Example sentences of "so [adj] [adv] that they " in BNC.

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1 the forces of the countries of the socialist camp are so great today and they are so strong economically that they can fully take upon themselves , on the basis of the development of normal trade relations , the provision of Cuba with all the necessary goods which are denied her by the United States … the Soviet Union is prepared to deliver oil and other goods in amounts fully meeting the requirements of Cuba , in exchange for Cuban goods .
2 Perhaps it is because the fishermen have been demonstrating so much recently that they have not been catching so much fish . ’
3 So violent sometimes that they can not stand up but lie perfectly exhausted .
4 The catalogues produced by manufacturers and distributors of water pumps are so complex now that they can become difficult territory for the uninitiated , so advice should be sought from all quarters .
5 It seems that they make so many now that they do n't have the same
6 This is because the two components are so close together that they almost touch , and presumably gravitational strains mean that each is distorted into the shape of an egg .
7 It is actually a binary , but the two components are so close together that they can not be separated with ordinary telescopes .
8 The huge drops were so close together that they reflected the light , and the rain billowed and rippled like a silver-white curtain .
9 From here he could see the crowded harbour quarter , the rooftops so close together that they welded in the heat haze into one whole .
10 Devlin 's hand swung up , he fired three rounds so close together that they might almost have been one .
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