Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] to [be] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distinction between males and females is held to be so fundamental as to be unworthy of comment . |
| 2 | A survival of Second Empire technology could be so small as to be incapable of spreading its influence , or the science could have survived but not the necessary manufacturing techniques for its propagation . |
| 3 | On balance , they believe it to be a flexible enough approach to SSE to be applicable to different school circumstances , to be institutionally penetrating and to be capable of bringing about changes in schools using it . |
| 4 | When the southernmost stars also were divided up , the whole situation became somewhat chaotic ; various astronomers invented their own constellations , some of which were so small and so obscure as to be unworthy of separate identity . |
| 5 | Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence . |
| 6 | The USSR is not so monolithic as to be devoid of élite politics . |