Example sentences of "[noun sg] is so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As Wimbledon again approaches , the arguments about why British tennis is so poor still rage on , and are getting even more heated . |
| 4 | No issue is so fundamental both to the searcher and to the believer as the question of truth . |
| 5 | The playing is so fine here that the notoriously ‘ unsatisfactory ’ ending makes complete sense . |
| 6 | One senior officer said it would be extremely difficult to smuggle one in , security is so tight here on visits . |
| 7 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |
| 8 | However , the process is so favourable energetically , that sufficient deformation of the chain takes place to enable formation of all possible hydrogen bonds . |
| 9 | BONO 'S suit is so bright even his pet dog has to wear shades . |
| 10 | If self development is so wonderful why is n't there more of it about ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On some days the smoke is so thick here that it obscures the sun . |
| 13 | ‘ My past is so complicated even I get confused occasionally . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Beep in the ear is so important just a second ago , because if we had this on , busy on the phone , and the next caller comes through , because it was my phone , those calls would go through to Hilary , so I would n't get a beep in the ear would I ? |
| 18 | The cost of local authority residential care is so great that much emphasis is put on keeping people in their own homes . |
| 19 | Average fertility is so low today compared to the total number of children that might be conceived that factors affecting fecundity would be unlikely to influence final family size . |
| 20 | But I ca n't offer you anything , the situation is so grave now in Italy . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That 's a great shame , because unemployment is so universal nowadays that I would have hoped the stigma would disappear . ’ |
| 22 | This article explains in more detail why establishing effective strategies for change is so important rather than leaving everything to ad hoc decision making . |
| 23 | The fog is so bad now that you could n't possibly find your way . |
| 24 | This idea is so simple yet so effective that other manufacturers will surely adapt it in their ranges . |
| 25 | ‘ The market is so bad now that it wo n't get any worse , at least in the South , ’ said Richard Roberts , an economist with Barclays Bank . |
| 26 | A BARONET with a 1,300-acre estate is so hard up he has been reduced to eating free spuds provided by one of his tenant farmers . |