Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases , preferences are relatively weak , so that two ordered results are produced ; in others , the preferences are so strong that a second result is not produced . |
| 2 | Already losses in fibre are so low that a light signal can travel well over 16 km before it halves in intensity ( a 3 dB loss ) . |
| 3 | As many as one in five of the population attends an accident and emergency unit every year , yet staff shortages are so acute that a quarter of the 239 units in England and Wales do not have a trained consultant in charge . |
| 4 | You see , Chris the Stuffer 's deep freezes are so full that a while back , I promised him I would take the overflow . |
| 5 | Things are so bad that a special course has been set up to train young hopefuls , and maybe reverse the trend . |
| 6 | Evidently Menwith Hill 's operations have been so successful that a $26 million expansion programme has been approved as part of the Project P415 programme . |
| 7 | THE overwhelming success of the Midland Railway Trust organised excursions to London on November 21 and 28 have been so great that a third train has now been organised for Saturday December 5 . |
| 8 | Moreover , most of us seem to be so certain that a first edition is really a first edition . |
| 9 | This indicates that if the court 's desire is to protect the public from persons who take vehicles without the owner 's consent , that is by a sense of general deterrence , then this particular criterion of the Criminal Justice Act will not be applicable The question posed for the courts must be whether taking a vehicle without consent can ever , as an individual offence , be so serious that a non-custodial sentence can not be considered . |
| 10 | I have declined to act as external examiner to candidates whose subject or thesis title seemed to be so dubious that a successful treatment of it could only be done by a candidate of exceptional brilliance ; in such cases it is likely that the candidate has had inadequate or misguided supervision . |
| 11 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 12 | It noted the possibility that in theory the interests of the partners might be so separated that a blanket restriction on competition would be unreasonable but rejected the contention that the mere fact of administrative departmentalisation could lead to that result . |
| 13 | The demands of children can be so insistent that a mother never uses the odd quiet moment to sit down with them and enjoy their company ; the temptation is always to seek out the next task . |
| 14 | All of us there were so stunned that a man of such high standing in the golf world could be so uncaring . |
| 15 | This was in 1785 and by then the major mines were so deep that a ladder climb to the surface could take an hour . |
| 16 | But the sheer warmth and solace of the strong arms about her were so reassuring that a few moments later she drifted off into a much calmer and deeper sleep . |
| 17 | The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was of this kind , although the four explosions that took place at its climax were so stupendous that a separate type of eruption , the Krakatoan , is sometimes referred to . |
| 18 | There are a number of modelling programs suitable for use on microcomputers at a price which is so low that a complete system often costs less than the terminals used merely to communicate with larger computers . |
| 19 | But Judge Robin David told Dodman : ‘ This matter is so serious that a custodial sentence is inevitable . |
| 20 | But Judge Robin David told Dodman : ‘ This matter is so serious that a custodial sentence is inevitable . ’ |
| 21 | The resemblance is so close that a human can easily mistake the new song for the sound of a trimphone . |
| 22 | In fact the force is so great that a concentrated jet from the water is capable of cutting straight through concrete . |
| 23 | The foreman of his jury wrote a letter to " The Times " : " Where a jury has to decide , as men and women of the world , " how much " " , the degree of uncertainty is so great that a random answer , consistent only with a total lack of any sort of yardstick , can be expected . |
| 24 | The poison is so effective that a single dart can kill a monkey in seconds . |
| 25 | In other words the employer 's conduct is so bad that a reasonable employee can not be expected to endure it any longer . |
| 26 | Indeed , the machine is so massive that a tokamak reactor would need something like 17 times as much material to produce the same power output as a pressurised-water reactor . |
| 27 | In order to support this position , one has to accept : ( i ) that the intention — recklessness distinction is the most significant dividing line for serious injuries , more relevant than factors such as premeditation or provocation ; ( ii ) that this is a workable distinction for the courts , especially in impulsive crimes , where the definition of intention may be fulfilled by a momentary realization of what is happening ; ( iii ) that it is so significant that a difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment is appropriate ; and ( iv ) that there is not a strong case for phrasing the offences in terms of endangerment rather than of causing physical harm . |
| 28 | The informal organisation of a company is so important that a newcomer has to ‘ learn the ropes ’ before he can settle effectively into his job , and he must also become ‘ accepted ’ by his fellow workers . |
| 29 | The scatter at the high end — small numbers of authors publishing large numbers of papers — is so large that a straight line can not be fitted to this graph with any degree of confidence . |
| 30 | The scatter at the high end — small numbers of authors publishing large numbers of papers — is so large that a straight line can not be fitted to this graph with any degree of confidence . |