Example sentences of "is [adv] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , life is rarely so easy for the cocoa collector . |
| 2 | ‘ But real life is rarely so tidy . |
| 3 | This Government is rarely so generous with the taxpayers ' money , espe cially to people who seek out an in vestment opportunity which does n't involve paying UK tax . |
| 4 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 5 | A further characteristic which is perhaps so obvious that it is rarely remarked on , is that farming is a skilled occupation . |
| 6 | These small hints of life give an uneasy impression that what is apparently so lifeless may have undisclosed resources of power and activity . |
| 7 | It explains why housework is apparently so different from , and yet is experienced by women as so similar to , other jobs . |
| 8 | This amazing £250,000 Japanese import is apparently so sophisticated that it is beyond its capability to frank more than one all-purpose hybrid place of origin on its postmark , viz ‘ Cumbria ’ occupying the whole upper half of the disc , with ‘ Dumfries & Galloway ’ ( nearly three times the length ) squeezed into the lower half . |
| 9 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 10 | Such a thing is certainly not to be found on this earth ; yet those who pick to pieces the open texture or verbal infelicities of an international Convention rarely pause to consider how , when legislation prepared in a single legal system is generally so verbose , obscure , and generally badly drafted , one can reasonably expect more of the product of many hands drawn from widely differing legal systems with different cultures , legal structures , and methods of legal reasoning and decision-making , entailing maximum flexibility , co-operation , and compromise . |
| 11 | He is normally so careful crossing the road . |
| 12 | Because the life-experience of women is normally so different from that of men , they are likely to conceptualise freedom , equality , rights , responsibility and autonomy , to give but a few examples , in a rather different way from men . |
| 13 | Justice in Rio is normally so slow that the effect on law enforcement is almost negligible . |
| 14 | I think they were originally for it , I just think there 's it is just so backward |
| 15 | His personality is just so nice ! |
| 16 | you know , it is just so frustrating , you know and er some of these kids he said and the language they use , one girl came in , she had n't been in for three or four days , he had n't met her and he said hello you must be such and such er |
| 17 | UNISYS IS JUST SO HAPPY THAT IT SETTLED FOR INTEL 's $5,000m CHIP RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE HERD TO RISC … |
| 18 | This girl is just so sensational ! |
| 19 | The Three Valleys are bound to be in there too , with Charlotte 's vote probably going to Meribel because it 's in the central valley of the three and not what is invariably described as a concrete jungle ; Val d'Isere because the skiing is just so brill and Tignes is , well , a concrete jungle really . |
| 20 | But just to call anyone a slut is just so rude . |
| 21 | I really support the idea of trying to come up with a plan of action because quite frankly I find that London and England is just so full of talk shops . |
| 22 | ‘ Sam McKnight , I admire him because he is just so creative in his work ’ . |
| 23 | Having just returned from Scotland 's weekend squad sessions at St. Andrews , two tough dollops of over three hours each , he was feeling the effects , but clearly revels in his involvement : ‘ National sessions are at a higher intensity than those at club and district level in that you are working with very good and experienced players but it is just so enjoyable setting hard challenges whilst you are learning so much from players who have been through it all so often before ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It is just so romantic — like before the war ! |
| 25 | No problems with the assembly and fitting here , the neck/body join is just so , and the meticulously-applied three-tone sunbursting is just so attractive . |
| 26 | the Wailers are so out of time , they 're all just like is just so slow it 's just like exactly the same but like about twenty times slower . |
| 27 | Flashman is just so bitter — he 's blaming us , but we just wanted our money above aboard . |
| 28 | Many believe it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit in a time of recession and high unemployment , and income support is already so low that there seems little scope for cuts there . |
| 29 | The commitment also rules out any further fiscal stimulus , particularly as the budget deficit is already so high and rising fast . |
| 30 | Nor can it be generated by easier fiscal policy because the budget deficit is already so high . |