Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that it has [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shift is so striking that it has led one commentator ( Young 1984 : 22 ) to talk of an explosion of ‘ civic assertiveness ’ . |
| 2 | In recent years the evidence for the health benefits of fibre , or ‘ roughage ’ as it used to be called , has grown so strong that it has filtered through from the medical journals and is now well known to the British and American public . |
| 3 | He says drug corruption is now so prevalent that it has tainted the assembly , the courts , and press and television . |
| 4 | This perspective is so prevalent that it has spread far beyond medical , health and welfare agencies to influence fundamentally most people 's approaches to Disabled people . |
| 5 | The time and dedication demanded do not seem to put people off : the course is so popular that it has had to shift from a country house to a conference centre on an industrial estate in the Midlands . |
| 6 | We saw earlier that the move to greater inequality in income had been so marked that it has triggered off a widening of other class differences ( detailed in Part I ) . |
| 7 | The argument that public sector employment has expanded so much that it has absorbed too much labour and it has thus had an adverse effect on the national economy will be examined in the next chapter . |
| 8 | We are now faced with a situation , therefore , in which the debate about ‘ the environment ’ has become so wide-ranging that it has impinged upon almost every aspect of contemporary industrial society . |
| 9 | I hit my pillow so hard that it has looked reproachful ever since . ) |
| 10 | Suppose the origin of intelligence is so improbable that it has happened on only one planet in the universe , even though life has started on many planets . |
| 11 | This problem is so great that it has become fashionable to call for a new kind of organization to put in place of managerial hierarchy , an organization that will better meet the requirements of what is variously called the Information Age , the Services Age or the Post-lndustrial Age . |
| 12 | Unfortunately it is crucial to know which species of snake is involved because snake poisons are so complex that it has proved impossible to develop a ‘ multi-venin' that will treat all forms of snakebite . |
| 13 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 14 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 15 | This is named on Ordnance maps as The Cavern ; from the surface it promises little , but an opening at the base of a low cliff admits to miles of subterranean passages , one long section being so roomy that it has earned the name of Duke Street . |
| 16 | For the young , death is so unreal that it has become a pleasure to play with , part of the fantasy of violence . |
| 17 | Quarrelling among siblings is so common that it has become accepted as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 18 | It is perhaps surprising that it has survived at all , yet there are pockets in this country where these lifetime associations are still meaningful . |
| 19 | These days the practice of story-telling is so rare that it has acquired the status of an art form . |
| 20 | It was topical , entertaining and ephemeral — so ephemeral that it has survived long after Krenek 's excruciatingly boring serious works are forgotten . |
| 21 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 22 | ‘ It is jolly sad that it has come to this but I am not surprised , ’ she said last night . |
| 23 | Lord Macaulay said : ‘ I 'm very pleased that it has gone through so readily . |