Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 2 | That 's something which has developed so quickly that it 's almost ahead of us ( as it were ) in terms of planning . |
| 3 | In recent years , it has been argued that the position and powers of the Prime Minister have altered so considerably that it makes sense to talk about the rise of prime ministerial government and the transformation of the Cabinet into yet another " dignified " part of the constitution . |
| 4 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 5 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 6 | Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air . |
| 7 | Five short days ; it was n't long in which to have your life turned upside-down , changed so drastically that it would never be the same again , was it ? |
| 8 | I only began to work so hard because it was a way of filling all those empty hours without you . ’ |
| 9 | A word or phrase used so often that it becomes a slogan . |
| 10 | Well I hope so too but it was n't the whole object of the exercise . |
| 11 | And with unnerving certainty she knew that something was in the corridor with her — something that blended its colour and shape so perfectly that it was invisible . |
| 12 | I am delighted that they have done so well that it is now proposed , even in these difficult times , to increase their establishment . |
| 13 | It was all done so genteelly that it set McAllister 's teeth on edge . |
| 14 | The edition for 1605 , no longer extant , was said to have foretold the Gunpowder Plot so accurately that it brought him under suspicion of complicity . |
| 15 | From cunningly concealed speakers piped music wafted , but music played so softly that it was almost inaudible to the human ear , a faint teasing melody that soothed the soul and created a restful atmosphere almost without one being aware of it . |
| 16 | The children were wedged so tightly that it was difficult to move . |
| 17 | The Scottish Seamen 's Union , originally claimed to have 1,000 members , lost support so rapidly that it survived for no more than two months . |
| 18 | Except for the few who tended , from time to time , to inconvenience the landlord by dying there , passing so imperceptibly that it sometimes went unnoticed for an hour or two , from a state which had not really been living at all . |
| 19 | Alas , there is no way this can be overcome but it occurs so rarely that it is not in itself an outstanding problem . |
| 20 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
| 21 | ‘ Hullo ! ’ , and this may be said so softly that it is almost inaudible and we only see the nostrils tremble . |
| 22 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 23 | And at the end of the day then , you have to weigh up whether or not you decide that even though , if you like in the strictest financial terms , it is not profitable to open the cinema and to employ staff doing that although presumably they 'd have to be employed doing something else unless you changed their rota patterns nonetheless because of your the demands of funding bodies , your own cultural aims and equal opportunities policies , you 've decided that you will do so even though it 's going to be marginally a loss in financial terms . |
| 24 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 25 | This , of course , happens so quickly that it appears that the letters are displayed as a direct mechanical response to the keypress . |
| 26 | ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view . |
| 27 | In fact Needham hall where we were housed , deteriorated so rapidly that it was almost necessary to bring in the riot squad . |
| 28 | There are more than 600 varieties of mint which interbreed so readily that it can be hard to tell them apart . |
| 29 | ‘ Everything happened so rapidly that it afterwards seemed part of an evil dream , ’ Edward said slowly . |
| 30 | Although the latter 's earnings fell its dividend is handsomely covered , while a company like Rentokil is growing so healthily that it can afford to pay out the extra £1 million that its generosity has cost . |