Example sentences of "so [adj] that [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a report , the second lock up was in fact so narrow that occasionally a boat would be partially gripped , causing it to plunge dangerously . |
| 2 | Normally , the energy of the particle is still positive , but the gravitational field inside a black hole is so strong that even a real particle can have negative energy there . |
| 3 | He was on his way south from a place called Nunyerry when , he said , monsoon clouds forced him to fly lower and lower into the Turner Ranges , one of those areas of outback Australia that are so inhospitable that even the local animals hibernate below ground . |
| 4 | Jenny was heartily relieved that the recent bad weather had made the track so muddy that even the passionate and rather drunk Ted had not dared go any further . |
| 5 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 6 | All around her there were trees — huge , old , their foliage so high that not a leaf was distinguishable . |
| 7 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 8 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 9 | This weakens the leaf 's connection to the tree so much that even a light breeze can blow it off . |
| 10 | Already the biggest obstacle to the dissemination of improved techniques of mud building is that scientists and housing experts have decried mud so much that even the poor , who have no alternative to mud , do not want to live in it . |
| 11 | The Big Bang was violent — so violent that only the smallest bits of atomic particles could have survived . |
| 12 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
| 13 | The Miscarriage Association believes that one in three pregnancies end in miscarriage often so early that even the mother is not aware . |
| 14 | The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it alone . |
| 15 | 121 yachts had their rigging and sails checked one last time and then crews pottered about anxiously , generating an atmosphere of nervousness so pervasive that even the spectators felt tense . |
| 16 | Currency markets , however , take the view that the deficit is so large that only a lower exchange rate will help to speed up the adjustment . |
| 17 | The security at the Palace was so tight that even the band 's ersatz manager , Scott Piering , could not gain admittance for his close acquaintances . |
| 18 | The vicar is now so unpopular that only a handful of people still attend St Mary 's Church . |
| 19 | ‘ But the problem about heroin is that the money is so good that even the good people do it ’ . |
| 20 | In this region the integration of the drainage pattern is so good that practically every point in the area can be assigned to one or another of the former drainage basins . |
| 21 | And here we 've got a couple that happen to be olive trees , and I , I 'm not so sure that just the fact that they 're olive trees really is that important . |
| 22 | This is necessary because the psychological action on many bodily processes can be so great that even a sugar pill can have striking therapeutic effects if the person believes it will . |
| 23 | Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea . |
| 24 | In 1936 he wrote " Nowadays the trouble and expense involved in keeping a stud of hawks is so great that only a fortunate few are able to do so . " |
| 25 | Pauchling the figures has gone on for so long that even the newscasters have got sloppy , mostly failing to add the rider that the bald headcount does not include anybody excluded from claiming benefit for whatever reason . |
| 26 | It has been in the sub-contracting game for so long that about a third of Toyota or Nissan cars are to varying degrees made by other smaller firms . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not anything to do with biology or psychology or any science or the old philosophies — it 's something so deep that even the most delicately poised approach almost inevitably occludes it . |
| 28 | The fact was that distrust of Chamberlain ran so deep that even the most unequivocal supporter of rearmament in the labour movement could not give unreserved support to his Government 's military preparations . |
| 29 | But her beautiful mask had just slipped , and underneath were fear and insecurity so deep that only a professional would be able to uproot them . |
| 30 | Then he realised that they were presumably so poor that even a choice of cornflakes or lumpy porridge , along with underdone toast and margarine , had the overwhelming attraction of being free . |