Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [adv] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the third day they were quarrelling openly and at times so fiercely that the knights standing around went for their swords . |
| 2 | The good readers , in contrast , seem to recognise words so quickly that the beneficial ( or harmful ) effects of context do not have time to take effect . |
| 3 | They have played the roles so often that the women must be part of their lives . |
| 4 | The simultaneous plunges in share and property prices have weakened banks ' capital ratios so drastically that no single Japanese bank boasts a Triple A credit rating . |
| 5 | The volumes , bound in green leather and tooled in gold , were identical in size and fitted the bookshelves so precisely that the effect was more of an artist 's trompe-l'oeil than of a working library . |
| 6 | These snakes have evolved the ability to rear up and squeeze their poison glands so forcibly that the venom inside them is propelled towards their enemy as a jet or spray of droplets . |
| 7 | How many had been beggared while the war between the royal cousins had swept across their fields or through their towns , while the barons who should have protected them looked only to their own gain , shifting loyalties so often that the ordinary common man found himself constantly besieged and attacked by both sides ? |
| 8 | Sometimes parents rip off stars from charts so often that the child never has enough to exchange for the big reward . |
| 9 | For a bet , he had once broken into the flat where a certain Vice-Questore was entertaining a lady friend and removed the couple 's clothes so stealthily that the Vice-Questore thought something supernatural must have occurred and came over all religious for a while . |
| 10 | In this way , the polyps synchronise the release of their sexual cells so precisely that the event occurs at the same hour on a particular night each year , turning the sea into a multi-coloured reproductive soup . |
| 11 | Charity gave a squeak like a startled sparrow , and dropped the binoculars so swiftly that the weight jerked uncomfortably on her neck . |