Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The causes of economic and employment decline in the cities have been the subjects of the most extensive studies — no other area of urban research has received so much attention . |
| 2 | The reason that it has received so much attention is not primarily that it is of practical importance ( although it has applications , e.g. Sections 26.2 , 26.5 , 26.6 ) , but rather that it has become a context for the development of ideas about the consequences of instability and evolution towards turbulent motion . |
| 3 | It is surprising that in his time and ever since , his culpability has received so little attention . |
| 4 | Editor , — No other part of the body has aroused so much passion and misconception as the foreskin , mainly because both surgical and personal considerations are concerned . |
| 5 | It seems doubtful that any other photographer has given so much attention to the condition of trees growing in close proximity to urban man . |
| 6 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 7 | Undoubtedly , part of the reason that this decision has attracted so much comment is that it was a rather " un-Gaullist " one : for once , the General took the route of facilité rather than that of inflexibilité . |
| 8 | And the issue is not simply that of deteriorating staff-student ratios , which has attracted so much attention , but at least as much a question of capital investment . |
| 9 | This explains the bardolatry which has dominated so much writing about Shakespeare . |
| 10 | ‘ No officer living who has seen so little service as my Lord Marlborough is so fit for great commands , ’ commented William prophetically after the 40-year-old general had , in the autumn of 1690 , rapidly captured Cork and Kinsale . |
| 11 | The result has been that a century which has seen so much development in terms of resources and method in historical research , has also seen a recurrent historical scepticism in theology . |
| 12 | Still popular , and made in new materials with plastic or nylon sail , the Peter Powell kite has introduced millions to the sight of its long tube tails following the looping flight pattern , and still , after over 15 years of its production when all else around has seen so much change , is a firm recommendation for anyone wishing to take up stunt flying for the first time . |
| 13 | It is particularly appropriate that this first annual review from the Institute and Faculty comes at the end of a year which has seen so much co-operation between our two organisations . |
| 14 | He took the list , that list right there , and he went like this with it — I was sitting across the table — and he said , ‘ For someone who has seen so much war as you have , North , you should understand that I want to end the war on terms that are acceptable to Iran . |
| 15 | ‘ She is now so far up the beach and has suffered so much damage that it would be physically impossible to get her off , ’ said Orkney 's Marine Pollution Officer , Captain Bob Sclater . |
| 16 | That is what has done so much damage to local government . |
| 17 | This may be a curious thought with which to conclude a study of multimedia , especially one which has offered so much analysis and commentary about technology . |
| 18 | I welcomed the computer initiative in schools , which has brought so much innovation to our schools , from the primary age up . |
| 19 | Given that the rule has caused so much concern , I will repeat our case . |
| 20 | They are now indulging in distortion and scaremongering , but they are unable to hide the record of the last 13 years that has caused so much misery to so many people . |
| 21 | BRYAN BEESON and Jason Nicolle , two members of the England team whose make-up has caused so much controversy , created sensations yesterday when each of them brought down members of Pakistan 's defending world title team at the World Open Championships here . |
| 22 | All these cases , and similar cases heard in other jurisdictions , were reviewed in the landmark case Caparo Industries plc v Dickman ( 1990 ) 2 AC 605 HL which has caused so much controversy . |
| 23 | The League 's management committee has decided to invite the two candidates it agreed upon on Monday for interview , but the head-hunting process which has caused so much vexation is threatening the ultimate embarrassment . |
| 24 | The League 's management committee has decided to invite the two candidates it agreed upon on Monday for interview , but the head-hunting process which has caused so much vexation is threatening the ultimate embarrassment . |
| 25 | Assuming that the Congress , which has wasted so much time so far , does not get round to final approval of any of the versions of the constitution , Mr Yeltsin could either wait until its next scheduled meeting in the autumn , seeking a compromise with parliament . |
| 26 | The tradition has continued so that work by the Hermannsburg school now fetches good prices . |
| 27 | Liz Taylor was on it and she has lost so much weight ! |
| 28 | He has launched so many football careers in our area . |
| 29 | Yet was his fall due to hubris , the fatal idée fixe about power , which has overtaken so many world leaders , including Sukarno ? |
| 30 | ‘ He 'd had so little education , but he loved books and believed learning was the key to living . |