Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] to " in BNC.

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1 However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) .
2 And perhaps through the drinking he sought to meet his father of whom he spoke so little and to whom it seemed , the older he grew , he meant so little .
3 Progressive rock was GLOBAL , selling hugely , gawped at in stadia ( the ‘ ant-like figures onstage ’ ) , disseminated so broadly as to be rootless and meaningless .
4 The weather had recovered so far as to be rainless , breezy , faintly warm .
5 Then they sprang up joyfully and strangely , well away to the south in a part of the forest where they rarely were , so far as to be almost out of sight from the crown of an old dying beech where she and Allen were often perched like birds .
6 There was a twist to his mouth which , though not going so far as to be a smile , showed some amusement .
7 Indeed , some went so far as to ‘ play dumb ’ when they were with male students because they knew that the men did n't like clever women .
8 went so far as to almost in writing as part of the reasoning for the proposed change by Ryedale .
9 In kung fu one should never allow a technique to extend so far as to be impracticable .
10 On the wording of the statute it would seem that an effective entry into the building is sufficient without the accused 's going so far as to be in a position to effect his ulterior intent .
11 So far as to my specific erm , question is on B one , on the white paper , or other target , the public question , thirteen thousand , five hundred pounds of money you do say in the subsequent paragraph , this is to provide public question time at Council meetings .
12 How rich it is to hear the Scottish Labour leader impugn the integrity of the SNP when the integrity of Labour Party policies in the last year has been stretched so far as to be invisible .
13 ‘ It seems a shame to have got so far and to be stuck on the last few , ’ said Judith , who can be contacted on 0420 22108 .
14 But they had had this conversation so often and to such little purpose that he had long ago abandoned his part of the dialogue .
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