Example sentences of "so big as " in BNC.
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1 | Overall , the neck has a slightly chunky feel , although not so big as to be restrictive for those who play with a more classical style . |
2 | These seem to have been designed to be worn on the finger , although the oval design-disc was so big as to he unwieldy ; possibly they were normally worn on a string round the neck , or simply reserved for a leisured elite . |
3 | The afterdeck — of course those boats were n't so big as they are now — all where I laid , it was all over the deck . |
4 | Add to them the cohorts of civil servants patiently drafting and redrafting sackfuls of international Green verbiage , and whole planeloads of whingeing journalists and television crews , and the whole shebang becomes so big as to overwhelm the senses of the vast majority of the aboriginal citizens of Planet Earth . |
5 | ‘ Be none so big as looks . |
6 | Not so big as your man , but he was a comely-looking lad in his day , and kind of heart . |
7 | They were not so big as to require steam lifting machinery and powered saws . |