Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a male chainworker commented to Commissioner on the Factory Acts in 1876 : ‘ I should advocate their [ women 's ] time should be so limited as neither to interfere with their own health and morals or with our wages ’ . |
| 2 | That adjourned meeting should be so fixed as to allow those who had not timeously lodged their applications or objections to have these applications or objections timeously lodged for the adjourned meeting of the board . |
| 3 | The discussions themselves should vary widely in topic , but should be so planned as to involve the display of evidence , and the development and probing of both argument and evidence . |
| 4 | As with inspection , the cleaner should be so positioned as to be able to see all areas of the work even if it means squatting , kneeling or lying down . |
| 5 | On 17 July 1559 , the answer was a scolding letter from her husband the king of France to lord James , marvelling that he , who ‘ has the honour to be so near the Queen 's Grace , my wife … should be so forgetful as to make yourself the head … of the tumults and seditions ’ ; only six days later did the queen get round to sending a similarly plaintive message herself . |
| 6 | Where feasible , activity in one part of the system should be so organized as to have an effect in other parts ( for instance , the results of stock revision at one service point can be used in all others ) . |
| 7 | Fourth , the budget should be so organized as to permit a quick and meaningful measurement of its impact on the national economy as a whole . |
| 8 | Yet , although making war was a fairly routine element in the life of an active nobleman , it was very rare indeed that one was killed ; partly because , in the face of danger , a noble could don his expensive and effective armour , his helmet and coat of mail ; and partly because his opponents did not try to kill him — if he should be so unfortunate as to be at their mercy they preferred to capture him and ransom him . |
| 9 | But in case we should be so facile as to see this as a Grimes leitmotif in the Wagnerian sense explicitly rejected by Britten , we must notice the somewhat complex history of the theme after its first full appearance , as well as the fact that almost every theme in the opera ( apart from the non-recurring tunes of some , but not all , of the individual songs ) could be called a " Grimes " leitmotif , which would leave us where we began . |
| 10 | I should be so lucky as to get that close . |
| 11 | It was offensive that a party should be so unprincipled as first to defeat the Government on a matter of fundamental constitutional importance ; and , having done so , should then take office on condition that it passed the measure . |
| 12 | If you should be so kind as to print my name and telephone number in Pilot I would be more than happy to hear from anyone interested in the project and to act as an initial clearing-house for information . |
| 13 | Enclosed bus/ tram stops that shelter and welcome the passenger need to be set in a traffic-calmed environment , with pedestrian priority across surrounding roads and –unctions.43 in residential areas , these pedestrian networks and public transport stops should be so organised as to provide ‘ safe routes to school ’ , as in the Danish examples discussed in Chapter Ten . |
| 14 | Programmes of study should be so constructed as to give all pupils the opportunity to enjoy work in a wide range of literary forms . |
| 15 | The building regulations require that walls to buildings should be so constructed as to prevent fire reaching the boundary and , as a consequence , possibly endangering adjoining property . |
| 16 | The feeling of helplessness must be so overpowering as young one , as one young man told me , we are the forgotten ones . |
| 17 | Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . |
| 18 | Or — another possibility — the curvature might be so great as to make the Universe close back on itself . |
| 19 | We begin with the argument that the evidence for a Deity might be so strong as to undermine faith . |
| 20 | But in a country such as Yugoslavia , which has a ‘ structural ’ disequilibrium in its balance of payments because of past mistakes and accumulated debts , the price of foreign exchange which would bring current demand and supply into equilibrium might be so high as to be very painful to some well-entrenched interests . |
| 21 | If you 'll be so kind as to tell him I 've arrived . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps if you could be so good as to slip the jacket off , Major , we might complete the hanging of the trousers ? ’ |
| 23 | As a result it was accepted by the 1630s that English colonies could take most decisions for themselves , and this meant they developed the institutions which , over the course of time , grew in a way that enabled them to become self-governing and then independent by stages which could be so small as sometimes to be imperceptible . |
| 24 | A survival of Second Empire technology could be so small as to be incapable of spreading its influence , or the science could have survived but not the necessary manufacturing techniques for its propagation . |
| 25 | ‘ Surely , no one could be so cruel as to deliberately set out to starve a child to death ? ’ |
| 26 | Eden was prepared in principle to make concessions not only to Hitler but also to Mussolini if matters could be so arranged as to involve no loss of face . |
| 27 | And I wonder , ’ she went on as Melissa murmured a polite and hypocritical response , ‘ if you 'd be so kind as to give me a lift to the school this morning ? |
| 28 | " So if you 'd be so kind as to just shut up , I 'd appreciate it . " |
| 29 | You erm stay with T one , three , four please just so that we er understand the point you 're making and I would ask you if you 'd be so kind as to keep your voice well up . |
| 30 | For example , expressed guilt may be so deep as to become delusional , generalised to the point where the individual believes that he or she is personally responsible for some major catastrophe or for all of the evil that exists in the world . |