Example sentences of "[prep] so [adj] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I am not sure that on record it makes all that much difference to have 24 baroque oboes , as here , instead of 12 or so , but the sound of so many along with 12 bassoons , nine trumpets , nine trumpets and four sets of timpani is mightily impressive , and the more attractive for a rhythmic bounce . |
2 | You know the pushchair 's sort of so small up to her . |
3 | Like so much else about Paris and New York , that sounds only too familiar in London . |
4 | The episode was reported minimally in the Press , but played down like so much else during wartime . |
5 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
6 | Like so much else in music , this is a process that involves the passage of a lot of Lime : learning a work on the page and then on the orchestra ? |
7 | Like so much else in Lebanon , it was physically possible but we never met anyone who had actually achieved this . |
8 | Yet , as they finally declare their love for each other — having been tricked into so doing — Beatrice asks one favour : It seems to me that the fact that this request comes in prose is a sign that it is not to be taken seriously , since it , too , like so much else in the play , is based on false appearances . |
9 | He did his deep-breathing exercises ; evidently , like so much else in his life , ritual ; then smiled at me and jumped back twenty-four hours . |
10 | How could he ever admit to Maisie that the very thing that had brought them together was , like so much else in his life , a lie ? |
11 | Your sermon was inspiring , and thank you for sharing this moving service with so many all round the country , so that we felt as one with your own congregation … |
12 | The word ’ privatisation ’ is redefined by Labour as it suits it , as is the case with so much else in the Labour party . |