Example sentences of "[pers pn] is so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have suggested that there is an important connection between the linguistic and the metalinguistic , since the important thing about sex difference is not what it is so much as what it is made to mean . |
| 2 | It is so predictable as to be almost inevitable . |
| 3 | It is so presented as to invite us to see no difference between on the one hand management appointed by , acting for , and accountable to owners , and on the other union representatives appointed by , acting for , and accountable to employees . |
| 4 | It is so weak as not really to provide a genuine sense of ‘ conclusive ’ , but this does n't really matter . |
| 5 | ‘ Depreciation rate ’ is a term sometimes used to describe the rate of physical decline of existing stock to a point where it is so decrepit as to be no longer usable . |
| 6 | The problem is , they will not own up to their selectivity ( perhaps because in most cases , it is so biased as to be indefensible ) . |
| 7 | Although common in gardens and freely available from nurseries and garden centres it is so classy-looking as to be favoured by plantsmen with the most esoteric tastes . |
| 8 | To say that it is peaceful is an understatement ; it is so quiet as to be almost unsettling for anyone used to the never-ending noise of the city . |
| 9 | The technique of squeezing the last mark out of the examination game ( for it is so artificial as to be a game ) needs as much practice as mastering the breast stroke or converting a try . |
| 10 | Give yourself time to settle down with a new program before you draw the conclusion that it is so buggy as to be unusable . |
| 11 | Their whole game depends on getting the man on the ground out of the way , if necessary with the boot , if he is so unfortunate as to be between them and the ball . |