Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | From the standpoint of constructivism , the reason why associationist-representational theories so spectacularly fail to capture the essence of thought is that they ignore the fact that every thought , like every action , has , at some level , a purpose . |
| 32 | We shall not go into the variety of psychological mechanisms which convert terrible actuality into pleasing imagination , but there is one of them , sado-masochism , which demands attention because it explains why tellers of harsh truths so often offend not only our sentimentality but our moral sensibility . |
| 33 | It is now possible to print from coloured photographs so please help by sending in anything suitable . |
| 34 | The oldest artistic castings so far known in Nigeria were excavated around the beginning of 1960 , on behalf of the Nigerian Department of Antiquities , by Thurstan Shaw at Igbo Ukwu in the south-east . |
| 35 | Assume both firms are just breaking even at prevailing prices so neither wishes to leave . |
| 36 | The 8 successful trips so far speak volumes . |
| 37 | In Chapter 2 and subsequently , I have stressed the enormous variations in context which exist in African schools , between countries , between urban and rural conditions , between and within individual schools , and the way that these various elements so critically affect the learning experiences a school offers . |
| 38 | The only sources so far identified in Europe comprise a few boulders from Piedmont and Switzerland . |
| 39 | Your wedding photographs will keep the memories of the big da alive for you and your future family for many years to come , providing a permanent record of all those small details so carefully planned yet so easy to forget as the years roll by . |
| 40 | The only totally unambiguous examples so far located are , in Atâ " i∘ , Molla Abdullah and Hubbi Mollasi , whose careers have been discussed above ; and in Taskopruzade/Mecdi , Molla Muhyi " I-Din Muhammad Yusuf b . |
| 41 | The filthy colonial military compounds so recently evacuated by the British and French provided convenient quarters for those who were now destined to spend most of their lives in exile , even though neither they nor their unwilling Lebanese hosts yet knew that they would have to do so . |
| 42 | He revelled in the fragrance of the green boughs so lovingly placed along the nave and sanctuary steps . |
| 43 | He said he had never come across a clearer , more perfect case , with so many vital details so well remembered . |
| 44 | The Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne is giving the denizens of the south coast an opportunity to experience the start bleakness of the northern territories so empathically visualised by the unique and eccentric rent-collector with his visionary eye and ability to create beauty out of mean streets and the world of factories and warehouses . |
| 45 | The value of the political talks so far has been to expose three basic truths . |
| 46 | * These are reprinted , along with other of Sickert 's writings in the invaluable booklet Walter Sickert ; Advice to young Artists so expertly edited by Lynda Morris , and published to coincide with the Norwich School of Art Gallery exhibition of works by Sickert in May 1986 , to which I am greatly indebted . |
| 47 | But there is every reason to suppose that there already existed that division which makes the Church of the later Middle Ages so strangely resemble a military hierarchy , with the upper clergy as commissioned officers , the rural deans and archpriests as N.C.O.s , and the parish clergy as privates . |
| 48 | I could see no tourists or other strollers so quickly cast out a handful of breadcrumbs . |
| 49 | Attitudes of successive governments so far have only solidified the lock . |
| 50 | This view is essentially anthropomorphic ; we are mammals after all and it is perhaps comforting to think that our own distant relatives so directly proved their supremacy over slow-witted reptiles that had nothing to fight with but their bulk . |
| 51 | The earliest and simplest of these marvellous devices so far discovered were those produced by the magnolias . |
| 52 | The myth goes that the slim person likes , indeed prefers , foods like cottage cheese , plain yogurt , salads , crispbreads , low-fat spreads , and other foods so often described in diets . |
| 53 | Whereas the other tests so far reviewed have been concerned with specific aspects of linguistic ability , the RDLS is much more concerned with the way in which the child 's increasing mastery of language is associated with conceptual development and more sophisticated problem-solving skills . |
| 54 | The continuance of our training programme depends on attracting new students so please do all you can to publicise the Potential Teachers ' Day to be held on Saturday 8th March 1986 at Warwick Park School , Peckham High Street , London SE 15 . |
| 55 | If anything , TV should enhance the value of those unspoken moments so rendingly charted in this production , and it will preserve three near-definitive performances which too few people were able to see last year either at Stratford or the Young Vic : operate singer White 's sweet-faced Moor , shiningly simple acting about which many London critics were unduly patronising ; McKellen 's sweaty and furious Iago ; and Zoe Wanamaker 's unforgettable Emilia , a belated voice of conscience and wisdom in a household destroyed by passion . |
| 56 | With the minor forms so far described it is possible to investigate causes by means of almost full-sized experiments , but the formation of dunes proper involves the usual sort of inferential argument based on field observation commonly employed by geomorphologists . |
| 57 | Within the Commonwealth , Mrs Thatcher 's hostility towards trade sanctions on South Africa had long weakened ties with the African and Asian states so fruitfully built up at the time of the settlement in Zimbabwe in 1979 . |
| 58 | ‘ I 've been involved in a few preliminary meetings so far to pick a training squad , and I 've also got involved in the training sessions themselves . |
| 59 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 60 | And what on earth was she herself playing at , crossing the urban wastes so regularly to teach a bunch of delinquent girls , a bunch of criminals , for £15.60 a night ? |