Example sentences of "be so [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stars are so far away that they appear to us to be just pinpoints of light . |
| 2 | we 're so far out that we 're not anywhere near , you ca n't |
| 3 | Notions of law and morality seemed to be so far apart that the two sides were talking different languages . |
| 4 | Conversely , you should n't be so far away that you can not close quickly enough . |
| 5 | We choose to use the outer thirds because we want the line to be drawn between two points as far away as possible without being so far out that they risk being unreliable . |
| 6 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 7 | A government promise to liberalise prices next year is so far just that : a promise . |
| 8 | There 's so much more that I could say about the development of Switchboard . |
| 9 | As she made coffee she stared dreamily ahead , smiled to herself for no apparent reason , and was so far away that at last Sophie remarked , ‘ You 're very happy — very preoccupied . |
| 10 | School was so long ago that we had passed into each others ' mythology , like people who met distantly in another country . |
| 11 | ‘ It was so long ago that I 've almost forgotten . |
| 12 | It was so long ago that it happened — it 's an everyday occurrence now , people battering and killing children . |