Example sentences of "be [vb pp] so [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be practical to attempt to list all the fund raising activities that have been undertaken so far this year but I would like to pick out some highlights for you . |
| 2 | A hundred thousand homes have been repossessed so far this year . |
| 3 | Of course , almost always the two immediately annihilate each other , so the event might never have happened , but it is possible that on occasion , for one reason or another , the two are separated so swiftly that annihilation does not occur . |
| 4 | It follows from what has been said so far that , as stable norms can be observed through analysis of linguistic patterns , change in progress will show up as violations of the expected ‘ normal ’ patterns . |
| 5 | Darby 's conviction , after a six-week trial , was the first of its kind and Mr David Mellor , the Home Office Minister , said last night : ‘ I am glad it has been demonstrated so clearly that luring youngsters into the crime of drug pushing carries with it a severe penalty . |
| 6 | Costs are set against an annual Library estimate , currently totalling £500 , of which some £285 has been spent so far this year . |
| 7 | Some marginal plants have hollow stems and if these are cut so severely that water can enter , they rot away . |
| 8 | Women 's hairstyles were copied so rapidly that , for the modern historian , they provide a good indication of the date of a portrait . |
| 9 | Although most of them were being paid so little that employment had become a farce , an irrelevance . |
| 10 | More than 150 workers have already been killed so far this year , according to a report by rural sociologist Jose Ramón Mauleon . |
| 11 | She 's arranged so much this time . ’ |
| 12 | Yet it remains that , for the first time in 15 years and since the controversy over abortion , opinions are divided so haphazardly that traditional political alliances have ceased to operate . |
| 13 | Batteries are held so firmly that good contact is maintained even if the female terminals splay . |
| 14 | Despite the repression , seven protests have been staged so far this year . |
| 15 | But it was made so hastily that not even the government 's advisory committee on waste management was consulted ; one member of the committee , Professor John Greenings , said he was considering resigning in protest . |
| 16 | The shop assistant was hit so hard that part of the shotgun broke off . |