Example sentences of "[is] [verb] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Why is wasting so much time ?
2 The human race is producing so much information — it is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts to people to half a world away .
3 The human race is producing so much information .
4 Not since the hey-day of Bette Davis has there been an actress who 's attracted so much loathing — and so much admiration .
5 The EDDR , which is causing so much concern among my constituents , is the last piece of the Leicester ring road .
6 That is what is causing so much distress on both sides of the House .
7 Sometimes the restriction is drafted so that consent is only required on the sale or disposal of a " material " part of the assets and undertaking .
8 Generally , though , he needs more space if he is to cover so much ground in adequate detail .
9 Intellectual function is damaged so that thought processes and the capacity to instill any form of order into personal and professional life progressively deteriorates .
10 The pied flycatcher 's return to Europe is timed so that breeding coincides with the flush of spring insects , particularly caterpillars .
11 Everybody is spending so much money , particularly the United States of course , which is the biggest donor , er on supplying armies and airforce and all the rest of it , in the Gulf conflict .
12 It 's having so much fun !
13 She said : ‘ I think it is terrible that puppies can be dumped and left to die when the RSPCA is giving so much help to people who can not afford the vet 's bill for sterilisation .
14 That the pilot 's name is Carolyn Grace might come as a surprise to some , but Carolyn 's encountered so much chauvinism in her flying career that now she hardly notices .
15 An RS232 interface is provided so that output can be picked up by another device such as a BBC micro with a disc drive .
16 ‘ If OPEC is having so much trouble coming up with this agreement , it 's a bad sign for how they will be able to deal with the start-up of Iraq , ’ the analyst added .
17 It is this attempt to redesign the genetic instructions of living organisms and utilise them on an industrial scale that is creating so much excitement and concern " .
18 Well that 's right , even if he 's not scoring goals he 's creating so much pressure and , and
19 Whether it was the caffeine or Anthony 's taking so much trouble over her , or perhaps merely the result of laying her aching , pounding head back on the pillow , Julia felt slightly less uncomfortable in bed and she told Anthony so when he came back to take the tray away .
20 Although the hot dog is making so much noise , I shall endeavour to say something about the structure in Wales .
21 Getting the balance right will be a problem , he says , which is why the service is placing so much emphasis on what the subscriber wants .
22 Given the pre-eminence of the multi-national corporation in international development , it is surprising that it is accorded so little attention in development literature … .
23 This is an alarmingly grown-up piece of acting from such a small boy and it is obvious why he is paid so much money to do it .
24 With a double muscled trait in existence within his own Weekfield flock for many years , Mr Slade wonders why the Beltex is attracting so much interest .
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