Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than by using the fist , the greatest volume is attained more easily and also more beautifully by placing the notes so close together that the ear hears no space between them . |
| 2 | But the sailing date kept being put back : first for lack of volunteers , then because of uncertainty about the activities of ubiquitous Francis Drake — who disliked other privateers poaching prizes he regarded as his own — and finally for a wealth of reasons so small that Ann began to suspect that they were nothing more than a smoke screen , to hide her husband 's ever-increasing infatuation with Miss Jennifer Gristy . |
| 3 | The particular richness of the Mary Rose findings was not in the rare ‘ art ’ objects so much as in the wealth of objects used in everyday Tudor life . |
| 4 | They are joined by an increasing number of younger people throughout our businesses who bring with them new knowledge and skills so essential to maintain a lead against global competition and benefit from changes in technology . |
| 5 | But the ( often severe ) tensions and conflicts so evident in their formation make it impossible to rest on explanations m market and liberal terms . |
| 6 | The payoff is not in the end products so much as in the energy that can be tapped . |
| 7 | You notice immediately that it is different from other parts of the country , because the roads are very narrow and windy and the hedges well built and in most cases so tall they are impossible to see over . |
| 8 | All we can say is that logical , easily perceptible solutions are always preferable to enigmatic ones , which may have forms so difficult to perceive that to the listener they seem formless . |
| 9 | I 'm sure that young children like stories about giants so much because that 's what adults seem like to them . |
| 10 | One can not but be struck by the Spanishness of Toledo Station or the Dutchness of Amsterdam or the clean , bold , heroic lines of Helsinki Central , with its guardian giants so redolent of the spirit of Norse saga . |
| 11 | Why are employers so interested in attendance and punctuality ? |
| 12 | Thus , despite its ultimate rejection of the playful linguistic transgressions so characteristic of Brooke-Rose 's later fiction , her first novel inaugurates the underlying discursive vision of her entire oeuvre : intellect and psyche are understood in terms of the various conceptual ‘ languages ’ that pertain to them , and personal identity is established as a product of their interaction . |
| 13 | What fuels such defensive reactions , whether against real or imaginary threats , is a combination of international population movements with the ultra-rapid , fundamental and unprecedented socio-economic transformations so characteristic of the third quarter of our century . |
| 14 | because people have to come in on meetings so these people h |
| 15 | He can regard his task as done when he has arrived at entities so simple that they can safely be handed over to physicists . |
| 16 | But with the process of assembling Lebanon 's surviving deputies so difficult last time , a repeat performance seems impossible . |
| 17 | The cyclical character of the work now acquires central importance ; under this system a right balance is needed between manpower and task size , and there is a need to schedule operations so each process is completed in each shift . |
| 18 | got the aces so that 's another one . |
| 19 | They had already set up Exhibition clubs so that working men could pay in small sums a week towards the total cost of an excursion ticket which included accommodation at the Ranelagh Club — bed and a hearty Victorian breakfast — for two shillings ; the fare was five shillings . |
| 20 | It is important to note that a presupposition of this sort of sampling is that each stage is composed of similar sub-units so that sampling at each stage will not result in unrepresentative samples . |
| 21 | Neither she nor the grandchildren had any knowledge of training ponies so that would have meant further outlay for someone to break them in and this justifiably , is not cheap . |
| 22 | But that had been seven months ago , a chill morning in mid-February , when the bushes which screened the canal walk from the neighbouring council estate had been tangled thickets of lifeless thorn ; when the branches of the ash trees had been black with buds so tight that it seemed impossible they could ever crack into greenness ; and the thin denuded wands of willow , drooping over the canal , had cut delicate feathers on the quickening stream . |
| 23 | A day 's racing in the 100 mile Wye race involves paddling continuously for over 5 hours so physical and mental preparation are essential . |
| 24 | An Apology is what you never hear from the Government for getting its economic policies so wrong . |
| 25 | Now I was a man of property , the joint owner of a large house in North Oxford , with investments so extensive I had no detailed idea of their scope and access to current and deposit accounts totalling well into six figures . |
| 26 | ‘ I am a great fan of the OU , it has broadened my horizons so much . |
| 27 | They din not allow the Spurs defenders so much time on the ball . |
| 28 | The councils have ‘ tackled a great variety of jobs : commenting on local plans , clearing up their area , dealing with traffic problems , organising carol services and other social events , protesting about bus routes and becoming involved in the many other neighbourhood activities so typical of residents ' groups and parish pump politics ’ ( Boaden et al . |
| 29 | And we 've also extended the , the , as a new measure , the water supply along the side of the football and rugby pitches so that Don can water the goalmouths erm of both the goal , of both the football and the rugby pitches , which is a considerable improvement . |
| 30 | Will he encourage his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to understand that the company car is not a tax-avoidance weapon but an essential tool of British industry and that , if we are to have a strong home-based industry , we do not need taxes so high that Jaguar and Rolls-Royce lose money ? |