Example sentences of "[be] so [adj] that we [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I am so pleased that we have solved the dilemma and we can feel morally superior !
2 ‘ I 'm sorry we 're late , but these newly fashionable districts are so remote that we had difficulty in finding our way here , ’ said Gervase Fairfax .
3 We believe that the advantages of insurance are so great that we hope that lenders will try to persuade their customers to take it , voluntarily .
4 Sometimes our pictures are so inaccurate that we see a person wrongly or miss him altogether .
5 When we are so ill that we have to stay in bed and be looked after , we are driven back even further into unconscious memories of having to call or cry for help for even the simplest needs .
6 ‘ This time we rehearsed in England for three weeks and then flew to Houston , Texas , and rehearsed in the Goodyear Blimp hangar , because the screens the band use are so huge that we had to find a place big enough hold them !
7 ‘ The plan was to have 100 people working by the end of 1992 but we 've been so successful that we achieved that by the end of 1989 , ’ McWilliams claims .
8 But the amount of money we received would have been so little that we thought it would be far more useful if instead I could be given a job in one of the innumerable Allied offices that had sprung up everywhere .
9 Sometimes er when especially the the er older element have been so delighted that we 've offered them an opportunity because everybody else has said they 're too old and after all this they 're getting really excited want to come and then they look so glum in the photographs
10 We 're actually in a part of Barley Hall now accidentally except that this part has been so Georgianized that we have n't incorporated into the medieval house it 's used as an office .
11 The pace of change since the Second World War has been so swift that we have to be careful not to make assumptions about the past based on what we see around us every day .
12 A spokesman from the firm responsible said : ‘ Some of the designs might be a bit near the knuckle , but the bonking snowmen have been so sucessful that we 've commissioned even more variations for next year . ’
13 The other element is that the county 's are so dangerous , and that 's actually quite unusual , they 're so dangerous that we consider they present a risk and it has to be me that considers it presents a risk to life , and I can either restrict the use of premises , but I can prohibit the use entirely .
14 In the end , this passion of his for generating paper got to be so ridiculous that we had T-shirts made up , with the DEA logo and OPERATION MAKAKOPI in big letters across the chest .
15 ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree .
16 In fact at one time before the Pakistan-Bangladesh war there were so many that we called this form of depression Pakistani Syndrome .
17 Julian Rivers , marketing director of Dillons , said : ‘ We have supported Childline in the past and were so impressed that we wanted to help again . ’
18 ‘ That , of course , is why you were so anxious that we pinpoint the spot where the Delos went down .
19 After getting the flying bag and doing all the planning and paying Operations , we were so hungry that we had to go and eat at what turned out to be an excellent restaurant where all the airport employees go as well as the passengers .
20 But they were so good-natured that we forgave all .
21 ‘ Harvey is so anxious that we live on his income .
22 There is so much that we do n't know , and the HDRA organization does nothing but good for our knowledge and understanding .
23 In fact , one of the reasons God is so concerned that we do not involve ourselves in premarital and extramarital relations is so that we will never feel we are competing against the skill and ability of another lover .
24 We are now hearing that our outlook is so bad that we had better leave it to an independent central bank to decide the important aspects of our future .
25 We think he is so distressed that we fear for his own safety and are now very concerned for him .
26 That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant .
27 This is why it is so important that we practise confrontation .
28 That is why it is so important that we provide challenging and interesting roles to make those senior people keen to remain .
29 ‘ The women said ‘ If the children are small , their mortality is so high that we do not dare to stop childbirth ’ .
30 As to European political union , it is vital that we consider favourably proposals for increased confidence for qualified majority voting and for co-decision , not just because the Community 's budget is so large that we need improved accountability and democratic restraint , but because in so many other areas — such as in respect of the environment , conditions of employment and judicial co-operation — common responsibility requires the same observance of high standards .
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