Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] so [adv] [that] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | My only worry is that , with the ground drying up , they might go so fast that he gets disheartened . |
| 2 | Share prices could fall so far that his cash offer for DRG , the Basildon Bond company , starts to look attractive . |
| 3 | How could she possibly expect a girl of Cissie 's years to understand how a woman could love so deeply that there seemed no shame in it at all ? |
| 4 | The final stage of the evaporation of a black hole would proceed so rapidly that it would end in a tremendous explosion . |
| 5 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 6 | You will have heard that if you do stick to a diet and lose weight , then your metabolism will drop so dramatically that the weight piles on all the more easily in the future . |
| 7 | If this happens , Tit for Tat individuals , cooperating with one another in cosy little local enclaves , may prosper so well that they grow from small local clusters into larger local clusters . |
| 8 | and in rugby so much can happen so quickly that I believe we have earned that 50–50 chance . ’ |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I can sing so quietly that from two metres you will not hear me ! ’ |
| 10 | Yet during family sessions , feelings can rise so quickly that very damaging statements can be made , which may be frank and honest but have a destructive meaning or impact that would not be intended in calmer and more reasonable moments . |