Example sentences of "[indef pn] so [adj] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing so absolute as sex . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing so little as grace at first , and nothing more glorious afterward : things of greatest perfection are longest in coming to their growth … |
| 3 | This increasingly comes to resemble nothing so much as Sartre 's own account of History . |
| 4 | Passing swiftly over the visual arts bit — a series of paintings of living artists by Zsuzsi Roboz suggestive of nothing so much as chalk drawings on the pavements of Charing Cross Road — Mr Roosen is also offering ‘ complementary and holistic programmes for use in the private and corporate sectors worldwide ’ . |
| 5 | Nothing so dramatic as Nora Fanshawe had suggested need have happened . |
| 6 | There 's nothing so lonely as unemployment , even if you 're on a queue with a thousand others . |
| 7 | Nick , Salli and Steve : there 's none so queer as Suffolk … |
| 8 | There 's none so queer as Suffolk , as follicle-flowing grind merchants and Bury boys JACOB 'S MOUSE have discovered in their illustrious nine-year history since meeting at a swimming gala , aged 11 . |
| 9 | But would she like to do it with a stranger and one so strange as Leon who came , not just from ten miles off , but a thousand ? |
| 10 | So far as I know , she never gave a coherent account to anybody of her recollections , and there is no reason why she should have done ; but just as any scrap of information about Shakespeare — from anybody , a servant , amanuensis , ostler , for instance — would be of the greatest interest , so a testimony from one so close as Miss Hinson would have been worth having . |
| 11 | Even one so buttoned-down as Senator Al Gore trembles to consider that if he made a full-out run at Pennsylvania Avenue , every part of his private life would be scrutinized for the sort of improprieties that cause lips to purse out on the Plains . |
| 12 | Well , go on , do n't stop there , I 'm sure the rest is just as fascinating — presumably that , yes , you knew Ryan , but when you flew over to find out why the hell he could n't get something so simple as planning permission you decided to do something about it yourself , and there was gullible little Hilary , all ready and waiting to fall into your arms . |
| 13 | It seemed unlikely that anyone so competent as Dora would make such an elementary mistake , but under that fierce gaze Melissa felt bound to make some suggestion , however implausible . |
| 14 | But you 'll see why they say there 's ‘ nowt so queer as folk ’ because life will get vastly better within days . |
| 15 | THERE 's nowt so queer as folk . |
| 16 | He did not refer to anything so vulgar as payment , of course , because the Gnomes would not expect it . |
| 17 | Hardly anything so grand as horology I expect you 're thinking . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never heard anything so funny as Paisley accusing the Pope of being the Anti-Christ , ’ he gasped , shaking and holding his ribs . |
| 19 | I do n't think Sophie had ever felt anything so complicated as guilt , so she must have done these things because she was fond of him . |
| 20 | The US Federal Trade Commission is still trying to put together a case against Microsoft Corp that will win support from its commissioners , US PC Week reports , and will be collecting final depositions this week : the complaint is now expected to be drastically simplified in an effort to make it acceptable to at least three of the four voting commissioners , and the latest depositions are primarily focused on allegations that Microsoft intentionally built incompatibilities into its software so it would n't work well with offerings from competitors — a complaint set off by Novell Inc , which alleged DR DOS would n't work with Windows 3.1 because Microsoft deliberately added incompatible code ; Microsoft said it had ‘ never developed a product to be intentionally incompatible with some other product ’ ; the Commission is also expected to address the manner in which Microsoft disseminates technical information to developers , and the manner in which it has capitalised on operating system monopoly to build applications sales ; if at least three of the four commissioners agree with the complaint , the case will go to administrative court and Microsoft will be sued by the federal government for anti-trust violations , but the company is not expected to be asked to do anything so drastic as sell units . |
| 21 | This almost utopian-sounding conclusion — that niceness and forgivingness pay — came as a surprise to many of the experts , who had tried to be too cunning by submitting subtly nasty strategies ; while even those who had submitted nice strategies had not dared anything so forgiving as Tit for Two Tats . |
| 22 | It seemed to me that he was colder now , disappointed that I should have been found to have anything so hostile as escape equipment in my pockets . |