Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the forces of the countries of the socialist camp are so great today and they are so strong economically that they can fully take upon themselves , on the basis of the development of normal trade relations , the provision of Cuba with all the necessary goods which are denied her by the United States … the Soviet Union is prepared to deliver oil and other goods in amounts fully meeting the requirements of Cuba , in exchange for Cuban goods . |
| 2 | The revenue is so desperate now because of this change in banks and building societies have left people not knowing what the situation is , and er there are millions , I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating there are twelve million , over two million pounds is being spent by the revenue on a new tax-back advert , sorry I did exaggerate , the idea is to remind about ten million people on all , on low income , that they could claim back tax which has been deducted from taxed savings . |
| 3 | Their protagonists argue that the law of murder is so important socially that derogation from the principle of maximum certainty should be allowed in favour of more accurate labelling by the courts ; opponents argue that the principle of maximum certainty is needed here specifically to reduce the risk of verdicts based on discriminatory or irrelevant factors , such as distaste for the defendant 's background , allegiance , or other activities . |
| 4 | Nicholas Winterton ( C Macclesfield ) asked : if the deal was so good why were there protests . |
| 5 | The Town Council were so stupid there , we they 're , the Magistrate threw it out , said , no , you ca n't have a licence , because it 'd be too big a public nuisance , they decided to appeal . |
| 6 | As Wimbledon again approaches , the arguments about why British tennis is so poor still rage on , and are getting even more heated . |
| 7 | No issue is so fundamental both to the searcher and to the believer as the question of truth . |
| 8 | The playing is so fine here that the notoriously ‘ unsatisfactory ’ ending makes complete sense . |
| 9 | One senior officer said it would be extremely difficult to smuggle one in , security is so tight here on visits . |
| 10 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |
| 11 | However , the process is so favourable energetically , that sufficient deformation of the chain takes place to enable formation of all possible hydrogen bonds . |
| 12 | The place was so full once , alive with activity and children . |
| 13 | Breeze was so hot already that she could n't blush any more , but her eyes flashed as she faced the witch , and shook her head . |
| 14 | The rain was so heavy now that he was unable to see the expression on her face . |
| 15 | Her room was so grubby too , with nothing but a bed in it and that bidet and that bit of rag for a curtain over the small old propped-up suitcase and some clothes . |
| 16 | But the room was so small so no matter where you sat there you 'd be warm . |
| 17 | The Earth and the Moon are so close together that it has been estimated that the exposure of both planets to asteroids and comet debris has been much the same . |
| 18 | BONO 'S suit is so bright even his pet dog has to wear shades . |
| 19 | and plenty of drink cos the drink 's so cheap out there |
| 20 | If self development is so wonderful why is n't there more of it about ? |
| 21 | Indeed , the boom in architecture and property development was so great precisely because nothing whatever diverted the flow of capital from what The Builder in 1848 called ‘ one half of the world … on the lookout for investment ’ to ‘ the other half continually in search of eligible family residences ’ into serving the urban poor , who clearly did not belong in the world at all . |
| 22 | This is why success in surmounting this stage in a satisfactory manner is so important both for the happiness and future sexual fulfilment of the individual and for the security and success of this civilization . |
| 23 | On some days the smoke is so thick here that it obscures the sun . |
| 24 | This feeling was so strong there that he almost expected to see Linkworth standing there , watching him . |
| 25 | You could n't begin to compare a father like hers , who was n't there and whose face and voice were so vague now in your memory that you' d almost forgotten them , with a father like Simon 's who had such a powerful physical presence . |
| 26 | ‘ My past is so complicated even I get confused occasionally . ’ |
| 27 | The number of cases is not recorded ; the number of deaths is officially put at 855 , and may have been much higher , since diarrhoea is so common there that it often goes unreported . |
| 28 | But if it 's brilliantly sunny a blue sky day the moon can be up as well but because the s because the sky is so light anyway you ca n't see the moon . |
| 29 | I do n't know how he got out , I mean our road is so difficult anyway , of course there wa , that night there were two , yeah two when them , he had to get out in the morning , but er , I mean he did it , but I expect it was a struggle |
| 30 | Her voice was so dry now that sometimes Kit fancied he heard her when he could not , in the scraping of the boughs of trees , the footfalls in the dusty earth . |