Example sentences of "so great that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , the obsession with blaming all the supposed ills of the modern world on to the Jews which common to these groups was so great that coherence and intellectual consistency were often disregarded . |
| 2 | Some writers use an engineering analogy and point out that the words ‘ stress ’ , ‘ strain ’ , ‘ tension ’ and ‘ pressure ’ are used when the load becomes too great and a breaking point is reached ; it is the point where the strain is so great that metal ceases to bend and it snaps . |
| 3 | The sales potential for technologydriven , ultra-real pornographic and violent experiences via the computer is so great that computer engineers are furiously designing software that will satisfy an otaku 's ‘ sexual ’ needs . |
| 4 | In practice , by 1975 , the resistance to this approach proved so great that settlement was the real objective , with the justification that farming families could be supported in every way — agriculturally , medically and educationally — much more effectively on a group basis . |
| 5 | The judgment , for example , that the sample size is sufficient and the observed difference so great that chance may be dismissed can and should be made when one is confident that the decision is ‘ obvious ’ . |
| 6 | However , if the sun were to shrink until it was only a few miles across , the bending would be so great that light leaving the sun would not get away but would be dragged back by the sun 's gravitational field . |
| 7 | The damage that goats can inflict on each other with their sharp horns is so great that aggression has become highly ritualised . |