Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] so [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But world markets can absorb only so much coffee , copper and cotton , or for that matter T-shirts , motor-bikes and transistors . |
| 2 | ‘ That he did n't spend quite so much time with them ? ’ her father finished quietly . |
| 3 | You might wonder why UNFPA should expend quite so much effort in arguing against such a crackpot idea . |
| 4 | If it did n't cost quite so much to get there ( typical return fare London-Auckland is currently about £1,150 it would make good financial sense to use the excellent training facilities that exist in New Zealand to obtain a PPL , and it certainly is a wonderful place to build up low-cost hours among some of the world 's most magnificent surroundings . |
| 5 | I do n't sleep tight so that 's all right . |
| 6 | A sprout can take just so much and then no more . |
| 7 | Molly felt similarly safe , brought to this strange place about which she would have clearly so much to learn . |
| 8 | It says a great deal for this extraordinary organisation that it can inspire such dedication in children who , prior to joining the Horse Rangers , would never have even so much as patted a horse . |
| 9 | Over the years we did n't have quite so much work to do with recording which tyre was on which bus because he took it over , but it was right up until I retired in , well five years ago that we were paying tyres that way . |
| 10 | It was also the turn of Kenneth Clarke today ; the Health Secretary did n't have quite so much up his sleeve , but he did announce plans to set up a nationwide programme of health targets . |
| 11 | I suppose I need n't have quite so many but er I quite like doing it . |
| 12 | Caspar , who distrusted most magic on principle , thought that probably nothing would happen at all and the evening would end as so many evenings were ending lately ; with the heating of the squares and the terrible screaming of the victims . |
| 13 | at the end and they perhaps do n't bother quite so much and |
| 14 | As you know American cinema installed air conditioning in the fifties and that re erm late fifties , early sixties and that re revived the American cinema er because people do n't go abroad so much in America . |
| 15 | The match was moved three sections down to a stretch where carp would not figure quite so much . |
| 16 | However , a shaman can handle only so much Waaagh energy . |
| 17 | Evidently societies , like individuals can handle only so many concerns at one time … |