Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central issue is that racism is so widespread that it is institutionalized . |
| 2 | Once she 'd had the baby , she immediately set about getting back to her ‘ normal ’ weight , even though that weight was so low that her body could not function normally . |
| 3 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 4 | For the political adventurers and profiteering fat- cats these were palmy days — indeed corruption and political fraud were so rife that the Trinidadian ‘ bobol'or fraud became a byword in the political life of the Caribbean . |
| 5 | This camp was so strong that it remained as a major fortress for the Garonne region for centuries to follow . |
| 6 | ‘ The unsuitability of the jury system in cases of this kind is so apparent that the Government must look at the whole process , ’ he said . |
| 7 | This algorithm is so simple that it is often not taken seriously . |
| 8 | This experiment was so successful that the European Social Fund and the Department of Education and Science have jointly made available £750,000 for a further three-year training course , which started in 1989 . |
| 9 | There were those whose attachment to the principles of divine right and hereditary succession was so strong that they felt that James and his heirs could be the only legitimate Kings of England , whilst others turned to Jacobitism out of disillusionment with political developments since the Revolution . |
| 10 | The Inland Revenue is well aware that people in certain jobs , such as hairdressers , receive extra cash from their customers at this time of year . |
| 11 | The 1988–89 Committee was particularly anxious that as much coverage as possible should be given to Parliament on regional news and current affairs programmes , so as to improve the prospects of Members being seen at work by their constituents . |
| 12 | This double-green is so huge that two men walking seven miles each , up and down , take 1½ hours to mow it . |
| 13 | Local telecoms-equipment makers can supply only feeble 1950s gear ; and foreign exchange is so scarce that importing fancy western hardware or technology is impossible . |
| 14 | This question is so important that it must be dealt with in a section of its own . |
| 15 | The eight-month- old girl was so ill that she only just survived the flight to England . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) Information which was confidential , such as details of a secret process ; this type was so confidential that it could not be used by the employee at any time for the benefit of anyone but the employer . |
| 17 | Ludo 's brief romance with an English girl was so run-of-the-mill that it hardly warranted mention at dinner parties , let alone gossip . |
| 18 | This cake is so moist that you do n't really need a frosting , but it can only enhanced with cream cheese frosting ( see below ) . |
| 19 | Phrases of this sort are so familiar that it is not hard to understand a disposition which constantly interferes with attempts to understand syntactic structures , namely a tendency to regard them as transparently clear , with no need for a linguist to do more than record the existence of the surface construction . |
| 20 | Mahogany is a very warm wood as far as tone is concerned , but this body is so thin that the result is quite bright and snappy — great for jazz/fusion rhythm sounds and a perfect foil for sound processing . |
| 21 | This denial is so certain that other people close to the sufferer may even come to doubt their own certainty that there really are problems or they may even come to doubt their own sanity . |
| 22 | This place is so good that some Peak activists reckon they will take their holidays indoors next year ! |
| 23 | Chairman &c. this meeting is perfectly satisfied that Mr Vial is properly qualified for the Office of Veterinary Professor in this College . |
| 24 | My right hon. Friend is probably aware that there is considerable pressure from single-person households for an increase in the 25 per cent . |
| 25 | But the level of social welfare was so high that poverty was unthinkable . |
| 26 | The right hon. Gentleman is well aware that we have the largest training provision that this country has ever seen . |
| 27 | However , the hon. Gentleman is well aware that large numbers of people — such as widows , single pensioners and young people starting out in life — live on their own as single occupants of households . |
| 28 | The right hon. Gentleman is well aware that enforcing the quota is simply not practicable since there are not sufficient numbers of registered disabled people to fill the quota . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 30 | The implications of this theory are so powerful that the impact of modern linguistics on literary studies has not been limited to problems of literary language alone , but has produced new theories of the nature and organization of literature as a whole and indeed of all social and cultural life . |