Example sentences of "be [vb pp] so [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plainly , there was no such feature in the building prior to its conversion , but its insertion has been undertaken so carefully and with such sensitivity towards the simple , almost primitive shapes and textures of the original interior that it looks like a perfectly natural element . |
| 2 | We have actually four questions and three subordinate questions which we were addressing and only one of them has been resolved so far and that is whether the Chairman of the Police Authority should be appointed by the Home Secretary or by the Authority and we are I think all have to agree that it should be by the latter . |
| 3 | HWIM , Hearsay-II , and HARPY , examples of the Symbol Processing paradigm , can construct representations of the processing that has been done so far and operate on the individual hypotheses within that space . |
| 4 | ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view . |
| 5 | In this book we will be using the ‘ C-word ’ in these senses to refer to the present penal situation in England and Wales , albeit with slight embarrassment and the worry that it has been used so often and for so long that there is a danger that it may be losing its dramatic impact . |
| 6 | The sets of values embedded in one 's goals in childhood have to be modified so radically and conflicts resolved so ruthlessly that few attempt it . |
| 7 | Do species have to be maintained so uniformly and tidily , so predictably , as if they were part of a genetic card index ? |
| 8 | Do species have to be maintained so uniformly and tidily , so predictably , as if they were part of a genetic card index ? |
| 9 | Never again in Anselm 's lifetime was the papal position to be stated so clearly and uncompromisingly . |
| 10 | ‘ The club scene in the North is n't too healthy because the players are spread so thinly but there are still plenty of good ones about , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ They were separated , but they were separated so fully and so completely , and so soon after their birth , that the threat withdrew . ’ |
| 12 | Why had they been killed so barbarously and so mysteriously ? |
| 13 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 14 | The show is advanced so sluggishly and episodically that , apart from first and last reels , there could be a mix-up in reels without much comment . ’ |
| 15 | TNO vice-president Arthur Rörsch says that the government is pleased that the centre is valued so highly but that , ‘ against a background of budget cuts , with health budgets particularly under fire , it is not really easy to be optimistic ’ . |
| 16 | A wound on that side can kill within minutes , because blood is lost so quickly and the body 's supply of oxygen suddenly falls . |
| 17 | Sixty-six courses have been held so far and the university has increased the number of students compared with previous years . |
| 18 | His ability to organise often went unseen — though never unappreciated — since everything was done so unobtrusively and apparently without effort . |
| 19 | Frank , I think , had spoken to him about not taking everything that was said so personally but to learn how to ride the ups and downs , the vicissitudes , of theatre . ’ |
| 20 | Certainly his skill as an administrator was a vital factor in ensuring that so much was built so quickly and magnificently . |
| 21 | But the gesture was accomplished so smoothly and was finished so quickly Dexter found it impossible to judge . |
| 22 | That his bravery was ended so abruptly and unexpectedly seems very cruel . |