Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] of [pers pn] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's always been around in comic culture , but as cynical publishers try to cash in on the success of Howard Chaykin 's gross Black Kiss , there 's so much of it that the powers that be have noticed . |
| 2 | There were so many of them that the strain of trying to recognise each one started to give him a headache . |
| 3 | The rats were hanging from the rope , and there were so many of them that the rope was swinging backwards and forwards . |
| 4 | The experience of faith as it is lived by another people , another culture ; the enjoyment of celebrating fiestas ( and that includes the liturgy and the party afterwards ) with the people ; the experience of living amongst a people who never give up the struggle whatever happens and so challenge my own pettiness ; the graciousness of so many of them and the great welcome they gave us . |
| 5 | ‘ I want this country to be so proud of me that the Queen will give me one of her crowns . |
| 6 | But there was only two of us and the firm did not want to keep you on , realizing that you could be coming up for fifteen , they they finished you . |
| 7 | Mountain goats may be relatively safe from predators , but they are not totally free of them and the kids are particularly vulnerable . |
| 8 | I am presumably using words literally when the metaphor is a matter only of etymology ( ‘ insight ’ ) , and feel still more confident of it when the etymology belongs to the Latin ancestor of the word ( ‘ intuition ’ , from intueor ‘ gaze at ’ ) . |
| 9 | Her action was so swift that he was hardly aware of it until the stone struck him full in the face . |
| 10 | Everyday is election day in politics and few governments have been more aware of it than the Westminster ones since the beginning of the ‘ Ulster troubles ’ . |
| 11 | Their pay and conditions are miserable and there are far more of them than the army can usefully employ . |
| 12 | If the beach is crowded with swimmers , sail well clear of them since a board travelling even at low speed could do severe damage to someone 's head . |
| 13 | A person with IBS who has ignored the symptoms for years may become acutely aware of them when a close relative succumbs to cancer . |
| 14 | What he said was informative if a touch inconsequential ; you did n't remember too much of it but the effect was cumulative . |
| 15 | My child , said Mufaro her father , that is very kind of you but the king is the person who is going to choose . |