Example sentences of "[noun pl] be so [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some federal states are so centralised that it is doubtful whether one should continue to refer to them as federal . |
| 2 | In a resting fibre sodium , potassium , and chlorine ions as well as charged protein molecules are so distributed that the outside of the fibre carries a positive charge relative to the inside . |
| 3 | In the case of a simple penal code , acceptance of its punishment is the best action by the deviant given that the alternative is reimposition of the punishment path : punishment outputs are so chosen that it is better not to postpone the date of reversion to collusion than to make a short-term gain from deviating from the punishment path . |
| 4 | Then he got peevish and decided on a rain storm and the dinosaurs were so overgrown that they would n't fit into the ark so the flood destroyed them all . |
| 5 | Sir James Graham of Netherby Hall rebuilt the trap and the Scots were so enraged that they gathered a small army of local people and set out to tear it down . |
| 6 | Indeed West German satellite companies are so stong that one bought exclusive German rights to Wimbledon this year , just as a similar Swedish company did there , each denying the traditional terrestrial stations access . |
| 7 | Secrecy and restrictions on communication between scientists and engineers are so stultifying that many reportedly are discouraged from undertaking defence work . |
| 8 | These days , most women 's lives are so varied that no single scent will take us from gym to office , from desk to dinner — let alone dawn till dusk . |
| 9 | The tinc benz and zinc oxide plaster treatment is the cornerstone of blister therapy ; however , the sergeant 's feet were so damaged that a layer of ‘ moleskin' had to be applied . |
| 10 | The potatoes were so filling that there was n't a great deal of room left for all the other foods they usually ate . |
| 11 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 12 | J. Boyett , Manager of Central Services and Special projects at Standard Chartered Bank , replied that , ‘ The Bank 's experience in using Headhunters is so limited that a response to your questionnaire would be worthless . ’ |
| 13 | ( Meliaceae ) but durian seeds are so damaged that ground-walking animals are thought to be the principal effective agents possibly sun-bears , or even tigers . |
| 14 | In fact , these two warts are so enlarged that they look like long swellings behind the animal 's eyes , covered with pores through which the poison seeps . |
| 15 | And Elizabeth Williams , who lived at a time when universities were so enlightened that they would actually permit women to sit examinations ( but not , alas , be awarded a degree ) . |
| 16 | She was near the east bank of the River , five hundred paces south of the town , lying on a flat white rock where the crocodiles could not get her , though by the time she was discovered by a Medjay patrol at the sixth hour of day when the sun was at its highest , the vultures had eaten her eyes and part of her face , and the flies were so glutted that they could not leave the feast unless they were picked off . |
| 17 | Often the two structures are so intertwined that it is impossible to separate and distinguish them . |
| 18 | Changes of character brought about by the fluctuation of material conditions were so marked that they were noticeable even at the time from within the camp . |
| 19 | Prices and conditions were so controlled that there was little scope for initiative . |
| 20 | Conditions were so harrowing that only two of them survived . |
| 21 | None the less , it seems likely that the course of studies was so arranged that the students would pass through the same grades of medreses as those in which they would later teach : such would in any case seem to have been the practice in later times . |
| 22 | As expected , most ulcers were so sited that venous insufficiency was immediately suspected : 392 ( 85 per cent ) were situated in the classic gaiter area . |
| 23 | The two sets are so interwoven that it is difficult to claim they are separate . |
| 24 | Artificial languages have been constructed for which it is possible to ascribe unique , non-zero probabilities to generalizations , but the languages are so restricted that they contain no universal generalizations . |
| 25 | As a result , the labourer has no view down the vista of which , from his master 's point of view , he forms the conclusion , his windows being so arranged that he can not overlook it . |
| 26 | The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure . |
| 27 | Our link with Civil Affairs Service ( Burma ) in Delhi was Colonel Leslie Glass , and plans were so laid that when the civil government took over from the military , there should be an easy transition from the initial operation under the military . |
| 28 | At five o'clock tea was served to the Empress and about 20 of her guests , the groups being so organized that in the course of a week all of them enjoyed this privilege , thus avoiding any outbursts of jealousy or recrimination . |
| 29 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 30 | Stateless societies are so constituted that the kaleidoscopic succession of concrete social situations provides the stimulus that motivates each individual to act for his own interest or for that of close kin and neighbours with whom he is so totally involved , in a manner which maintains the fabric of society … the lack of specialized roles and the resulting multiplex quality of social networks mean that neither economic nor political ends can be exclusively pursued by anyone to the detriment of society , because the ends are intertwined with each other and further channelled by ritual and controlled by the beliefs which ritual expresses . |