Example sentences of "it [vb -s] so [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alas , there is no way this can be overcome but it occurs so rarely that it is not in itself an outstanding problem . |
| 2 | An alternative to water in sprays is needed in the tropics where water is often very difficult to obtain or transport to the field ; it evaporates so rapidly that the effectiveness of sprays is further reduced . |
| 3 | Lima , where it rains so seldom that the city 's roofs are not designed to withstand more than a mild shower , the inhabitants are anxiously awaiting the worst . |
| 4 | The awesomely powerful heating and ventilation system makes another jet-like roar , but it works so well that you only need it on for short bursts . |
| 5 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 6 | To my mind , it begins so well that it could easily be mistaken for a translation of an eighth-century hermit 's verse , composed in a beehive hut by a contented holy man of Old Ireland . |