Example sentences of "[vb -s] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motives for seeking office are partly that the life of a backbench MP soon becomes unsatisfactory and offers so little scope for achievement , for registering even the smallest impact on a restricted area of.public life , that the average MP looks with envy on any minister who has a positive job to perform , however limited the field . |
| 2 | A whole pine forest produces so much pollen that ponds become covered with curds of it — and all of it wasted . |
| 3 | Trainer Simon Sherwood , Desert Orchid 's Gold Cup winning jockey , said : ‘ The whole thing involves so much hypocrisy it 's a farce . |
| 4 | This is undoubtedly the most tiring skill to learn since it involves so much swimming . |
| 5 | A south facing conservatory often receives so much sun and heat in the summer that it is not necessarily suitable for daytime entertaining , unless adequately ventilated and fitted with blinds . |
| 6 | When roles become more segregated , as they do after the birth of a baby , even when both parents continue to go out to work , people are less able to avoid their envy of the opposite sex and of the baby who receives so much care and attention . |
| 7 | It 's hunger that drives so many ballet students there , not an innate artistic urge . |
| 8 | He needs so much money ! |
| 9 | I think that is why it has so many cinema fans and why the best cinema creators in Spain come from there . |
| 10 | The dragonfly has so many ommatidia that it can see as well as some vertebrates . |
| 11 | A LITTLE boy is becoming withdrawn because he has so many ear infections he finds it difficult to hear , but his life could be revolutionised by one simple operation . |
| 12 | I 'd actually I do n't think I 'll get a book for Jackie because I will be honest with you she has so much reading to do for her English teaching and drama . |
| 13 | I 'd , actually I do n't think I 'd get a book for Jackie because I will be honest with you she has so much reading to do for her English teaching and drama |
| 14 | Mrs Fox added : ‘ The NHS only has so much money . |
| 15 | Moore has so much money he could buy the entire hotel . ’ |
| 16 | Where political union and sovereignty are concerned , I can see no natural political affinity between the United Kingdom and Luxembourg — a country with a population smaller than Berkshire — or with Belgium , with its divided population , Holland , with its total dependence on its neighbours , or Italy , which has so much difficulty in implementing EC directives , which moralises over other people 's shortcomings and has a new Government roughly every 18 months . |
| 17 | And Sheridan admitted : ‘ Chris has so much ability I have got to play well just to stay in the team . |
| 18 | He has so much ability . |
| 19 | He supports the view that under current law the Fed has so much leeway that it can honestly claim to be fulfilling the will of Congress no matter what policies it adopts . |
| 20 | It has so much depth , much more than if I were to express myself in other languages . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm a control freak , ’ she readily admits , ‘ but Warren has so much experience , such an overview . |
| 22 | Sepp has so much experience , he can think himself into my position . |
| 23 | He has so much experience and already we understand each other . |
| 24 | Our Sun ‘ loses ’ 4 million tons of mass this way every second — but it has so much mass to play with that this rate of mass loss would only add up to 7 per cent of the total after about a trillion ( million million ) years . |
| 25 | But it has so much scope to go further . |
| 26 | He has so much charisma and we should all be allowed to make one mistake in life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It has so much atmosphere that one can almost see the medieval wool merchants going about their business . |
| 28 | David Hirst , Alan Shearer and Lineker himself are typical examples but Wright — like Paul Gascoigne — has so much potential he simply is not yet aware of his capabilities . |
| 29 | It is to be hoped that the new management structure will prove to be a winning solution for the railway which has so much potential that it is a shame to witness the present agony . |
| 30 | The concept has so much potential — so why do n't you invest ? |