Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I to believe in it , that every response should come so neatly , as if you had been through the Gospels and marked all the places to trap each enquirer ? |
| 2 | Mrs Reid 's religion was the love of humanity and she found it hard that the first women 's college should win so very little understanding or support at its outset , especially from men . |
| 3 | He said at a reception at the circuit that it was amazing that modern grand prix cars could lap so fast on the twisty and demanding Leicestershire circuit . |
| 4 | To write and receive a reply would take so long — her letter might be ignored completely . |
| 5 | His little legs will going so fast you wo n't see them |
| 6 | You will have heard that if you do stick to a diet and lose weight , then your metabolism will drop so dramatically that the weight piles on all the more easily in the future . |
| 7 | And not many units will cope so well with the transition from studio friendliness to instant big-gig compatibility . |
| 8 | Equilibrium w and M will increase so long as inequality ( 27 ) holds . |
| 9 | If Mum thought I was scruffy , Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben might think so too . |
| 10 | Clearly , someone who wishes to hedge his exposure to variations in the price of an asset in his portfolio could do so either by purchasing an appropriate forward contract — from a bank perhaps — or by purchasing exchange traded futures . |
| 11 | For no Campbell lady would act so badly . |
| 12 | I was amazed that someone brought up in nineteenth-century Yorkshire could understand so completely the deprivation and frustration of being a hostage . |
| 13 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 14 | If it did , Nuttall and McCormick imply that the costs would rise so substantially as to become prohibitive . |
| 15 | She had never imagined that a kiss could feel like this , that a man 's arms could enclose and shield her so thoroughly against any other awareness , that her body would respond so passionately and so completely from the roots of her hair to the backs of her knees . |
| 16 | If the interest rate treatment fails to work , and the failures of investment are added in , the record will look so spectacularly bad that the quality of Labour 's promises will fade from the agenda . |
| 17 | All their friends are doing it , and they are aware that never again will they be in the situation where young people of similar ages , interests and academic abilities can mingle so freely and in such numbers . |
| 18 | An organisation might become so widely diversified in the range of products or services it offers that it becomes difficult , if not impossible , for management to integrate all of the organisation under a common objective and within a single ‘ management philosophy ’ and culture . |
| 19 | He had not thought his chance would come so opportunely . |
| 20 | During my time in the army a regimental quartermaster who was repeatedly having to exchange soiled blankets would protest so vehemently to his commanding officer that drastic action had to be taken . |
| 21 | Yet during family sessions , feelings can rise so quickly that very damaging statements can be made , which may be frank and honest but have a destructive meaning or impact that would not be intended in calmer and more reasonable moments . |
| 22 | How strange , though , that the report running inside my own head can quote so freely and copiously from the report running inside Summerchild 's . |
| 23 | Some of the problems can occur so gradually , for example the onset of deafness , that the person adjusts gradually and so is able to maintain independence for this AL . |
| 24 | Down the twisting stone stairs again and out through the front door opposite the barber-shop where the barbers used to look so longingly at our flowing locks — later on , the regulation hair-style for most young men . |
| 25 | For all the government 's anti-planning rhetoric , it is ironic that land use planning should re-emerge so strongly within the context of a privatised urban regeneration agenda . |
| 26 | It had come from Eire , but was so like the one I had received from my folk in Somerset , we could hardly believe a Catholic and a Non-Conformist Junior Church magazine could look so much alike . |
| 27 | Panic-stricken , she had made her way back to Bruton Street , her feet rubbed into blisters in flimsy evening slippers , wondering how taxis could disappear so completely whenever she needed one . |
| 28 | It always amazed her to see that other people could live so comfortably upon such barren territory . |
| 29 | Besides , if Maidstone could predict so accurately when Elsie would appear then it would be a simple matter to find her again — perhaps at the same time tomorrow . |
| 30 | It had seemed a little exaggerated that an elderly woman could move so rapidly and catch a younger man off guard . |