Example sentences of "[am/are] so [adj] as to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only about a third of the members are so awful as to be frightening . |
| 2 | Merton 's proposals for the sociology of science are so limited as to be unrecognizable in terms of Mannheim 's formulation of the sociology of knowledge . |
| 3 | Conversely , there are many , so-called , all-inclusive communication models which are so grotesque as to be of little use to anyone . |
| 4 | If there are signs of an economic upturn ‘ they are so faint as to be virtually invisible ’ , Sir Denys Henderson , chairman of ICI , said recently . |
| 5 | In addition , the spurs between the meanders preserve the general height of the plateau surface away from the river , except where they are so narrow as to be subject to general lowering by the formation of the slopes on either side . |
| 6 | For example , the requirements for keyboard operating pressure are so broad as to be meaningless . |
| 7 | Indeed , several are at the other extreme and are so hardy as to be used for screening and protection in exposed positions . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the figures involved are so astronomic as to be literally incomprehensible . |
| 9 | The room itself and all its fixtures and fittings are so filthy as to be almost picturesque . |
| 10 | As we have shown in employment , housing allocation and the police force , discriminatory attitudes and practices are so pervasive as to be part of the everyday , routine culture of the organizations concerned . |
| 11 | Almost every eventuality has been foreseen , but this has necessitated a complicated set of forms which , although simple in principle , are so detailed as to be regarded by many as impractical . |
| 12 | Indeed some propositions falling into the second category are of such little weight as to amount to virtually no authority at all , while others are so significant as to be more important than those apparently of binding authority . |
| 13 | Her few originalities are so naive as to be laughable ( such as her picture of the persons of the Trinity sitting on different-coloured cushions ) or so deranged as to be pitiable . |
| 14 | Perhaps most significant , microbiologists now realise that plasmids , once thought to be exceptional , are so common as to be almost the rule among bacteria . |
| 15 | It could be argued that when publication of address lists reaches this scale they are so unselective as to be innocuous ; the Swedish Data Inspection Board took the opposite view when it objected to the Readers Digest organisation compiling its own register of all adult Swedes ( roughly 9 million ) . |
| 16 | Walking is the only means of transport that can claim to be universal … yet the pedestrian is the most neglected of travellers … ironically , it is perhaps because walking is so commonplace that it is neglected — pedestrians are so universal as to be almost invisible . |
| 17 | If appropriate provision for expulsion is essential , it is as well also to consider the eventuality of partners leaving in less contentious circumstances , if only to ensure ( as considered above ) that the firm 's finances are so arranged as to be able to cope with both expected and unexpected departures . |
| 18 | With other semi-regular stars , the periods are so ill-defined as to be barely recognizable , and sometimes the fluctuations become random . |
| 19 | Some ‘ abstracts ’ are long ; one , in small type , on the climate of Nova Scotia occupies over 11 pages ; others are so brief as to be merely the title , such as ‘ On the lost tribes of Israel ’ , under Ethnology , and ‘ On the decomposition of Magnesian Limestone at Brodsworth ’ , under Chemistry . |
| 20 | ‘ Beaks ’ , ‘ Kill ’ and ‘ Squeekers ’ are heavy on chirpy keyboard inflections , Beach Boys harmonies and nifty guitar breaks ; but they 're so bland as to be downright irritating . |