Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mortimer seemed to be so supportive , he seemed really interested in me as a friend , he believed in my design abilities … but then it all changed , it was like a nightmare . |
| 2 | L E A T L E A T our local Environment Action Teams , initiative proved to be so outstanding . |
| 3 | Why did Stephen have to be so secretive and aloof in his dealings with all his family , with the exception of Victoria ? |
| 4 | Did the choice of alternatives have to be so narrow , so dramatic ? |
| 5 | Those changes appear to be so great that they will certainly still be affecting readers of this text in the 1990s . |
| 6 | I have declined to act as external examiner to candidates whose subject or thesis title seemed to be so dubious that a successful treatment of it could only be done by a candidate of exceptional brilliance ; in such cases it is likely that the candidate has had inadequate or misguided supervision . |
| 7 | There are several fabliaux in which the explicit moral seems to be so incongruous in relation to the narrative it accompanies as to be facetious , if not sarcastic . |
| 8 | Nor did Catholics for the most part wish to be so insulated . |
| 9 | In the end , this passion of his for generating paper got to be so ridiculous that we had T-shirts made up , with the DEA logo and OPERATION MAKAKOPI in big letters across the chest . |
| 10 | Central policy seemed to be so prejudiced against the Ukraine that it evoked the suspicion in several foreign observers that this particular national minority was being deliberately neglected as a punishment for its hostility to Russian rule in the Civil War . |
| 11 | Why do people seem to be so anti-gipsy to start out with ? |
| 12 | Bridges across the River Thames were gradually being constructed , but the one nearest to the estuary had to be so constructed as to permit the tall ships entering the London Docks , to pass under , so the Tower Bridge was designed and opened in June of 1894 . |
| 13 | Love is the Grand Unified Force ; and , just as when we watch a good movie , we might become so emotionally involved that we forget it is ‘ only a movie ’ , it is our feelings which make life appear to be so real . |
| 14 | Why did life have to be so hard ? |
| 15 | Why did life have to be so complicated ? |
| 16 | Let us now look at the molecular disk in detail and try to understand why the gas seems to be so different there . |
| 17 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 18 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 19 | Some of us seemed to be awkward and the truth , new and the truth , inexperienced , others seemed to be so polished do n't they ? |
| 20 | In the event of any Related company ceasing to be so related then ( unless the requisite rights are duly assigned to it by such Party by agreement ) each Party undertakes on request to grant to it continuing rights of a similar nature on fair and reasonable terms . |
| 21 | ‘ Why , ’ said Flora , in the dead and hopeless tone of one who has uttered a particular , heartfelt question over and over , to no avail , ‘ why does school have to be so horrible ? ’ |
| 22 | No wonder the BES assured tenancy schemes continue to be so popular . |
| 23 | If the Minister claims to be so concerned about the consumer , can he explain why his right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , at the National Farmers Union annual general meeting last month , produced a list of nearly 100 regulations from the Ministry and promised to discuss their relevance and implementation with the farmers ? |
| 24 | God knows how the treasury comes to be so desperate poor . |
| 25 | " But why was this particular spot found to be so favourable ? " |
| 26 | Immediately a great roar of applause broke out , and Gurney looked at the audience , and this time his self-satisfied smirk seemed to be so obvious , to George at any rate , that he could not understand how the audience too could fail to see it . |
| 27 | Naturally , the new dwellings had to be so arranged as to satisfy the requirements of building regulations and a significant stipulation of the old Constructional By-laws for Inner London under which this design was produced , related to the amount of daylight which must be admitted to habitable rooms . |