Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] so [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lieutenant John Tenwolde , who is leading the investigation in the US , said : ‘ The allegations surrounding the Spiros are so serious that we can not discount them . |
| 2 | Most of Lewis and Harris and the uplands of South Uist have a very low Potential Water Deficit , as precipitation equals or even exceeds evapo-transpiration in all months of the year , and the uplands of southern Lewis , Harris and South Uist are so moist that even in summer ( April-September ) there is a PWS of over 500 mm . |
| 3 | Never before had Dustin been so exposed or felt such trepidation while awaiting their verdict on him . |
| 4 | The KGB and GRU were so powerful that there was no need for them to behave in such an opaque manner . |
| 5 | Marie 's so pretty and lovely , I want everyone to see us , so they 'll say how grown up and lucky I am to have such a lovely girlfriend . |
| 6 | The United States is so big that even in the twentieth century the inhabitants prefer to explore their own continent . |
| 7 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 8 | The Cross is descending in the south-west , followed by the Pointers ; Canopus is so low that it will probably not be seen , and from parts of Australia and South Africa it actually sets . |
| 9 | ‘ The artistic heritage of Rome and Lazio is so vast and imposing that we distribute the work between us , even if according to the rules it is the Soprintendenza for Architectural Monuments which should deal with mural painting ’ . |
| 10 | No problem here — Labour was sure of the answer , and Front Bench spokesperson Dr John Cunningham was so pleased and relieved that this time Labour was going to get it right , that when he rose to speak on 8th December in Standing Committee A , he repeated Labour 's position several times . |
| 11 | Patrick 's Hill was so long and steep that even pedestrians found it an excessive strain , and its footpaths had been layered with sets of steps at regular intervals to make the ascent tolerable . |
| 12 | In the 1780s , when Highgate Hill was so steep and deeply rutted that carriages regularly failed to make the grade , and the drive to town sufficiently dangerous that a wise man went with pistols , a merchant called Thomas Roxborough had constructed a handsome house on Hornsey Lane , designed for him by one Henry Holland . |
| 13 | Sutherland was so successful that he established two additional Gardens , and was awarded a Royal Charter as King 's Botanist ( and Regius Keeper of the Royal Garden ) by William III in 1699 . |
| 14 | The contrast between the two American girls was almost painful ; Ellen was so healthy and strong , while the waif-like Robin-Anne was pathetically wan and listless . |
| 15 | But , poorly placed as X Corps was for any new attack , its position on either side of Fort Douaumont was so untenable that just by sitting still it was losing 230 men a day to French shellfire . |
| 16 | Services in Derbyshire were so busy that they needed to call for assistance from neighbouring Nottinghamshire . |
| 17 | To the outsider it appears that when change of any kind is required , the NHS is so structured as to resemble a " mobile " : designed to move with any breath of air , but which in fact never changes its position and gives no clear indication of direction . |
| 18 | And Henry Fonda 's Tom Joad is so human that it does not seem like acting . |
| 19 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 20 | Also known as Fachen , Fachin , or the Diereach , this evil monster from Scotland is so ugly that simply looking upon one could result in death from heart failure . |
| 21 | I never understand why the teeth of winter bite so cruelly down into the bone , how daylight sickens from the east , why Elsbeth is so chill as I lie with her , why the nights are so long , without word or gleam . |
| 22 | ‘ Nigel is so laid-back and a real joker but he works like hell and gets the horses very fit . |
| 23 | The river Exe on the outskirts of Exeter was so high that it was too dangerous for trains to use bridges and flooding closed two other lines . |
| 24 | He strode off and Maggie was so angry that she went back to her room and missed breakfast . |
| 25 | He made a move to start the engine but Maggie was so scared that she gripped his arm , quite forgetting who he was . |
| 26 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 27 | Gilberto Nieddu was so small that it was n't clear how he had ever managed to get into the police force . |
| 28 | The restriction on supplies from the Middle East brought on by the clash with the Egyptian government of Abdel Nasser was so serious that petrol rationing had to be introduced . |
| 29 | The society of Raasay was so self-contained that he could hold it in his palm and turn it this way and that . |
| 30 | Perhaps Lord Ashley-Cooper was so horrified that he moved to another property , for there is evidence that the Manor reverted to being a tenanted farmhouse and remained thus until it was sold by the Shaftesburys in 1912 to Colonel Canning . |