Example sentences of "and so [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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1 | However , on rare occasions — perhaps twice before in recorded history — a change occurs so profound and so far-reaching that the entire orientation of society is altered completely in a relatively short period . |
2 | great and so terrible that the hills |
3 | It has actually raised and submerged its sulphurous head five times since its first appearance in 1925 , and when Lorne and I reached it in September of 1983 it was nearly 300 feet high and so active that the government had denied us landing permits . |
4 | So intense was the dosaster , and so complicated that the Thames Valley Police have compiled a computer video showing what happened . |
5 | Eventually they reach the shallow stretches where their parents spawned and they lie there resting , their heads pointing upstream , flank to flank and so thick that the pale sand of the river bed is hidden by the black of their backs . |