Example sentences of "may [be] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , expressed guilt may be so deep as to become delusional , generalised to the point where the individual believes that he or she is personally responsible for some major catastrophe or for all of the evil that exists in the world . |
| 2 | In unfavourable circumstances erosion may be so great as to tear a gap through the dunes , such a feature being described as a blow out . |
| 3 | Now , it may or not me noticeable if it 's a minor alteration in the surface geometry then it may be so slight as to make no difference in the way it performs so if , for example , it 's an enzyme it may not affect it at all . |
| 4 | Other adjustments may be so serious as to amount to jettisoning a carefully worked-out position . |
| 5 | At times , these images may be so powerful as to demand an immediate response . |
| 6 | The reason for this is that the linguistic , social and educational environments of the two countries may be so different as to provide different opportunities for language learning . |
| 7 | Similarly , overachieving can be an addiction if the achievement is to no purpose or gratification while at the same time the costs to other relationships may be so high as to be catastrophic . |
| 8 | In all cases , educational desirability must be balanced against practicality and system availability , and these restrictions may be so severe as to result in the rejection of the design idea . |
| 9 | The perceived social stigma of a tuberculosis diagnosis may be so severe as to cause people to avoid testing or treatment . |
| 10 | This may well have been the intention , but in fact the implications are clear : demolition rates are too low , compulsory purchase of homes for redevelopment is inevitable in the future ; owner-occupiers can not be trusted to be the final arbiters of whether their homes arc unfit' ; and some existing environments may be so drab as to be not worth preserving' . |
| 11 | Now sir , he had continued acidly , gripping Mark by the ear , ‘ tell me , if I may be so bold as to ask , precisely what I have been talking about . ’ |