Example sentences of "[pron] [be] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would I be so foolish as to blaspheme ? |
| 2 | In any case , all of these uses evoke the speaker 's view of the possibility of someone being so audacious as to perform the event denoted by the infinitive , and all imply a negative prejudice against such a thing being possible . |
| 3 | You see , my dear , we had a little difficulty over which should adorn the top of the tree , the star of Bethlehem which is of course the only proper thing as well as being the only thing countenanced by the Rector , or an immensely glittering and unsuitable fairy doll someone was so ill-judged as to give to Helen . |
| 4 | Conversely , there are many , so-called , all-inclusive communication models which are so grotesque as to be of little use to anyone . |
| 5 | In Pembroke or south-west Ireland the chief physical features are the drowned valleys or rias , which are so dominant as to cause the shoreline to be classed immediately as one of submergence . |
| 6 | Although Port-au-Prince was under fire from the oldest and most primitive of artillery pieces , which were so ill-preserved as to be as dangerous to their operators as to their targets , the effect was still terrifying to the populace , who were unused to the banshee wail that echoed overhead and preceded bone-crushing explosive impacts . |
| 7 | So we made these tests more complex in order to increase their relevance , but in so doing we produced tests which were so sophisticated as not to be widely available due to cost and personnel requirements , and which began to show some of the problems found when we measured performance ‘ on-site ’ . |
| 8 | Again , I disagree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup in his comments on NATO , which were so childish as to be not worth considering . |
| 9 | Unless the seller commits a breach of condition or commits a breach of warranty which is so serious as to deprive the buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract , the buyer has no right to reject the goods or recover the price ( see paragraph 7–04 above ) . |
| 10 | As part of the registration process the Law Society must satisfy itself that the legal profession of which the applicant is a member is one which is so regulated as to make it appropriate : — |
| 11 | Sometimes an objection is raised which is so general as to be difficult to counter . |
| 12 | As Gombrich points out : ‘ the experience of the underlying constancies in a person 's face which is so strong as to survive all the transformations of mood and age and even to leap across generations , conflicts with the strange fact that such recognition can be inhibited with comparative ease by what may be called the mask ’ . |
| 13 | This process will continue until a price level is reached which is so low as to make so high as to ensure that the effective labour demand function eventually coincides with the notional labour demand function . |
| 14 | Let us discuss what his ransom should be , since you are so generous as to entertain the possibility , and I will get for you full assurance that he shall be restrained from ever infringing your territory or your person again . |
| 15 | ‘ It 'll also be the judge 's — if you 're so foolish as to go ahead and fight me . ’ |
| 16 | How could she be so stupid as to think he believed in the legend of the Kershaw Worm ? |
| 17 | " Would you be so good as to ask Mr Lee to step out here please . |
| 18 | Would you be so kind as to repeat them again ? ’ |
| 19 | Adam , would you be so kind as to tell Winterton to admit Mr Newman ? |
| 20 | Mrs , would you be so kind as to ? |
| 21 | ‘ Would you be so kind as to excuse me for a moment ? |
| 22 | NOW WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO LET GO ? |
| 23 | ‘ Would you be so kind as to fetch … what ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Oh yes , and would you be so kind as to fetch me The Economist from the table over there ? ’ |
| 25 | Robert would you be so kind as to shut the door for me ? |
| 26 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 27 | The specimens you were so good as to send to me by Captain Lyon would have been a treasure had they arrived safe ; but his ship was taken by the French , so those were all lost , which is a great misfortune at this time , when they would have been of great service to me , in ascertaining the names of some plants which remain doubtful . |
| 28 | In Sargent [ 1990 ] The Guardian , 3 July , Boreham J at Leeds Crown Court is reported as saying : " You were so negligent as to be reckless as to this woman 's welfare " , by pumping so much oxygen into her during an operation that she swelled up like a Michelin man . |
| 29 | A man who is so abnormal as to weep at the death of his wife is said to be behaving illogically . |
| 30 | In front of the entrance there is a pillar of rock forty feet high , called the Soldier Rock , and the entrance itself is so narrow as only to admit a small boat , and then only in fine weather . |