Example sentences of "so [adj] [prep] such " in BNC.

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1 A man felt so helpless at such a time .
2 I glimpsed the black robes and wondered why Southgate would be so interested in such a grisly execution .
3 However , development costs were so high for such a machine that its final price tag was nearly $20M .
4 Does it sound trivial or over-rarefied to make so much of such small points ?
5 The pair stayed overnight at Anoch , where the McQueens possessed some small acres of turnips and potatoes , a fact which , as with so much of such crofting , mystifies ; these fields , very little flesh of earth on the bones of rock , seem only capable of mosses and heathers .
6 Can I thank you for sharing with us the the example of the concentration , that you put so much in such a short time .
7 It is in the field of domestic architecture that Pompeii is unique ; the houses are in a remarkable state of preservation and , apart from Herculaneum and Ostia , there is so little of such building extant .
8 I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion .
9 I have seldom been so impressed by such a very high standard of design , inventiveness , and fine work , as at the preview of the Royal College of Art Degree Show 1990 .
10 He still could n't entirely believe it , In the sense that he could not believe that it was happening to him , that he was so vulnerable to such a common , almost hackneyed feeling .
11 Her soft hands were so unaccustomed to such hard work that it became — temporarily , Miss Mates said , until they hardened — difficult for her to help with the fine sewing , and the darning and repairing needed in the little house .
12 Hank could not imagine how she managed to look so elegant in such an outfit ; the concepts of breeding and natural grace were unknown to him , and the quiet air of command she had scared him slightly .
13 The Prince had never publicly been so outspoken on such a politically sensitive subject , but it was something he felt he could not ignore .
14 With her here , so close after such an absence , the idea of marriage did n't seem so preposterous .
15 Not all feminists were so enamoured with such tactics .
16 The right hon. Gentleman should not be so cheap over such a problem .
17 The kangaroo rat is so aware of such sound that even on the darkest of nights it can hear the approaching slither of a hunting rattlesnake .
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