Example sentences of "[art] [noun] be so intense that " in BNC.

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1 American political pressure for agreement on the formation of the force was so intense that there seemed little chance of it being rejected by NATO on military or financial grounds .
2 The pleasure was so intense that Isabel thought she was going to swoon .
3 The cold was so intense that it killed up to two thirds of the walnut trees in France .
4 Initial tests of Mainsborne have revealed one problem : at times the electrical noise on the mains is so intense that the signals fail to arrive .
5 The children played a game , jumping into the deep green pools in the torrent from the big rocks under the star apple tree ; the cold of the water was so intense that Martha felt her body flush to its core with a spasm of heat ; even after she had scrambled out of the water her flesh still tingled from the shock .
6 Firm I 's pessimism may be more readily justified if the competition between the firms is so intense that Firm II's choice of action is solely motivated by the desire to minimise the profits made by Firm I. This supposition is obviously too extreme to be realistic , but its relaxation involves further problems into which we shall not enter here .
7 The green of the spring grass and of the new leaves upon the trees was so intense that even riding through it for hours could not dim John 's sense of wonder .
8 But when she reached out a hesitant hand , the heat from the liquid was so intense that she could not get any nearer to it .
9 The hubbub was so intense that it would be impossible to hold any private conversation .
10 The curvature is so intense that if we insist in using coordinates appropriate to distant flat space — time , then we find that space and time inside the horizon interchange the properties normally associated with them .
11 The heat is so intense that the rails are likely to buckle and passengers are expected to help repair the track .
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