Example sentences of "is [that] [pron] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's not fair , ’ Cranston interrupted , ‘ is that we know so little about last night . |
| 2 | The problem is that we sow so little . |
| 3 | One of the drawbacks in presenting such a wide range of analytical exercises in quick succession is that we become so overwhelmed by the options that we end up by doing nothing . |
| 4 | The common factor is that we do so perceive them ! |
| 5 | The reason this seems paradoxical is that we place so much emphasis on natural selection as the driving force of evolution . |
| 6 | One of the problems with habits is that they become so ingrained , so much part of the horse , that to try and stop the habit may make the horse extremely anxious and resistant . |
| 7 | The soft tones of the colour range always produce a successful design and the joy of using all the silvery tones is that they last so well In many cases , the silver-grey effect is created by the very small hairs on the underside of the flower or leaf , which catch the light and give a lovely overall tone to the picture . |
| 8 | ‘ The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone . ’ |
| 9 | I think what they mean is that they appear so intent on their work that they do n't seem to notice onlookers . |
| 10 | Clearly , then , one answer to our question of how banks create money is that they do so by increasing their lending , provided that they are prepared to accept a change in their portfolio composition . |
| 11 | Teachers commonly believe that the reason they are so tired is that they have so much to do . |
| 12 | The problem with training during the season is that you have so many other things to do — travelling , PR work and everything else on top of the racing . |
| 13 | ONE problem with a high-tech war is that it requires so much technology . |
| 14 | The essence of any successful stage production is that it works so smoothly and efficiently that the audience is virtually unaware of the mechanism . |
| 15 | ‘ The miracle is that he lived so long . |
| 16 | One reason why Mr Severin 's books are usually impressive is that he spends so much time discussing the historical evidence for his theories . |