Example sentences of "they [vb base] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As psychologists will readily admit , such scales are unreliable at the extremes because the cases they measure are so rare that the scales can not be adequately calibrated . |
| 2 | According to the functionalist , of course , facial expression and lip-reading are likely to be dealt with by distinct parts of the information-processing system because the nature of the information that they convey is so different . |
| 3 | because they 've been so much more technology , you know , since it 's started |
| 4 | The Tory led authority says they 've been so successful in collecting the tax , that they 've earmarked a hundred and seventy thousand pounds to help cut future bills . |
| 5 | ‘ Often you do n't realise the sheer range of functions of a good company secretary or administrator until they leave , because they 've been so efficient , ’ said Mr Sheppard . |
| 6 | They 've been so brave , ’ said Joanne 's mum , Mrs Sandra Hawkins , of Maes Derw , Llandudno Junction , where the couple are having to live . |
| 7 | The majority of candidates who fail do so because they have been so nervous that they have not been able to think clearly , far less to perform well . |
| 8 | They have been so successful that the strongest machines available are now about as good as the best mainframes of five years ago . |
| 9 | They have been so successful that from an initial yearly production of about 250 tons during the middle forties these rice fields now yield 145,000 tons a year and supply France with the whole of her rice requirements . |
| 10 | They have been so pervasive and so self-evident that there has been little point in articulating them . |
| 11 | First of all , they have been so accustomed to avert their eyes piously from unknown members of the female sex that they no longer see them . |
| 12 | If they have been so informed , I would be very grateful if I could be told on what date they were told . |
| 13 | I find the serenity of mainstream forecasters in the face of their debâcle discreditable because they now gravely confuse the public discussion as they go on popping up with one optimistic forecast after another , without any meaningful explanation as to why they have been so wrong . |