Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco-stained desperadoes . |
| 2 | British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter . |
| 3 | This shuttling back and forth between the personae could only be done so adroitly by a poet exceptionally sensitive to the status and function of pronouns . |
| 4 | This argument was slighted by those who felt that the tourist was more concerned with a modern hotel than an ancient mansion , but the case can no longer be treated so flippantly . |
| 5 | His re-entry , however , either to mainstream or to the start of adult working life , may not be achieved so smoothly . |
| 6 | It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply . |
| 7 | Without their dedicated service , the prison would not be run so well as it is . |
| 8 | It can not be argued so categorically that this was the sole source of the style in the twelfth century or that it would not soon have developed in a similar manner elsewhere if the Île de France had not then produced it . |
| 9 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 10 | The method has all the elements of a fictional adventure story , and yet it can not be dismissed so easily . |
| 11 | The work of discourse analysis also shows that the denials of prejudice should not be dismissed so facilely , as lacking social significance . |
| 12 | This can not be assumed so easily in variable analysis . |
| 13 | So Robyn dragged her eyes away , broke the moment with deliberate determination ; her resolutions , made as she 'd lain in bed last night , would not be broken so early , so easily . |
| 14 | In defence of fishing it has been alleged that , were it not for fishermen on our rivers , accidental or deliberate pollution would not be detected so quickly . |
| 15 | In January 1949 the British cabinet ruled that co-operation with Europe should not be taken so far that it compromised Britain 's ability to survive as an independent state . |
| 16 | Animals such as mussels would not be spread so liberally around the world — indeed they could not have evolved at all — unless they had a phase as mobile plankton . |
| 17 | The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy . |
| 18 | ‘ The old attraction could n't be banished so easily . |
| 19 | It could n't be dismissed so easily . |
| 20 | He says that the NHS system in this country means results from treatment on patients can be passed onto drug companies — whereas in America the private patient system means this ca n't be done so easily . |
| 21 | We ca n't be seen so easily . |
| 22 | Things could n't be solved so simply . |
| 23 | Ideas can never be packaged so conveniently . |