Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] hardly [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is so much evidence Of this that it hardly needs restatement here , nor does its corollary that the present tropical belt is atypically narrow . |
| 2 | This usage is now so prevalent that it hardly conveys anything more than the best that could be imagined . |
| 3 | Ludo 's brief romance with an English girl was so run-of-the-mill that it hardly warranted mention at dinner parties , let alone gossip . |
| 4 | He felt her grow rigid at his touch , made it so light that she hardly knew that it was there . |
| 5 | ‘ — and I was placed between Harry Burrows and Piers Langley and they told me all about hunting round here and really it was so interesting that I hardly noticed what we ate , some sort of fish and pheasant I think and , oh yes , there was an ice but by that stage , you know , I did n't have the smallest corner to put in so much as a mouthful — ’ |
| 6 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 7 | The pattern is so simple that it hardly seems worth studying . |
| 8 | It now has such favourable associations of secure wage-earning that we hardly bother to question it or look behind it . |
| 9 | The TV appearance was so brief that it hardly warranted comment . |
| 10 | The profile is so comfortable that you hardly notice it , and the heel and volute are unmistakably the work of someone who believes that ‘ just good enough ’ is just not good enough — brilliant stuff . |
| 11 | This signal is so established and conventional that it hardly has to be noticed . |
| 12 | His arms were wrapped around him , his body 's breath so cold that it hardly frosted . |
| 13 | In a fast-moving world , family members may be so busy that they hardly see one another individually , let alone together , from one week to the next . |
| 14 | Tall and slim , without the usual broad shoulders of the pace man , he had excelled at athletics as a youngster , with the result that he was a fast bowler like virtually no other ; his approach to the wicket was so soft and silky that he hardly seemed to touch the ground at all , and several umpires said that they were not able to hear him running in . |
| 15 | The first of the scientific staff to arrive would probably be Clifford Bradley , the Higher Scientific Officer in the Biology Department , scurrying through the hall as if he had no right to be there , with his anxious hunted eyes and that stupid , drooping moustache , so preoccupied that he hardly noticed their greeting . |
| 16 | Still a few sea bass here , though they 're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze . |
| 17 | He put the candle-holder down on it , then turned towards her , and before she could stop him he gave her a kiss so gentle that it hardly registered , and she stared at him , wide-eyed , put her hand to where he had saluted her , and said huskily , ‘ No , ’ although what she meant by that neither he nor she knew . |