Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the second element must always be present : typically there are at least short-run gains from reneging on an agreement and so tacit collusion requires the perception that to do so would in the end turn out to be unprofitable because of punitive reactions by the other firms . |
| 2 | Several boats had followed and were waiting to transport the tourists back to a civilisation that seemed so very far away from the respite of these fascinating caves . |
| 3 | This is the confusion that bedevils so much liberationist and even scientific thinking . |
| 4 | Her hand hovered above his neck that looked so defenceless . |
| 5 | She saw his mouth , the mouth that had so nearly covered hers , curve into a provocative smile . |
| 6 | He stood flexing the body he had preserved to himself by hard exercise and the austere living that wore so deceptive a cloak of luxury . |
| 7 | It suggests the defiant flame that burned so brightly against France and New Zealand in the World Cup remains a significant Canadian strength . |
| 8 | It is a condition that has so worsened over the years that I no longer dare perform introductions I simply mumble ’ You two must know each other ’ and leave them to sort it out . |
| 9 | Besides which , what is so attractive about this surrendering of unitary identity , this fetish for fragmentation that characterizes so much of modern intellectual life ? |
| 10 | It 's the preparation that takes so long in Chinese cooking . |
| 11 | Suddenly it was taking every atom of her will-power to stop that hand from doing what it longed to do — namely rise up and tangle with the silky black hair that curled so invitingly round Guido 's left ear . |
| 12 | Is it only the recession that makes so many people , especially the young , talk so much about their job prospects ? |
| 13 | Giving judgment in a case that has so far been heard in camera , Mr Justice Hoffmann ruled that Mr William Goodwin , a journalist working for The Engineer , must hand over his notes of a telephone conversation with his source . |
| 14 | They can only conclude that ‘ Either badgers waste energy with the continued digging or very large burrows confer an advantage that has so far eluded us . ’ |
| 15 | We went on to talk about the articles in Time and Tide that had so provoked Rebecca West , and Father D'Arcy observed how , in dealing with ‘ difficult ’ correspondents , it was important to strike the right note in replying . |
| 16 | When Thomas Goldney , a Quaker , one of that splendidly self-righteous religious oligarchy that forged so much of Bristol 's prosperity , was choosing an architect for his new villa on Clifton Hill , he acted with typically Bristolian conservative caution . |
| 17 | This corresponds with the concept of profit maximisation that has so far been employed above , save that the latter concept contains an ambiguity about time-scale : it does not specify the period over which profits are to be maximised . |
| 18 | Some of the hard , heavy weight in her heart that had so wearied her seemed to lighten its burden as she gave up fighting him and , more importantly , herself . |
| 19 | Menaggio is a super lakeside resort that feels so untouristy that you could be forgiven for thinking it was just a typical Italian village . |
| 20 | On all sides the air is filled with music and a mixture of languages as young people from all over Europe get together to enjoy the pleasures of this picturesque resort that has so much to offer in such a small space — last year we counted over 15 different hostelries , none more than five minutes walk from each other ! |
| 21 | People find that they just do n't have time to get bored in a resort that has so much on offer . |
| 22 | It is only by establishing and maintaining development programmes and by working in conjunction with families , with communities and with governments that we can begin to achieve lasting improvements which tackle the root causes of the poverty and inequality that threaten so many children . |
| 23 | Put together , along with a ‘ run/don't-run ’ locomotion compromise , they create the rodent mimicry that appeals so much to certain killers . |
| 24 | I felt sure that he was more than a little drunk , but his voice never slurred or changed from that flat resonance that makes so many Americans sound as though they are speaking over a loud-hailer . |
| 25 | You might say that it was n't such a terrible thing , but it 's not the actual abuse that matters so much . |
| 26 | A highly crafted , hugely sophisticated building-machine that rewrites so many rules of conventional corporate architecture is inevitably hard to digest . |
| 27 | Polyneuritis was clearly a word like morality that meant so many different things as to be absolutely meaningless . |
| 28 | For the last two or three years , Chorus has been involved with Unisys Corp in a technology exchange that has so far failed to produce any significant deliveries . |
| 29 | The Back Bowls have only two main lifts so there is none of the mechanical clanking that blights so many resorts . |
| 30 | The appointment of fresh Designers to the series finally broke the ping-pong philosophy that had so threatened to trap Newbery and Cusick forever on the Doctor Who treadmill . |