Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the process started at Bristol was a beginning and has since been continued so nobly by Jo , that there are occasions now when I not only know that I am good — getting close to the shining white — but even a benefit to society ! |
| 2 | The succession at the margin of the platform appears to be composed mainly of oolitic grainstones , although these have only been described so far from Poland ( Peryt et al. 1978 ) . |
| 3 | Collapse breccias have only been described so far from the Auk and Argyll fields in the central North Sea ( Pennington 1975 ; Brennand and van Veen 1975 ) . |
| 4 | He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco-stained desperadoes . |
| 5 | British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter . |
| 6 | This shuttling back and forth between the personae could only be done so adroitly by a poet exceptionally sensitive to the status and function of pronouns . |
| 7 | More than 150 workers have already been killed so far this year , according to a report by rural sociologist Jose Ramón Mauleon . |
| 8 | This argument was slighted by those who felt that the tourist was more concerned with a modern hotel than an ancient mansion , but the case can no longer be treated so flippantly . |
| 9 | The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy . |
| 10 | ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view . |
| 11 | An event a quarter of a century ago sparked off the nationalist project that has now been brought so violently to an end . |
| 12 | In contrast , in smaller and more informal gatherings such as house Masses , the power this can release has often been experienced so impressively that one wonders whether the new liturgy was not given to the Church prophetically , with a view to new circumstances which were to come , but which till now have been realized only unevenly . |
| 13 | I have never been cheered so loudly ! |
| 14 | I 've never been treated so badly in my life . |
| 15 | The buildings of the area also really interested him and those small grey stone houses nestling into the clefts and valleys have never been shown so naturally . |
| 16 | By gum , cows have never been milked so fast , never . |
| 17 | Ideas can never be packaged so conveniently . |