Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] so [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am rarely so drunk that I ca n't talk or walk straight . |
| 2 | In fact , decisions are rarely so rational or even conscious . |
| 3 | People are rarely so rude that you can say , ‘ Look , we 're not enjoying this , are we ? |
| 4 | ‘ I am not so complacent that I would say they wo n't become a formidable competitor but for now they are not , ’ Jonathan Martin , head of sport at the BBC , said . |
| 5 | However , I hope I am not so complacent that I am unable to acknowledge the difficulties of trying to bring about change . |
| 6 | I am not so young and green that I am unaware of that . |
| 7 | I am not so thick-brained that I did n't get the memo . ’ |
| 8 | " I am not so sure whether I can handle the fame of being the last project leader of the old St. Joe 's ! " |
| 9 | Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply . |
| 10 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 11 | ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill , ’ she said . |
| 12 | While I am happy that our efforts to keep more heavy traffic off the roads should achieve front page prominence , I am not so keen that so much journalistic ‘ topspin ’ should have been applied in the process . |
| 13 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 14 | And while I am not so naive as to thing that they have the time or the motivation to sample every title on the Whitbread short list , a good number of these men think they ought to . |
| 15 | I am not so green that I expect to get the sole credit on this movie . |
| 16 | I must admit I acted with the thought that I could interest you , that some attention would not be unwelcome — I hope I am not so insensitive as to force my company on anyone without some indication on their part — and there was interest , was n't there ? |
| 17 | These relations between finite coordinate distances are generally so inconvenient that it makes more sense to start calculations from the differentials which do transform linearly : . |
| 18 | Probably the most decisive argument for the free personal social services is that most of their recipients are already so poor that charges bring little revenue . |
| 19 | Some words are already almost music : Shakespeare 's words are already so musical that they can hardly be set to music . |
| 20 | ‘ They are not so appealing that I relish the idea of seeing them again , ’ Murtach retorted . |
| 21 | Do you suppose I run a rooming house , or can it be you are not so innocent as you appear ? |
| 22 | The French are not so polite as they were 15 years ago . |
| 23 | However , in the world of Orwell 's 1984 there may be people who although sure that the events abolished by official historiography did happen , are not so sure that the experiences treasured in memory keep the value which official propaganda degrades ; they might be happier for the assurance that , in the sense that it remains true that an event happened even if universally forgotten an experience remains good even if in universally shrinking awareness there will never again be anyone capable of appreciating it . |
| 24 | If we choose to use our resources in the most efficient place at the moment we may avoid those areas which are not so efficient but which will be more valuable in the future . |
| 25 | The changes required are not so great that it should be rejected outright . |
| 26 | Problems of authenticity are not so great or modern art as for other periods , even if a gifted forger like the painter Elmir de Horty can fool some of the people for some of the time . |
| 27 | Quite a lot of guesswork and estimation has to go into this , but the margins of error are not so great as to nullify the whole enterprise . |
| 28 | But that will not happen , because members of the Territorial Army are not so mobile or nomadic in that sense as regular forces . |
| 29 | ‘ North Koreans are not so stupid that they will let outsiders see their secret installations , ’ said former diplomat Ko Young Hwan . |
| 30 | ‘ Children are not so serious as grown-ups and they love to laugh . ’ |