Example sentences of "is so [adj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grass is so dry it seems impossible that it can ever come to life again : yet the huge acacia trees along the riverbed are putting out blossom , delicate sprigs of green in anticipation of the rains to come . |
| 2 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |
| 3 | In some cases the territory is so good it does n't matter that a female has to share it with other females . |
| 4 | At the moment protein A is so scarce it costs between £5 and £10 a milligram . |
| 5 | And the flame propagation is so rapid it 's consumed that it just blows . |
| 6 | John McGahern , on the other hand , writes , speaks and thinks in a style that is so sparse it defies anyone to deny the truth at its core . |
| 7 | The flowchart , to explain how the chemicals are made , is so complicated it resembles a bowl of spaghetti . |
| 8 | The picture , above , in the National Portrait Gallery , London , is so popular it has even surprised the man who painted it , postman 's son Richard Stone , 40 . |