Example sentences of "[adj] [am/are] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are so widely separated that their motion relative to each other is too small to be measured at all , and all we can really say is that they are travelling through space together , at the same rate and in the same direction . |
| 2 | The reason why the seventies are so often dogged by aches and pains is that sufficient care has not been taken during the fifties and sixties . |
| 3 | Because these are so individually made , they 're rather like instruments which have been devised for a specific individual , and so to criticise them for details of design is hardly fair . |
| 4 | These are so often fastened by those who , in the name of love , secure our chains daily in case we have any notions of escape . |
| 5 | ‘ … we are certain that the candour of Mr. Pearsey and the generosity of your Lordship would be equally distant from wishing to take any extreme advantage in a case of this nature when the interests of the town at large are so materially involved … ‘ |
| 6 | The few jobs that are available are so poorly paid that the few who are offered such employment can not afford to take it as they would n't be able to afford the rent on their new homes . |
| 7 | Soils which are water soluble are so often mixed with water insoluble soils that they are not readily dissolved by water on its own . |
| 8 | Drawing a clear-cut distinction between meaning and grammar is not an easy task , because the two are so intimately interwoven ( this is hardly surprising : ultimately , the only purpose of grammar is to serve the conveyance of meaning ) . |
| 9 | Why then do we need two words , which help us to distinguish nationalism from ethnicity , though both are so closely identified today ? |