Example sentences of "[noun] could [vb infin] so [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strongly denies this , of course , but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence ? |
| 2 | It was strange that a man who had known so much sorrow could radiate so much life . |
| 3 | No real life shop could support so many assistants for so small a stock , but how the audience loved this bevy of beauties who bowed , and sidestepped , in stately fashion ( the great stunning picture hats for Jubilee Year would not appear until Act Two — not reach their apogee until Act Three ) . |
| 4 | They believed that packing atoms together inside crystalline solids could produce so much pressure that the atoms would be squeezed together and hence fusion would occur in a test-tube . |
| 5 | They sported in the water , laughing and shouting , and Sandison wondered how their tiny , bronzed bodies could hold so much energy . |
| 6 | But it is sobering to reflect that Bowes could devote so much time and energy to assembling his huge collections , a task that preoccupied him for many years , without apparently caring that a main source of his wealth , coal , was blighting lives and blighting the countryside . |
| 7 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |