Example sentences of "so successful [conj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 It had not originally been intended to carry on the research after that date , but it was so successful that finding was obtained to set up a panel study .
2 This did more than any other eighteenth-century innovation to increase the speed and range of ships and it was so successful that shipowners were most reluctant to use iron hulls which could not be coppered directly on account of electro-chemical action between the iron and the copper in salt water .
3 Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later .
4 The Acclaim proved so successful that production was continued after the introduction of these cars , although a restyled model was named the Rover 200 as part of Rover 's plan to improve the image of the company by concentrating on fewer marques .
5 He was so successful that Walter was able to read , and write , and he did read many books .
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