired off defensive flares , ’ he said . |
| 3 | In fact the man 's examination of his papers was so cursory that a lot of Hapsburg ingenuity had evidently been wasted . |
| 4 | The danger of a break through the northern end of the spit was so apparent that a sea wall was built along this section in 1890 . |
| 5 | He did not meet his mother from infancy until the age of twelve , when they found themselves accidentally in the same workhouse : but instead of the ‘ gush of tenderness ’ between them of which he had dreamt , ‘ her expression was so chilling that the valves of my heart closed as with a snap … |
| 6 | The variety was so wide that no generalisations can be made , except to note a lack of books explicitly on the description of language . |
| 7 | The silence was so total that the auditorium might have been empty . |
| 8 | It was this ability to display a ballerina 's apparent weightlessness and sheer joy in dance that was so impressive when the Spirits of the Air danced in Homage to the Queen , Ashton 's exquisite celebration of the 1952 Coronation which was danced by Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes . |
| 9 | Even Einstein , when he formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915 , was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible , introducing a so-called cosmological constant into his equations . |
| 10 | She was smaller than Jenna with none of Jenna 's slender , willowy height , but she was so healthy-looking that the fact in itself gave her an added attraction . |
| 11 | For a moment or two she sat watching a breeze ruffle the calm surface of the hotel pool — the bright blue water was so inviting that the moment you got out you wanted to get straight back in again . |
| 12 | The five minutes were almost up , and she would n't put it past Lori to leave if she was so much as a second late . |
| 13 | We had to pay a $300 cash deposit , refundable on delivery , or entirely lost if there was so much as a cigarette burn in the carpet . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 15 | His skull , which protruded above a filthy cravat , was so small that the features of his face seemed to more than cover it ; he was bald , which added to the grotesque effect . |
| 16 | Demand was so great that a commentary of the programmes was published . |
| 17 | The importance of the machinery groups was so great that an effort was made to obtain full details of how they were organised . |
| 18 | The wealth accruing to the treasury was so great that the citizens of Italy were henceforth relieved of the need to pay tribute . |
| 19 | This they refused , but the demand for the mauve dye was so great that the Perkins allowed Nicholson to provide supplementary supplies of the dye intermediates . |
| 20 | After the first men were made , it relates , the noise of their many children was so great that the god of the earth could not sleep . |
| 21 | The flow was so great that the authorities closed the border on Aug. 22-23 in order to cope with the backlog . |
| 22 | The noise from the engines was so great that the pair could only communicate by note . |
| 23 | The impact was so great that the effect of it was to remain with me in the months ahead and give me strength when I most needed it . |
| 24 | But , although we had tested it during the day , the drop in the temperature at night was so great that the oil in the mechanism became sluggish and thick . |
| 25 | The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo . |
| 26 | The stench of decomposing material was so great when the pie was cut that people were endangered as they fell on top of each other in their haste to get away . |
| 27 | There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea . |
| 28 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 29 | The concentration of the cast was so strong that the mood was well maintained . |
| 30 | The resistance to devolution was so strong that the government was forced to accept that the bills should be ratified by referenda . |