Example sentences of "so [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method has become so ensconced in public law thought that today we seem incapable of recognizing any work which predates Dicey ; it is as though he invented the subject . |
| 2 | They are used to ‘ tan ’ leather and give rise to the ‘ termite-proof ’ and ‘ teredo-proof ’ timbers so prized in tropical construction . |
| 3 | The most commonly used statistic is average waiting time per specialty , but that figure varies with local definitions and is so skewed by interconsultant variation that it is virtually meaningless . |
| 4 | The surrounding area is damp and so favoured by colourful plants such as the Marsh Marigold , Ragged Robin and Yellow Flag Iris . |
| 5 | These pungent performances are a signal reminder of why Barbirolli was so favoured by this composer . |
| 6 | Granada 's defence that the words were not intended to refer to the plaintiff and would not have been so regarded by reasonable viewers was rejected by the jury , after hearing that the officer had received " unpleasant and damaging " comments afterwards . |
| 7 | President Bush , under a drizzle of criticism , was finding his nominee for the CIA directorship , Robert M Gates , was so implicated in earlier bits of skulduggery as to be a tough item to sell . |
| 8 | In an editorial on 2 November 1985 , headlined ‘ Unfinished Business ’ , it asked ‘ whether the structures and institutions of British life have been so shaken by six years of Mrs Thatcher that they can no longer fall back into their old ways — or whether more shaking is needed ? ’ |
| 9 | The Council indicated a few limited examples of such circumstances ( e.g. to the newly baptized in a Mass following their baptism ) , but here again , once admitted , the essential rightness of Communion under both kinds became more and more widely recognized so that communion is now so given at all Masses in many churches and dioceses throughout the world . |
| 10 | And furthermore , went on the priest , was it not so proven by Holy Scripture ? |
| 11 | He loosened his gold tie and then the pale cream collar of his shirt in a gesture so filled with sexual imagery that she found a disturbing warmth flowing through her insides . |
| 12 | It seemed inconceivable that the man who had teased her so unforgivably in the morning had been so filled with compassionate understanding later in the same day . |
| 13 | I have worked around the world without so reacting to these factors . |
| 14 | ‘ The tenants will paint in a proper and workmanlike manner all the outside wood , iron and stucco or cementwork of the said subjects and all other exterior parts as might properly require to be so painted with three coats at least of good oil and white lead paint … . ’ |
| 15 | It decided not to pay out the sums so received to individual solicitors as a sort of dividend but to apply them for the benefit of the profession as a whole . |
| 16 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |
| 17 | The only natural light came from an extremely tiny oblong of glass in the roof , but this was so filmy , and so splattered with accumulated bird lime , that it let in the flimsiest of light . |
| 18 | ‘ The only natural light came from an extremely tiny oblong of glass in the roof , but this was so filthy , and so splattered with accumulated bird lime , that it let in the flimsiest of light . |
| 19 | Offpiste spring snow is easy to ski and smooth so concentrate on regular breathing ( in as you start the turn , out as you complete it ) , think ‘ light ’ and fly like a bird . |
| 20 | The TSB 's new Family Bonus plan allows up to eight in a family to pool their nest eggs and so qualify for higher rates of interest . |
| 21 | North , the zealous visionary , besotted by his lone struggle against Communism , was so blinded by right-wing hubris that he saw nothing wrong in breaking the laws of the country he so devoutly wished to defend . |
| 22 | Haines 's last publication was Aphorisms upon the New Way of Improving Cyder or making Cyder-Royal ( 1684 ) , publicizing his third patent for a method of doubling the strength of cider and so competing with imported wines and spirits , and including general advice on the management of orchards . |
| 23 | Okay so got on that train , thinking it would go straight to Hertford and it did n't . |
| 24 | But Lebanon 's inter-communal boundaries are so porous , so criss-crossed by reciprocal interests — with , for example , East Beirut controlling most of West Beirut 's water and electricity supplies — that an economic blockade would probably require a much greater political will than the shambles which Hrawi 's ‘ legitimate ’ administration could ever muster . |
| 25 | But for each one so highlighted in this way there are many others just out of sight contributing equally to the Club 's welfare and success . |
| 26 | The tour took place immediately after the Sterling crisis in 1992 , so visits to such places as the Bundesbank , the German Stock Exchange and Deutsche Book were particularly interesting for the participants . |
| 27 | TRADE president Michael Heseltine let slip plans for an emergency EC summit yesterday — and so added to Premier John Major 's troubles . |
| 28 | This word can convey several meanings but one of them expresses an inner state of mind so torn between various options that it can not make up its mind . |
| 29 | So opening of these channels will hyperpolarize the membrane , and as a result of that opening what we see is an inhibition of action potentials . |
| 30 | Nora was not nearly so impressed by that sort of thing as her cousin but she admitted to herself that it was unlikely a man from such a background would be deceiving Constance . |