Example sentences of "[to-vb] so [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hardly tallies with the sentiments expressed in a letter in the possession of the College in which Coleman , writing on 24 February 1813 , gracefully declined an invitation to become President of the London Veterinary Society : ‘ Gentlemen , I received your letter , and it gives me great pleasure to see so much zeal for the improvement of the veterinary art in Gentlemen , whom any & every Teacher might well be proud to call his Pupils — I shall most willingly grant the use of the College Theatre for the examination and discussion of such points as may be considered by you most important for the advancement of the Veterinary Science … you rightly observe that a number of minds concentrated on one object can not fail to improve any art far beyond the reach of any individual and I have no doubt that the Public will ultimately derive great benefits from your united exertions . |
| 2 | Letterman implies that he had to divorce her for her own good ; he could not bear to see so much life force confined in marriage . |
| 3 | Already I think I found it painful to see so much vacuity without leisure , indolence without refinement . |
| 4 | It is encouraging to see so much attention paid to the development of youth cricket with articles on the Essex Colts , the Indoor School , Kwik Cricket and the Essex Schools Cricket Association , while at the other end of the scale , there is an insight into the Essex Over-50 XI . |
| 5 | There has been a lot lately in the Press and on TV about crime and violence and it is sad to see so much wrong being done by the very young of today . |
| 6 | The trade in all his restaurants had been slack over the past couple of weeks , and he was glad to see so many lunchtime diners . |
| 7 | It is good to see so many cheese and Wensleydale lovers quick to defend the same . |
| 8 | So much to see so little time ! |
| 9 | ‘ Really , Mr Pip , to lose so much cash ! ’ he said . |
| 10 | She 'd been glad to find so much work waiting for her when she arrived back in England . |
| 11 | Durness is a scattered clifftop community straggling the road , the last outpost of civilisation in the far north , a windswept and cheerless place made tolerable by the welcome and hospitality of hotels and guest houses : it is surprising to find so much accommodation for visitors in so austere an environment . |
| 12 | Sir : Returning from a long stay abroad , it is depressing to find so much rubbish in the streets , but it is even more upsetting to find it deliberately included in the newspapers as well ( 2 October ) . |
| 13 | Police said : ‘ The raiders struck lucky to find so much cash . ’ |
| 14 | I am sorry to observe so little Care taken of the Education of our Youth designed for the Sea , even such as have a Prospect of commanding Ships either in the Government or Merchant Service : The element in which they live renders them rough and boisterous which makes a little Education more necessary to give them an early Byass . |
| 15 | If things are as bad as the hon. Gentleman says , will my right hon. Friend ask the business men why the west midlands has managed to attract so much investment in manufacturing from abroad , why foreign countries have chosen to locate in the United Kingdom and whether they believe that those people would stay if they had to experience the burden of heavy taxation , job losses and days lost in strikes that would occur with the return of a Labour Government ? |
| 16 | For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev . |
| 17 | Certain vegetables do not have seeds or go to seed so this method of determining ancient people 's diet is an important source of historical information . |
| 18 | The moment I saw you I wished to serve so much excellence . |
| 19 | It was a considerable achievement for a society to pour so much milk , so much orange juice , so many vitamins down the throats of its children , for the height and weight of those children to outstrip so fast the measurements of only a decade before . |
| 20 | Oh that was approximately about erm , well I 'm talking about now in my time it must be over twenty year ago , when he introduced that and the simple reason was there was an argument between the deputy harbourmaster and the boatmen which are the cos they used t it all happened over a ship called used to be a collier , used to run here regular and that used to discharge so much coal at Cliff Quay , then it used to go into the dock at Tolwells Quay and finish unloading because it used to bring two or three different lots of coal , it was a four hold ship , she had four holds , and there 'd be one hold for the chemical works and perhaps there 'd be three holds for and that se |
| 21 | Generally , though , he needs more space if he is to cover so much ground in adequate detail . |
| 22 | This is , obviously , a fairly limited model in its own right : further , the published reports seem to me to include sufficient logical uncertainties , and the model to require so much manipulation to deal with each individual case , to raise considerable doubts about its real value . |
| 23 | We could , for example , on a personal level reduce the need to generate so much electricity by improving home insulation or by fitting more efficient and energy-saving light bulbs . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's the point , ’ Joe called back now , ‘ I have to do so much reading I 've hardly any time for writing , at least not the kind I want to do . ’ |
| 25 | One has to do so much talking , and I do n't like talking . |
| 26 | Because the trouble is , I can go back to nineteen sixty four , Industrial Relations Act , which I thought was one of the best things ever bought out , whereby er the erm terms were levied to do so much training . |
| 27 | Iceland left the IWC at last year 's annual meeting and Norway has threatened to do so this year , saying it will resume whaling whatever the IWC 's decision . |
| 28 | And also our most recent émigré , the WasteWatch , who are about to do so this year . |
| 29 | I must insist we get back to the boundaries , I 've repeatedly had to do so this afternoon I would have thought it that the message would have got over to me honourable members before now . |
| 30 | To do so this time required three steps : new concessions to the GPRA , yet another bureaucratic reform to ensure greater compliance with his policy , and a speeding-up of the political process . |