Example sentences of "so bold as " in BNC.

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1 A local priest was even so bold as to call the system ‘ a home-brew democracy … .
2 Now sir , he had continued acidly , gripping Mark by the ear , ‘ tell me , if I may be so bold as to ask , precisely what I have been talking about . ’
3 A bold statement , but not nearly so bold as Kingsley Amis , who admires Lonsdale 's whole project , and Leapor in particular .
4 What makes you so bold as to Come back ? ’
5 Almost certainly it would have been the executors , after consultation with the family , as not even a cabinet-maker used to the undertaking trade would have been so bold as to have proceeded with such an elaborate item without having first enquired of the executors .
6 One reviewer of the present state of the debate ( J. L. Marx 1980 ) ably summarises all the points of failing in the collection of data and their interpretation , but makes so bold as to write :
7 Even those committees so bold as to demand to see papers and witnesses are unlikely to receive the cooperation they require .
8 According to Henderson ( 1979 ) , ‘ no school can reasonably be so bold as to suggest that it has nothing to learn from other schools , from professional teacher-trainers or from educational scholarship and research ’ .
9 ‘ I notice , ’ he said in good English , ‘ that you have been so bold as to ask for food at this late hour .
10 Some people were so bold as to suggest that he had now lost his grip and was writing pretty fair garbage .
11 He even made so bold as to ask about Maureen O'Duffy .
12 Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’
13 Yet , if pain remains , who would be so bold as to decide when the patient 's limit of tolerance has been reached ?
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