Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , the process started at Bristol was a beginning and has since been continued so nobly by Jo , that there are occasions now when I not only know that I am good — getting close to the shining white — but even a benefit to society !
2 The succession at the margin of the platform appears to be composed mainly of oolitic grainstones , although these have only been described so far from Poland ( Peryt et al. 1978 ) .
3 Collapse breccias have only been described so far from the Auk and Argyll fields in the central North Sea ( Pennington 1975 ; Brennand and van Veen 1975 ) .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 No , the two pro , the thing that the two prongs sit in is cracked so naturally say it had to go into a hole that size , right ?
8 The attention paid to authentic workwear style on fashion pages , much of it in this magazine , has not been matched so readily on the nation 's streets .
9 In the US great emphasis has been placed on rooting out aggressive instincts from those used for show stock , but this lead has not been followed so staunchly elsewhere .
10 As for most of the secondary infectious agents a clear correlation between intestinal HIV infection and gastrointestinal symptoms has not been established so far .
11 More than 150 workers have already been killed so far this year , according to a report by rural sociologist Jose Ramón Mauleon .
12 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 .
13 His re-entry , however , either to mainstream or to the start of adult working life , may not be achieved so smoothly .
14 It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply .
15 Without their dedicated service , the prison would not be run so well as it is .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 The method has all the elements of a fictional adventure story , and yet it can not be dismissed so easily .
19 The work of discourse analysis also shows that the denials of prejudice should not be dismissed so facilely , as lacking social significance .
20 This can not be assumed so easily in variable analysis .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy .
26 ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view .
27 An event a quarter of a century ago sparked off the nationalist project that has now been brought so violently to an end .
28 In contrast , in smaller and more informal gatherings such as house Masses , the power this can release has often been experienced so impressively that one wonders whether the new liturgy was not given to the Church prophetically , with a view to new circumstances which were to come , but which till now have been realized only unevenly .
29 We know , do n't we , that Lamb has n't been fined so heavily for breaching a harsh contract .
30 ‘ The old attraction could n't be banished so easily .
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