Example sentences of "[was/were] so strong [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to the court that in its current form the civil components of the process of judicial review were so strong that an application which claimed the civil relief authorised by section 21K was to be regarded as a civil cause or matter . |
| 2 | The concentration of the cast was so strong that the mood was well maintained . |
| 3 | The resistance to devolution was so strong that the government was forced to accept that the bills should be ratified by referenda . |
| 4 | But when the Central Policy Review Staff ( the ‘ Think Tank ’ ) had suggested in the early eighties that they mount a full-scale investigation into the practices and abuses of the professions , they discovered that the influence of the lawyers upon Number 10 was so strong that the proposal was sat upon and then returned , with a suggestion they confine themselves to teachers and social workers . |
| 5 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |