Example sentences of "to so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One critic said that no man , perhaps , ever wrote so learnedly or so much , to so little purpose . |
| 2 | Finally , at a sad time for Rosamund and myself , our sincerest thanks to so many rugby friends who have extended , through kind words and deeds , their sympathies to us on the tragic death , after a short illness , of our daughter Charlotte . |
| 3 | ( It is called a funnel because it is open to so many wind directions . ) |
| 4 | An example of this is in Java , Indonesia , where hillside farming has led to so much soil erosion that a 4 per cent gain in output thanks to fertilisers and seed improvements is effectively cancelled out . |
| 5 | And it was at this time , in 1910 , that Cubism entered its most ‘ difficult ’ or hermetic phase , which subsequently gave rise to so much misunderstanding . |
| 6 | For the answer to these and many other questions we have to look in detail at the items giving rise to so much concern . |
| 7 | The stone ( not a marble , but some kind of limestone ) looked just as one would expect after an operation to remove dirt and accumulated grime , and I do not see why this aspect of the work should give rise to so much concern . |
| 8 | According to this theory the earlier generational pairing was abandoned because it led to so much inbreeding that people who practised the gens system were genetically more fit for natural selection and therefore survived better . |
| 9 | It is this built-in contradiction and barrier to explication that leads to so much discussion of what Derrida really means by those riddling notions that have become slogans : such as , there is no such thing as perception ; writing is prior to speech ; there is nothing outside the text . |
| 10 | Robyn stifled a yawn suddenly , a reaction to so much crying , but also because sleep and exhaustion were rapidly overtaking her . |
| 11 | If those resources had been given three or four years ago , we would not have the long delays that lead to so much misery , and the small number of non-genuine asylum seekers would not be here for longer than we would all want . |
| 12 | Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress . |
| 13 | You 've got to try and hold on to so much information that something eventually has to drop . |
| 14 | The switch from almost ignoring the issue in the first week to so much concentration in the third should have had some effect upon the public . |
| 15 | As soon as the Trust got Brownsea the regulations about the discharge of sewage changes , they had endless trouble with the water supply , and now they 're having to find £300,000 to repair the sea wall , so I feel that , instead of being praised for being associated with getting Brownsea , I probably ought to be cursed for putting the Trust to so much expense . |
| 16 | This perhaps represents Owen 's line of thought with him becoming more and more emotional to the middles of the verse , reaching climaxes and then , as it is as if he questions this freely running thought process , and he limits himself to so much emotion by the end of each verse . |
| 17 | She really would have preferred a cup of tea , but could n't refuse when they 'd gone to so much trouble . |
| 18 | Alexander angrily complied , furious that the King could put him to so much trouble on a wild , bitterly cold night . |
| 19 | Before leaving I looked around at the disorder wondering what was so important that somebody would go to so much trouble to look for it . |
| 20 | We went to so much trouble because we were aware of the power of cultural conditioning . |
| 21 | Why are you going to so much trouble to ensure that it succeeds ? ’ |
| 22 | The next question was why had he gone to so much trouble and expense if he never intended to use this place as his base ? |
| 23 | Why , it might still be asked , did Franco go to so much trouble to give the impression that his regime had a basis other than sheer force , when that selfsame exercise made it clear that he did not need to ? |
| 24 | I 'm just surprised that you 've bothered going to so much trouble , cooking a meal . ’ |
| 25 | Your colleagues had gone to so much trouble to organise the party . |
| 26 | He gave their present number , and the palazzo 's , then added , ‘ Thank you for going to so much trouble . |
| 27 | ‘ As you 've gone to so much trouble , it would seem discourteous to refuse , ’ Ashley said . |
| 28 | ‘ Since you 've gone to so much trouble I suppose I 'd better change into something more in keeping with your splendour . ’ |
| 29 | But when he and his family got back to their cabin they seemed upset because we had gone to so much trouble . ’ |
| 30 | of CBI SCOTLAND had been written to , asking her to send copies of the forthcoming conference notice to so each member of the E&PD committee might have one . |