Example sentences of "is [verb] so [adv] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 2 | Searle glosses Foucault 's comment by saying , ‘ The text is written so obscurely that you ca n't figure out exactly what the thesis is ( hence ‘ obscurantisme ’ ) and then when one criticizes it , the author says , ‘ Vous m'avez mal compris ; vous êtes idiot ' ’ ( hence ‘ Terroriste ’ ) . ’ |
| 3 | Although the latter 's earnings fell its dividend is handsomely covered , while a company like Rentokil is growing so healthily that it can afford to pay out the extra £1 million that its generosity has cost . |
| 4 | Bulmers is doing so well that it 's going to need an extra two hundred tons of apples a day from local growers … |
| 5 | We play football and I score a goal , mainly because everyone except Stewpid is playing so badly that it 's difficult to miss … . |
| 6 | In captivity , a good memory and fear will destroy the horse if it is handled so badly that it becomes permanently anxious . |
| 7 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |