Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ear lobes , of course , on a whale would pose problems underwater where streamlining is so important and in any event , they would not perform as efficiently in water as they do in air . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's why regular brushing and flossing are so important . |
| 3 | In spite of his admiration for Baron of Buchlyvie , and having been so keen to purchase it , Kilpatrick sold a half share in the horse to his rival , William Dunlop . |
| 4 | Postnatal problems can make breastfeeding difficult because sitting is so painful ; for example , if you have haemorrhoids from bearing down during delivery or long labour , or stitches in the perineum . |
| 5 | An instance is provided by the civil war between Pompey and Caesar in the first century BC , when hoarding was so prevalent that it caused a crisis of liquidity . |
| 6 | For such reasons overall progress with budgetary decentralization was described by the public Accounts Committee ( 1986–7c , paras 34–8 ) as having been so slow as to threaten ‘ the [ very ] success of the FMI ’ . |