Example sentences of "so [adj] as [to-vb] an [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Its basis is the naturally occurring substance uranium , an element which under certain circumstances can be made to become so unstable as to produce an explosive force . |
| 2 | These are two squares , of equivalent dimensions , so interlaced as to produce an eight-pointed star or an eight pointed rosette . |
| 3 | But , as we have seen , there is no evidence that unfair credit refusal is so widespread as to justify an elaborate system for redress ( and statutory bodies already exist which have the duty to hunt down cases of real discrimination on grounds of sex or race ) . |
| 4 | In contrast , amounts of methylated oligonucleotide in lane 3 are so large as to cause an extended area of blurred , saturated blackening of the film . |
| 5 | At times , these images may be so powerful as to demand an immediate response . |
| 6 | My conclusion of the strength of her faith is that her convictions are in fact not so deep-seated or so fundamental as to constitute an immutable decision by her as to her way of life — or her way of death . |
| 7 | Perhaps the immediate and justified reaction was that the proposals in the Green Paper were so sketchy as to pose an unenviable choice between ‘ a crude centralist and an equally crude local authority solution ’ . |