Example sentences of "so [adj] that [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This comment in a recent ILO/UNCTC study of EPZs in the Caribbean is very typical : ‘ In spite of the small number of jobs generated so far , the rate at which EPZs create employment is , however , so high that they rank as the most dynamic agents for job creation compared with other sources of national employment ’ ( Long , 1986 , p.60 ) . |
| 2 | But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime . |
| 3 | The bare hills behind Agadir in the west are built of blue limestones so hard that they ring under the fossil-hunter 's hammer . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm so glad that you know at last , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm so frustrated that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 6 | The pace of change since the Second World War has been so swift that we have to be careful not to make assumptions about the past based on what we see around us every day . |
| 7 | It is so lethal that I cringe in terror every time I have to face it . |
| 8 | For a while they are ‘ egocentric ’ — so self-centred that they seem to be interested only in themselves and their own point of view . |
| 9 | In the middle there is a little pond with a fountain , and the golden carp that swim in it are so tame that they come at the sound of Dennis 's voice . |
| 10 | There 's no way it should be that complicated a lot of the problems are caused by the rules being so complicated that you have to be working in that particular field |
| 11 | And why it is so important that you respond to this appeal today . |
| 12 | That is why it is so important that you learn from me all that you can . ’ |
| 13 | Its area is much smaller than it was , but the landscaping of the reclaimed areas has been so successful that they merge into the surrounding countryside and become ‘ invisible ’ . |
| 14 | The generations of this century will , in their turn , hand on to the next generation the archaic unconscious problems , unless the guilt becomes too strong , the rebellion so great , the need to kill and be killed so overwhelming that we hand on nothing at all . |
| 15 | Shostakovich obviously had good reason for these references , but they are to music so well-known that I worry about finding them in someone else 's piece , even a composer of the supreme integrity of Shostakovich . |
| 16 | With the first morning pull the dogs become so excited that they shit within metres . |
| 17 | We think he is so distressed that we fear for his own safety and are now very concerned for him . |
| 18 | ‘ Harvey is so anxious that we live on his income . |
| 19 | Oriental rugs need room to breathe , and unless they are given the right amount of space they can either be swamped by the surrounding decor or become so overpowering that they detract from everything else in the room . |
| 20 | Eyes adapted for nocturnal vision are so sensitive that they need to be protected from light during the day . |
| 21 | Some youngsters discarded by top clubs could be so disillusioned that they pack in the game at 16 . |