Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Babylonia has given us a story so close to Genesis that the question of borrowing or of direct influence is seriously considered . |
| 2 | Not since the Second World War had Congress remained in session so close to election day , and with mid-term elections on Nov. 6 rapidly approaching , a compromise budget was at last finally agreed . |
| 3 | ‘ But could I get an appointment so close to Christmas ? ’ |
| 4 | And nothing condemned a woman so swiftly to womanhood as grappling with a man . |
| 5 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
| 6 | Son of the Revolution is a painful book to read , partly because its simple storytelling brings Liang Heng 's childhood so vividly to life . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 8 | Nobody else cared about it , were pleased , in fact , to co-exist with such splendid aggro material so conveniently to hand . |