Example sentences of "[vb pp] so [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all the examples given so far the syllabic has been following another consonant ; sometimes it is possible for another consonant to precede that consonant , but in this case a syllabic consonant is less likely to occur . |
| 2 | We have not stressed so frequently the importance of liaison with our own colleagues , arguing ( with sometimes dubious validity ) that because it ‘ happens all the time ’ it does not need to be explicitly provided . |
| 3 | ‘ You will perceive by the accompanying prospectus that I have commenced another work of much greater magnitude [ than the Century ] ; for my own part I should have been more anxious to have gone on with unfigured foreign birds and by that means have added so much the more interest to the science of ornithology , but the greater number of the subscribers to my other work not paying attention to birds generally but limiting themselves to those of our own country , they have frequently reiterated their request that I should commence a similar work on the Birds of [ 'this country ’ crossed out ] Europe and this has been the only motive for my undertaking so laborious a task . ’ |
| 4 | They had left the paddock gate open , and Joe had taken advantage of it to go in search of more of the nice green apples he remembered having enjoyed so much the previous day — but this time he did n't reach Jessica Turvey 's orchard ; he got himself trapped in the marsh . |
| 5 | We have considered so far the daily rhythms of humans in health . |
| 6 | So , when Mr Goodman enquired about him , George was eager to come to Selhurst Park and most Palace historians agree that , had he done so even a month before the end of 1924–25 , the Palace would never have been relegated from Division Two . |
| 7 | Liturgical song does matter and has done so down the centuries since the early days of the Church . |
| 8 | I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach . |
| 9 | Only in Kempe 's noted version on EMI ( 2/88 ) have I felt so strongly the main attributes of Lohengrin : here Robert Heger , the very epitome of the Kapellmeister manner at its best , give to the many passages of formal utterance a grandeur and intensity so often missing in studio performances , culminating in a magnificent outpouring at the final greeting to Elsa in Act 2 . |
| 10 | Surprised at being disturbed so roughly the nag jerked forward suddenly , the jolt snapped the rickety bodged-up slatting and the gramophone fell into the bottom of the cabinet . |
| 11 | In a country where education had expanded so rapidly the gap between young and old had accelerated so teaching the adults to read and write was becoming urgent . |
| 12 | But , to her relief , the voice that greeted her from the other side of the oak door , though indistinct , was that of the porter she had met so briefly the evening before . |
| 13 | She knew that even if Miss Clinton had n't had so long a start , her daddy would have little hope of catching her up in his old car . |
| 14 | For it is indeed time some party concerned itself with all those intangible forms of wealth that can not be included in anything called so appropriately the gross national product . |
| 15 | He had enjoyed the performance but felt it had become so obviously a theatrical production that it was now a long way from what had taken place in the Middle Ages . |
| 16 | These ways have become so much a part of the fabric of dance that they are used almost unknowingly by teachers and dancers . |
| 17 | By 1945 , German ‘ solutions ’ in the east had become so much a part of the German view of the world and ‘ German historic destiny ’ that the Russians and the Poles , who had played human safety-valve to German ambition throughout their long joint histories , saw dismemberment of German territory in the east as the only possible long-term solution . |
| 18 | Punch is certainly one of the great British institutions , and has become so much a way of life as to make it impossible to imagine a world without it . |
| 19 | These characters have become so much a part of our own childhood that we almost forget their origin . |
| 20 | It was as if the train journey itself , the old-fashioned intimate compartment in which they had found themselves , the freedom from interruptions and the tyranny of the telephone , the sense of time visibly flying , annihilated under the pounding wheels , not to be accounted for , had released both of them from a carefulness which had become so much a part of living that they were no longer aware of its weight until they let it slip from their shoulders . |
| 21 | It has become so much a part of them that they are often unaware of its existence . |
| 22 | It had become so much a matter of routine that when she answered he came close to putting the phone down before he realized that all he 'd heard was , ‘ Hello . ’ |
| 23 | We then start to read the familiar stories of ward closures and idle operating theatres which have become so much a part of the New Year celebrations and which the reforms were supposed to eliminate . |
| 24 | We have appreciated so much the support , encouragement , prayers and interest of many from the fellowship over the last year . |
| 25 | It 's a total farce that Lambie can be hit so hard a second time . |
| 26 | Battle ‘ You ca n't be disappointed by a run like that , ’ said the jockey after User Friendly 's head-to-head battle with Subotica had gone so narrowly the wrong way for her army of fans . |
| 27 | I used to use a similar item — called a Plonker Box at the time — years ago , on the sides of two or three of my computers , and never lost so much a byte of information . |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't solve Ireland 's problems with a gun , ’ their father had told them and he had repeated so often the words of Archbishop Paul Cullen , one of Ireland 's great clerics , that they were still fresh in Father Brendan 's mind . |
| 29 | Would another actress have fitted so perfectly the pensive , slightly sad role she created that so encapsulated Sydney Newman 's wish for human characters in awe of their out-of-time surroundings ? |
| 30 | Clare had planned so often the details of her own wedding , so often pictured herself , radiant in a long , white dress with train , leaning on her father 's arm , advancing with a slow , fragile step down the aisle towards Mark , handsome and smiling in morning dress , while the organ pealed and the candles and flowers blazed , and the guests beamed and whispered in the crowded pews — that she felt a surge of pity for the girl who would have nothing to remember but this sordid little ceremony . |