Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [coord] so [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Although there is no physical limit in the number of tucking stitches , in practice most patterns do not have more than 20 or so adjacent needles tucking at the same time . |
2 | ‘ So green and lush and so spectacular and — ’ |
3 | The $10m trial of the wireless communications system based on very low-power , digital radio communications will involve personal handsets and microcellular technology to enable users to be immediately and constantly accessible — 1,000 trial participants will use the pocket phones to make and receive calls within the coverage area , on both home base stations and 500 or so public base stations in the downtown and other densely-populated or widely visited parts of Boise . |
4 | Is the land flat and low and so liable to be flooded ? |
5 | It 's lovely and friendly and so comfortable . |
6 | But Matthew smiled , his teeth white and strong and so sensuous that they sent a shiver up her spine . |
7 | In nursery schools and classes , in England in 1985 , there were approximately 6000 qualified nursery teachers , 8000 nursery assistants , 3000 nursery students and 100 or so unqualified teacher 's aides or helpers . |
8 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |
9 | This is what makes ductile metals so safe and tough and so popular . |
10 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
11 | These would consist of the twenty-nine English polytechnics , about thirty other local authority colleges , and twenty-nine or so voluntary and direct grant colleges funded directly by the DES . |
12 | Although deaf and dumb and so unable to raise an alarm , he threw himself in front of an approaching train in a valiant effort to save a mother and child . |
13 | He is diligent and efficient and so self-motivated . |