Example sentences of "is so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.

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31 I ca n't think of any other small peak in Lakeland , apart from possibly Fleetwith Pike above Buttermere , that is so steep all round .
32 No issue is so fundamental both to the searcher and to the believer as the question of truth .
33 ‘ The market is so bad now that it wo n't get any worse , at least in the South , ’ said Richard Roberts , an economist with Barclays Bank .
34 The fog is so bad now that you could n't possibly find your way .
35 BONO 'S suit is so bright even his pet dog has to wear shades .
36 The seemingly flowery language which people often have to resort to when trying to talk about spiritual experience results from an inability to use religious language as a means of communication ; even if known , it is so likely today to be misunderstood .
37 It is so difficult not to make it sound so appallingly emotional .
38 I do n't know how he got out , I mean our road is so difficult anyway , of course there wa , that night there were two , yeah two when them , he had to get out in the morning , but er , I mean he did it , but I expect it was a struggle
39 What is so interesting here is the cadaveric spasm .
40 Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ?
41 If self development is so wonderful why is n't there more of it about ?
42 The playing is so fine here that the notoriously ‘ unsatisfactory ’ ending makes complete sense .
43 ‘ My past is so complicated even I get confused occasionally . ’
44 What is so significant about 68 ?
45 It is so different now from when it was built in 1690 as a charming summer palazzo of only two floors .
46 ‘ It will require a huge effort and a great deal of concentration , but the attitude of the players is so different now to what it was a year ago , it is not out of the question . ’
47 This article explains in more detail why establishing effective strategies for change is so important rather than leaving everything to ad hoc decision making .
48 Beep in the ear is so important just a second ago , because if we had this on , busy on the phone , and the next caller comes through , because it was my phone , those calls would go through to Hilary , so I would n't get a beep in the ear would I ?
49 This is why success in surmounting this stage in a satisfactory manner is so important both for the happiness and future sexual fulfilment of the individual and for the security and success of this civilization .
50 Their protagonists argue that the law of murder is so important socially that derogation from the principle of maximum certainty should be allowed in favour of more accurate labelling by the courts ; opponents argue that the principle of maximum certainty is needed here specifically to reduce the risk of verdicts based on discriminatory or irrelevant factors , such as distaste for the defendant 's background , allegiance , or other activities .
51 They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart .
52 But I ca n't offer you anything , the situation is so grave now in Italy . ’
53 But if it 's brilliantly sunny a blue sky day the moon can be up as well but because the s because the sky is so light anyway you ca n't see the moon .
54 Everything is so crude now .
55 On some days the smoke is so thick here that it obscures the sun .
56 One senior officer said it would be extremely difficult to smuggle one in , security is so tight here on visits .
57 The number of cases is not recorded ; the number of deaths is officially put at 855 , and may have been much higher , since diarrhoea is so common there that it often goes unreported .
58 That it is inconceivable that after this number of centuries man still believes that ultimately the only way in which problems are solved is by blowing the other chap 's head off , which is so lunatic now .
59 We hope that you will always enjoy life together , a very long and happy life together , and that you will always retain the enthusiasm of this new start , and remember the joy and delight of finding each other , which is so evident today .
60 And that you will always retain the enthusiasm of this new start , and remember the joy and delight of finding each other , which is so evident today .
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