Example sentences of "so [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again . |
| 2 | The nation where this debate is being launched has just emerged , in the spring of 1974 , from a confrontation between Government and unions so destabilizing that some people had been daily expecting to see tanks in Whitehall . |
| 3 | The reception office should be so organised that all sources of information necessary to answer enquiries are immediately to hand . |
| 4 | Nevertheless his choreographic plan is so designed that each movement of every dancer , whether as an individual or part of the group , is co-ordinated with the others so that it fits correctly into the overall pattern and within the space allotted by stage , wings and backcloth which — in Symphonic Variations — delicately echoes the curving lines or the dance . |
| 5 | At the new Grand Central in New York there was a separate waiting-room for gangs of labourers and immigrants , with its own attendants , so designed that these groups need not encounter other passengers . |
| 6 | As expected , most ulcers were so sited that venous insufficiency was immediately suspected : 392 ( 85 per cent ) were situated in the classic gaiter area . |
| 7 | Although for safety the main unit must be situated indoors , the hosepipe and solenoid valve will probably be outside but so sited that catastrophic failure of the circuit or a sticking solenoid valve would not cause problems with flooding . |
| 8 | ‘ What 'd I Say ’ sounded so possessed that many radio stations refused to play it . |
| 9 | It so happens that other chemists , supporting more conventional organic ‘ primeval soup ’ theories , have long accepted that clay minerals would have been a help . |
| 10 | It just so happens that some people get taught or pick up techniques without too much problem ( because of circumstances and the people they interact with and learn from ) but some individuals simply do not get exposed to the right experiences to learn these things in quite the same way . |
| 11 | It so happens that this rate is exactly the output of the building industry , averaged over the previous three years . |
| 12 | It just so happens that this region includes the heartland of Charles the Bald 's kingdom . |
| 13 | ( If it so happens that yellow wallpaper does take away your appetite , then for you it is relevant . ) |
| 14 | Bear in mind as the starting-point that your permission to use someone 's land for rabbiting may very well not extend to after-dark activities , so ensure that this point is clarified . |
| 15 | Some people object to having their property scanned by an airborne eye , so ensure that proper permission is obtained before snapping at random . |
| 16 | Doing so reveals that total revenue is very close to the total of the direct costs . |
| 17 | In fact , the Port of Rotterdam offers you a variety of facilities so complete that other ports can only dream of them . |
| 18 | Adorno argues that with Beethoven the potential of music is so raised that older assumptions are shattered . |
| 19 | ( Meliaceae ) but durian seeds are so damaged that ground-walking animals are thought to be the principal effective agents possibly sun-bears , or even tigers . |
| 20 | Nursing staff on some of those areas that we would pick out — those would be the intensive care units , the children 's units , the delivery suites and special care baby units — the nursing staff actually have control of permits which they can issue to relatives who are going to be here for a great length of time , and if they so feel that these relatives should n't be charged , they give them a permit and they park in a staff area at no charge whatsoever . |
| 21 | George Wade then took over the studio of Sir J. Edgar Boehm [ q.v. ] and in 1891 his bust of I. J. Paderewski was so appreciated that 500 reproductions of it were ordered for the American market alone . |
| 22 | This finding conflicts with those of Bransford and Johnson ( 1972 ) and Dooling and Mullett ( 1973 ) who found that providing information about the theme or context of a passage after it had been presented did not improve performance , and so concluded that such information only affected the organisation carried out when the passage was memorised . |
| 23 | And yet , over a century after Jack The Ripper 's grisly murders — so foul that simple descriptions would make you puke — no-one is any the wiser about his identity … |
| 24 | This answer falls within the acceptable range and so indicates that this person is at or reasonably close to her ideal weight . |
| 25 | It is not surprising that some viruses have taken advantage of the sexual act as a vehicle for their transmission , but , while bacteria such as gonococci , treponemes , and the organisms responsible for the tropical sexually transmitted diseases have become so specialized that non-venereal transmission is extremely rare , the sexually transmitted virus infections , with the exception of genital warts , are frequently transmitted in other ways as well . |
| 26 | But budgetary relations between the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress are now so strained that some officials warn that the whole process of long-term deficit reduction could be threatened . |
| 27 | The fact that the beverages with low alcohol content stimulate gastrin release whereas alcohol itself does not do so suggests that this response is mediated by the non-ethanolic component of the beverage . |