Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy . |
| 6 | Ideas can never be packaged so conveniently . |