Example sentences of "[adj] as [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That problem — almost the reverse one — is why individual organisms exist at all , especially in a form so large and coherently purposeful as to mislead biologists into turning the truth upside down . |
| 2 | However , during this period a rate of growth was achieved that was good by the standards of the mid-1970s , full employment was maintained , and inflation , while ever present , was never so high as to cause alarm . |
| 3 | For Gauntlett 's product is that most impeccably British of all motor-cars ( not automobiles ) , the Aston Martin : a car so devastatingly English as to make Rolls-Bentleys seem like Hondas . |
| 4 | Surely Lorton would n't be so foolish as to kill Newley ? |
| 5 | To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise , though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of experience . |
| 6 | Both he and my own doctor warned me to stop all running for the sake of my health ; their manner was so grave as to imply danger to my life . |
| 7 | Both as critics and film-makers their creed was so consistent as to encourage producers to contact any of their colleagues , and after the international success of such films as A Bout de Souffle , Hiroshima Mon Amour and Les Quatre Cents Coups , Doniol-Valcroze was able to make his feature debut in 1960 with L'Eau a la Bouche . |
| 8 | ‘ When we arrived here , ’ said Fenella , and spared a thought for the absurdity of these words , because the manner of their arriving had been something so remarkable as to defy explanation or description . |
| 9 | Niki got his training in fortitude and temperance when he moved to Ferrari , where they do not like drivers to be so adventuresome as to wreck cars ; James-took a year longer to learn his lesson , at McLaren . |
| 10 | They never had been so unfortunate as to have intruders , and were unlikely to start now . |
| 11 | All that I can say is that the actions of Councillor Bookbinder are so incredible as to defy belief . |
| 12 | As three men slowly looked away McLeish received the uncompromising message that if any of them had been so lucky as to have dinner with Catherine Crane , none of them would have let her pay for herself . |
| 13 | A complete range of enquiry services is available to personal callers — the variety is so large as to make description impossible . |
| 14 | The use of prose for mockery in Much Ado about Nothing is so widespread as to make illustration superfluous . |
| 15 | The signal can only be a small molecule as the pores are so fine as to prevent passage of larger substances . |
| 16 | Only the feeling of mute resistance , the chill sense of acquiescence so grudging as to give pain . |
| 17 | " Would you be so good as to ask Mr Lee to step out here please . |
| 18 | ‘ Kindly adjust the temperature , Mr Peckham , before it boils away , and then be so good as to ask Mr Pegg if he can spare the time to rejoin us . ’ |
| 19 | It was impossible to believe she could have been so stupid as to let Marc kiss her ! |
| 20 | Men like Ryan , and probably Leo , could have their pick of women , which made it even more unbelievable that she had been so stupid as to believe Ryan . |
| 21 | Be that as it may , the discrepancy between the editorial objectives of Monde and its editorial practice was so great as to cause embarrassment in official communist circles , and to provoke open hostility from Young Turks such as Breton , Aragon and Nizan himself . |
| 22 | ONE CONSORTIUM , Five TV , hopes that the imagined problems will be so great as to discourage competition and that all potential investors ( who include The Daily Telegraph ) will accrete to its application and that the ITC will be left with a choice of one . |
| 23 | The contrast during the week of mission was so extraordinary as to affect Ramsey 's life . |
| 24 | If the explanation for the violent outburst lies in something which might understandably lead a person to be so angry as to lose self-control , then this supplies an added reason for mitigating the offence and the sentence . |
| 25 | " Though many ( candidates ) may have ample material they mar their chances by solecism , malapropisms , dreadful spelling and grammatical errors sometimes so gross as to obscure meaning " . |
| 26 | It is comparatively rare for it to be so long or so short as to cause difficulty in sexual intercourse — about 2½ in. is long enough — while satisfactory coitus does not demand complete intromission of a penis which is rather long . |
| 27 | The building regulations require that walls to buildings should be so constructed as to prevent fire reaching the boundary and , as a consequence , possibly endangering adjoining property . |
| 28 | Environmental uncertainties for a corporation are so numerous as to defy classification , but none the less , there are five important sources of problems which potentially interfere with a corporation 's ability to achieve its goal(s) easily without bending , evading , or breaking legal regulations . |
| 29 | There may be uncertainties in interpreting an ultrasound picture ; the prognosis of the abnormality detected is not always known ; and in some groups of defects , such as oesophageal atresia or obstructive defects of urinary system , it is not always clear whether the defect is so severe as to justify abortion or whether surgery might be successful . |
| 30 | As Czeizel and colleagues point out , ‘ it is not always clear whether the defect is so severe as to justify abortion or whether surgery might be successful . ’ |