Example sentences of "[Wh adv] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The priests had a mulberry tree , which last year had come near to ruining the woman 's trade , spattering the linen of the town with a roan signature , as the pulpy fruit fell from its higher branches , or was dropped by feasting birds or even wasps ; in fact , she did not know how so much staining happened , but it was the devil to scrub it out , and she risked wearing out the cloth itself with ammonia or other solvents . |
| 2 | It may appear contradictory , at a time when so much emphasis is given to restructuring business/education liaison around the notion of local solutions to local problems , for the Teacher Placement Service to retain a national project team comprising project director and regional managers . |
| 3 | What is surprising is that so few feminist researchers in the sociology of education have chosen to look at higher education , when so much work has been done on secondary education and , to a lesser extent , on primary education . |
| 4 | There must come a time when so much head of water is piled against the beach that at certain points it is enough to initiate return seaward flows , which are the rip currents . |
| 5 | This time last year we were very apprehensive about entering a year when so much doom and gloom was being talked about . |
| 6 | When so much attention is paid to the vast power of multinational companies , it is perhaps wise to think of the numbers of international names that have disappeared from the scene , even during our own lifetime . |
| 7 | I wonder just how easy this is when so many record companies are spreading their nets far and wide to find just the right location for an increasingly varied range of repertoire commitments . |
| 8 | Well , I , I , the , the , the great thing about it , and this is , this is where so many press releases go wrong , the great thing about this one is that it is brevity . |
| 9 | But then it is puzzling why so little reduction has occurred in Europe as a whole . |
| 10 | Dr Colophon , consultant psychologist to the Press Council , examines why so many consultant psychologists seem impelled to spill the dirt on people like Prince Charles , Mrs Thatcher and Ian Botham . |
| 11 | Ironically , one reason why so many antiracist initiatives have failed is because they have assumed some kind of transitive relation between policy and practice . |
| 12 | Reliance on technology alone is the reason why so many information systems , no matter how impressive on paper , fail to deliver the results you hoped for . |
| 13 | Why so much Country and Western in Kyle |
| 14 | lies Sad hearts sung sentimental style Why so much Country |
| 15 | Col. Dabson wanted to know why so much money was to be spent on open spaces such as Radford Park and the recreation ground . |
| 16 | I WONDER why so much consideration is shown to paedophiles , surely the lowest and most disgusting form of human life . |
| 17 | Why so much fury ? |
| 18 | You may be wondering why so much space has been devoted to cellulite in this chapter . |
| 19 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
| 20 | Few animals inspire such extremes of love and hate as the fox , and this may go some way towards explaining why so much nonsense is written and talked about them . |
| 21 | Why so much effort so long after the event ? |
| 22 | Indeed this is so clear that I sometimes wonder why so much effort usually goes into attempting to prove it . |
| 23 | But if the Franks were the dominant partner it is difficult to explain why so much material should have been channelled towards England with little apparently going back in return . |
| 24 | This week , we 'll be examining the need for bypasses more closely , and asking why so much freight is carried by road . |
| 25 | A further weakness of the theory is that it does not explain why so much hooligan activity is based on fan rivalries within the working class ; nor can it deal with Wagg 's ( 1984:198 ) observation that ‘ the most notable attempts by a club 's following to prevent it parting with a popular player or manager have usually been initiated by middle-class people ’ . |
| 26 | Most imitate other people 's good ideas , which is why so much advertising looks the same . |