Example sentences of "so [adj] that [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the bonding between an infant and his or her family is so strong that within a few days , as in the case of Marie and her partner Peter , you are convinced you know your own baby from any other in the world . |
| 2 | The ceiling was so low that with a jump Matilda could nearly touch it with her finger-tips . |
| 3 | Within the hour the camera , the film and the physical chemistry became so clear that with a great sense of excitement I hurried to the place where a friend was staying to describe to him in detail a dry camera which would give a picture immediately after exposure . |
| 4 | The international banking community was so nervous that for a while no forward foreign exchange markets operated properly anywhere . |
| 5 | I think of you so hard that after a while I can almost feel you kissing me . |
| 6 | He looked so contrite that for a moment she was in danger of actually believing him , until common sense came to her aid . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages . |
| 9 | They were so shocked that for a while I was convinced they would go away and not only cancel our betrothal but probably the wedding between Boz and Alamena as well . ’ |
| 10 | Yet investors were so shocked that in a day they knocked $13.4 billion off the value of the company . |
| 11 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 12 | The dust was so thick that for a moment he could not see . |
| 13 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 14 | The memory was so vivid that for a second she thought she heard the echo of the slam . |
| 15 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 16 | This applies when the words are so wide that on a strict construction they cover improbable and unlikely events . |
| 17 | This is so sensitive that in a noisy office it can pick up an unamplified solid electric guitar from about 12 inches and show the exact pitch on the strobe . |
| 18 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |