Example sentences of "[adj] for so [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The skua is astonishingly agile for so big a bird , but can not keep up among the throng and gives up . |
2 | Whether this has any significant effect upon the vine 's growth has yet to be determined but it is true that the light in Champagne is exceptional for so northern a latitude . |
3 | Was her waist just a shade too stiff for so massive a skirt ? |
4 | Its grounds were small for so large a house , no more than two shrubberies dividing it from its neighbours , and at the rear a stretch of lawn with trees ran down to a fence . |
5 | The façade is pierced by five doorways filled with bronze doors , some of which are remarkably new for so ancient a building . |