Example sentences of "[Wh det] so [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Leapor 's suggestion that a house which so plainly violates the natural order will eventually be deserted recalls Pope 's prediction concerning Timon 's villa :
2 As he took the road to Bridgwater with John Chester , something essential to his happiness remained behind him , both in the rich and various landscape which so closely mirrored the landscape of his mind , and in the generous steadying friendship of Tom Poole .
3 Even more important is the need to delineate and explain the growth in anticlericalism and antipapalism which was so marked in the second half of the century and which so drastically modified the relation of the church to the realm .
4 For it was the general election of 1931 which so drastically altered the balance of parties in the House of Commons as to give the politics of the 1930s its special character .
5 This word , together with ‘ in me ’ , appear in every quatrain serving to establish the very personal relationship of the two concerned , evoking an ambience of intimacy which so rightly suits the theme of old age and approaching death .
6 The need to guard against desertion had considerable influence even on the development of tactics ; and governments naturally made efforts to repress a practice which so obviously threatened the strength and morale of their armies .
7 I felt my eyelids begin to droop and the warmth of the room slowly turning into a soft buzz in my head , the sort of sound which so often precedes the sudden slip into sleep itself .
8 They have been placed at the head of this chapter only because it is the extreme case which so often bothers the social worker in consideration of what he or she might be involved in if the sexual side of the work develops .
9 ‘ I was able to plug into a growing formula which was already successful and so avoid the ‘ learning curve ’ which so often represents the downfall of any new venture , ’ said Mr Singleton .
10 His breathing is laboured in that heavy way which so often heralds the end , and as you grip his hand to let him know that he is not alone , you try to love him as the Lord himself would do .
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