Example sentences of "[vb -s] so [adj] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's back again to the old fashioned set , I mean I think nothing looks so untidy as to joined writing |
| 2 | There is nothing a woman wants so much as to be in love , and the odds are very much against two ‘ right ’ people ever finding each other . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course , ’ said Pooley , ‘ it is conceivable that it was the work of some servant or ex-servant with a grudge against the committee , but it seems so unlikely as to be hardly worth considering . |
| 4 | In its brief comments on the securitisation of revolving assets , the ASB is proposing a framework that is likely to render the securitisation of credit card balances so onerous as to be unworkable . |
| 5 | Due to the variety of natural forms there is a tendency to introduce more and more subdivisions until the classification becomes so unwieldy as to be useless . |