Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] successful that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Leith and Berwick Shipping Company established their headquarters at Leith in 1791 and were so successful that in 1802 , the merchants of Leith organised a direct service of their own under the name of the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company . |
| 2 | The movement in Preston was so successful that in 1911 the school organised a jamboree for the Scouts and Guides of the district , and a total of 420 Scouts and Guides from all parts of Preston and district took part . |
| 3 | After his father 's death in 1885 the cable companies persuaded him to set up his own manufacturing business , Muirhead & Company , which was so successful that in 1894 he was able to take over his father 's old firm when it was finally wound up . |
| 4 | This was so successful that in May 1873 they took a lease on the Small Hall at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , and opened 26 May 1873 . |
| 5 | The Newcastle pavilion was so successful that in 1887 a private company was formed to develop the families ' catering interests . |
| 6 | 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 . |