Example sentences of "so low as " in BNC.

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1 A Theme so low as Mira 's simple Song ,
2 Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration .
3 But pace bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis said in a statement : ‘ We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments .
4 We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers .
5 This was said so low as to be virtually inaudible .
6 In 1932 , for example , Mrs Q. D. Leavis had roundly condemned the cheapening and weakening influences of the popular press and popular novels which produced ‘ merely crude states of mind ’ and what she called ‘ the disintegration of the reading public ’ : ‘ The reading capacity of the general public , it must be concluded , has never been so low as at the present time . ’
7 These were trades liable to seasonal and cyclical fluctuations , but where unemployment was neither so frequent as to be uninsurable , nor so low as to be unnecessary .
8 In fact , benefits are so low as to make it difficult for a woman and her children to live on them , which puts pressure on her to find another male supporter .
9 Particularly in the early period , moreover , the number of usages one comes across is so low as to make definition a hazardous business .
10 She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood !
11 On Jan. 8 the Defence Ministry sought to justify its operation against draft-dodgers by declaring that conscription levels were so low as to threaten national security .
12 Percy took her hand , saying , ‘ Definitely my art is diffused , but I have never stooped so low as to even touch a guitar . ’
13 This is shown by prices in the " grey market " which are often reported to be so low as to negate all of the gross fees , thus absorbing all of the underwriters ' risk premium .
14 This process will continue until a price level is reached which is so low as to make so high as to ensure that the effective labour demand function eventually coincides with the notional labour demand function .
15 I 've managed to scan it in , but the resolution is so low as to make it unread- able .
16 No , I am afraid , Lord Mayor , that the Conservative Group would not stoop so low as to exploit disability for mere political advantage .
17 ‘ Oh , no , ’ Luce whispered , unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman 's finger .
18 She cried : ‘ My heart Burns to think that the mayor could stoop so low as to try Robin or Fleece-ing us like this . ’
19 ‘ I always heard tell of you that you were a wolf , but never that you were come so low as to prey on dead men .
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