Example sentences of "[is] so [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 There are a number of modelling programs suitable for use on microcomputers at a price which is so low that a complete system often costs less than the terminals used merely to communicate with larger computers .
2 But Judge Robin David told Dodman : ‘ This matter is so serious that a custodial sentence is inevitable .
3 But Judge Robin David told Dodman : ‘ This matter is so serious that a custodial sentence is inevitable . ’
4 The resemblance is so close that a human can easily mistake the new song for the sound of a trimphone .
5 In fact the force is so great that a concentrated jet from the water is capable of cutting straight through concrete .
6 The foreman of his jury wrote a letter to " The Times " : " Where a jury has to decide , as men and women of the world , " how much " " , the degree of uncertainty is so great that a random answer , consistent only with a total lack of any sort of yardstick , can be expected .
7 Clause 11(b) is so far-ranging that an alert professional insurance adviser would probably need some explanation of the likely liability of the haulier ‘ howsoever or whensoever caused as a result of or arising out of the supply to the client by the company of drivers ’ .
8 ‘ Nigel is so laid-back and a real joker but he works like hell and gets the horses very fit .
9 The poison is so effective that a single dart can kill a monkey in seconds .
10 It is questionable whether it can become an agent to promote social work but is position is so central than an attempt must be made .
11 In other words the employer 's conduct is so bad that a reasonable employee can not be expected to endure it any longer .
12 Indeed , the machine is so massive that a tokamak reactor would need something like 17 times as much material to produce the same power output as a pressurised-water reactor .
13 The problem is so difficult because a whole range of interrelated factors are involved : the rate at which heat is lost from different parts of the growing crystal , for example , depends on their curvature , but curvature also affects the melting temperature — and so on .
14 In order to support this position , one has to accept : ( i ) that the intention — recklessness distinction is the most significant dividing line for serious injuries , more relevant than factors such as premeditation or provocation ; ( ii ) that this is a workable distinction for the courts , especially in impulsive crimes , where the definition of intention may be fulfilled by a momentary realization of what is happening ; ( iii ) that it is so significant that a difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment is appropriate ; and ( iv ) that there is not a strong case for phrasing the offences in terms of endangerment rather than of causing physical harm .
15 The informal organisation of a company is so important that a newcomer has to ‘ learn the ropes ’ before he can settle effectively into his job , and he must also become ‘ accepted ’ by his fellow workers .
16 The scatter at the high end — small numbers of authors publishing large numbers of papers — is so large that a straight line can not be fitted to this graph with any degree of confidence .
17 The scatter at the high end — small numbers of authors publishing large numbers of papers — is so large that a straight line can not be fitted to this graph with any degree of confidence .
18 Which which is why really at that th for the development funding they did the did n't particularly want I I P supporting because it is so structured and a lot of it is on a plate in a sense .
19 Perhaps the target is so unrealistic that a short-fall is inevitable .
20 Sometimes the scar tissue is so thick that a couple never truly manage intimacy again .
21 But she said as it 's so terrible when a little boy her .
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