Example sentences of "[conj] [be] so [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lulling cushion of blood-heat saline solution I floated on did help me to neglect those bodily fears that were so much a part of me . |
| 2 | She had grown used to the tiny sounds that were so much a part of Seawitch , just as she had grown used to the boat 's continually changing motion . |
| 3 | You do n't need to be a programmer ; there 's no code to write , and you do n't even have to adopt the programmer 's mindset that is so often a prerequisite for building advanced database applications . |
| 4 | He would rather fight in the open than wait to murder the other when he falls asleep , but is so much the weaker that to fight without an advantage would amount to suicide . |
| 5 | It is , as is so often the case in criticism of Leonard 's work , a travesty of Pope 's high standards , a supra-imposing of the critic 's personal standards not dispassionate appraisal . ) |
| 6 | But , as is so often the case in the Army , that was not the end of the day : from 1930 to 2130 that evening he had agreed to referee a boxing competition between two local regiments . |
| 7 | The pace never slackens , even though on the night their big set-piece , the cloud swing , had to be cancelled because the performer had injured herself : not from doing what is actually one of the most dangerous of aerial tricks , but as is so often the way of circus , from doing something offstage unthinkingly , in this case , dancing . |
| 8 | As is so often the case in Paisley 's career , the crucial step was taken by someone other than Paisley and then offered to Paisley as an opportunity the possibilities of which he could appreciate . |
| 9 | As is so often the case in operations which go wrong , over-heavy management went hand in hand with a haphazard lack of supervision . |
| 10 | If this is not possible , as is so often the case when fishing a near bank swim , do n't worry ; you will still feel the bites at the same time you see the rod-tip move . |
| 11 | All of them in search of personal happiness but , as is so often the case , hard pressed to recognise it even when they find it . |
| 12 | As is so often the case , the performer 's proximity to the work 's inception reaps an idiomatic bonus that transcends any technical shortcomings . |
| 13 | In fact , as is so often the case , she does all these things because her life is so full : ‘ Gardening is therapy from the pressures of life . |
| 14 | Starting at the far left of the picture , the SW213 has the lowest price tag but , as is so often the case , it 's the easiest to play , with a surprisingly low action . |
| 15 | The five-way selector deals out all the sounds you would expect to find and the tone control really does add more sparkle , rather than ( as is so often the case ) rendering everything tinny and harsh . |
| 16 | As is so often the case with such ventures the programme was overambitious ; by the time I completed the initial research I had reached no further than 1910 ( Marriott 1984 ) . |
| 17 | As is so often the case with archaeological data , the smaller cemeteries present such a small sample as to make detailed conclusions of dubious value , and their small size may be misleading as more graves may await discovery . |
| 18 | As is so often the case , the transition from arms to feet is more difficult than expected , but a careful combination of undercutting , balance and barely breathing should see you right . |
| 19 | As is so often the case , these gates have been made by someone who has obviously no experience of walking , because they are impossible to negotiate with a rucksack on , unless you climb onto the bottom bars of the fence around the gate to lift the sack above the top rail . |
| 20 | As is so often the case , however , nature refuses to conform to such a convenient theory . |
| 21 | As is so often the case , the evolving terminology used to describe families epitomises these changes . |
| 22 | As is so often the case , the source of our difficulties is not what we are discussing but how we are discussing it : it is we , not the Zande , who are at fault . |
| 23 | As is so often the case , more work needs to be done . |
| 24 | Munch made the première recording not long after the war and , as is so often the case , that brings the whole atmosphere of the period as well as the work alive . |
| 25 | As is so often the case in the social sciences , it is more helpful to develop theoretical notions in relation to actual , specific issues , rather than to posit theoretical distinctions in the abstract . |
| 26 | As child-care is easily available and children are integrated into daily life having a child does not automatically exclude a woman from her previous lifestyle as is so often the case in Britain . |
| 27 | As was so often the case in central-local relationships , poor distribution was often to blame . |
| 28 | As was so often the case , he sucked up nourishment from books he happened to be reading , finding parallels in the lives of characters to his own dilemmas and solutions . |
| 29 | Warner Bros had once again profitably combined instruction and entertainment but as was so often the case it was the way in which they had used an actor that made the movie work in both respects . |
| 30 | Nowhere is the art of the Designer needed more than when a script calls for an entirely new world to be created , as was so often the case in Doctor Who . |