Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the solar System is at a special place , then the concept of terrestrial mediocrity ( that we are so ordinary the Universe at large must be just like our neighbourhood ) takes something of a knock . |
| 2 | Most of the federal judges appointed by President Reagan are so convinced the market has its own fail-safe mechanisms for everything that it is hard to imagine them upholding a challenge to any merger . |
| 3 | Those palm trees are so funny the way the grow straight up . |
| 4 | It 's quite hard , you have to be so delicate the way you go in . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm so frightened the feeling will go away , it 's too fragile , and I do so want it not to break . |
| 6 | As the numbers were so small the table also gives our results amalgamated with those obtained in Oxford : in these two large teaching hospitals the perinatal death rate in cases in which vaginal delivery is planned ( 2.9/1000 ) is no different from that in elective caesarean section is carried out ( 2.3/1000 ) or in all cases ( 2.7/1000 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The chips were so bad the carton would have tasted better . |
| 8 | The situation is so bad the Home Office has started a campaign to combat car theft … using TV ads . |
| 9 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad the industry has reportedly taken to what some people call ‘ tea-bagging , ’ moving their precious chip supply from system to system to prove to customers their box works , then quickly back to the treasure vault . |
| 10 | Because the War Wagon tower is so high the rifleman can see over the heads of intervening troops and low terrain features such as low walls and hedges . |
| 11 | It 's a full time commitment er t and you if you are very if if you are er like say it 's so all the time , it 's difficult for her then to cease to be that , to be somebody else . |
| 12 | It 's so sad the fact that the turned into slime I wish it would carry into . |
| 13 | I do n't think it 's so much the difficulty of the matter , as the inadequacy of the manner , but erm it the main structure behind erm what I have to say at any rate revolves round these three successive ideas of time , intellect , memory . |
| 14 | Black Forest food is good and ideal for those burdened with a healthy appetite , in fact it 's so good the French often nip over the border to enjoy the local delicacies . |
| 15 | ‘ I expect he cursed me when he cursed Pat , only I was so healthy the effect was delayed , or perhaps my rotten paintings were the effect , and I only see it now . |
| 16 | The road was so hot the tarmac was melting . |
| 17 | Although it was so hot the sky was grey and low , not an evening to raise the spirits . |
| 18 | ‘ Read a good book … but I was so frightened the print danced . ’ |
| 19 | Rita confessed her frock had come from a Beverly Hills shop which was so snooty the assistant asked her if she had an appointment : ‘ I asked , ‘ Why , do the dresses have something else to do ? ’ ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And it was so windy the tent nearly blew away ! ’ |
| 21 | She recently bought six giant maple trees to replant in her back garden but the crane hired for the job was so heavy the road caved in . |
| 22 | ‘ But the crane was so heavy the road caved in leaving a massive hole . |
| 23 | I was so glad the phone box was so near and was operational , as were almost all public phones at that time . |
| 24 | When he reached the ticket hall the heat was so fierce the water from his hose turned to steam before it reached the fire . |