Example sentences of "so [adj] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the athlete 's heart is so muscular it can pump the same amount of blood with 50 beats per minute that the average heart pumps with 75 beats . |
| 2 | It is so aerodynamically perfect and the down forces are so strong it could travel upside down across your ceiling at 150mph without falling off . |
| 3 | If it had n't been so awful it would have been almost comical , the thought that Luke Calder had been virtually accused of kerb-crawling ! |
| 4 | It 's so wacky it could work . |
| 5 | One particular bedroom is so spacious it can accommodate up to four people and full of atmosphere , with an unusual brick vaulted ceiling . |
| 6 | Several times she 'd caught him staring at her with a warm , smiling expression in his brown eyes , and if she had n't been so sensible it would have made her feel quite wobbly . |
| 7 | Above her , the vault seemed so high it should have had rag-clouds like Mars , but it was unearthly white . |
| 8 | Anyway , if she were so ill it would look funny taking the children — and I 'm not leaving them with her ! ’ |
| 9 | In practice , I 'm not so sure it would work out . ’ |
| 10 | This had happened in Abingdon befoire but the local economy is so buoyant it will cope . |
| 11 | Superglue is very powerful stuff , so powerful it will take your skin off if you pull too hard . |
| 12 | Some said the syndicate that runs it is so powerful it can order the airline , and even the government , to do whatever it wants . |
| 13 | At dusk the clouds over Manhattan , which had threatened snow all day , cleared and revealed a pristine sky , its colour so ambiguous it might have fuelled a philosophical debate as to the nature of the blue . |
| 14 | A weed that 's so poisonous it can kill horses and cattle is thriving , because chemicals once used to destroy it have been banned . |
| 15 | So heavy it would crush you as it pushed from side to side . |
| 16 | Beyond that sea rises a mountain range and beyond that stretches a vast desert where the sun twists round and beats down so hot it would dry out an eagle 's wings and turn them to dust if he flew too long . |
| 17 | A sun so hot it would dry out an eagle 's wings ! |
| 18 | The Galaxy C-5 is so big it can transport half a dozen helicopters in one go . |
| 19 | As he walked back down the cul-de-sac McLeish found a demarcation line , so precise it might have been achieved by running a tape across the road , where the commercial element stopped and flat-fronted , early Victorian terraced houses , took over . |
| 20 | Even if he had been so inclined it would have been extremely difficult to pursue reforms which posed a significant threat to the interests of the landed nobility . |
| 21 | The opening scene is so shocking it will leave you gasping . |
| 22 | Natalie Merchant 's voice — so emotive it could make you like a song about King Of The Gits Jack Kerouac and feel sorry for the little bunny rabbits that we cruelly kill for a laugh — rose through songs which flew and were simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy . |
| 23 | IT SOUNDED SO CLOSE it must have been in the street below us . |
| 24 | We , we actually lived in th the corner shop is right on the corner if you 've come up High street on the bus and your Co-op would be on that corner , your church and your Co-op 's on the corner , and just turns there and I only lived just down that street , so we never had to have it delivered because we just popped up er and my brother and I , I can so remember us going with our two big bags you know and we , you know how you do when families meet you know and he 'll say that 's the time , because dad , we never knew dad hit us and yet you 'd of thought he was , we , we were so scared it must have been his voice you know , that he erm that we was so scared that everything was all correct from the Co- op . |
| 25 | It 's so smart it can convert any ASCII text into fax format and store up to 200Kb 's worth . |
| 26 | The device is so sensitive it can pin point a human skull buried three metres underground . |
| 27 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |