Example sentences of "be so [adj] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) Would Jeremiah Allen 's company have been so successful if it had certified boilers but not insured them as well ? |
| 2 | any income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise ( first limb ) ; and 2. any income which would have been so chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( second limb ) . |
| 3 | Until now its speed had been so great that it had grown into a ravening monster , capable not only of swallowing the Residency , but of gulping down the banqueting hall as well . |
| 4 | After all , before he had proposed , she had not seen so very much of Havvie , and she had been so flattered that it had not struck her how banal his conversation was , and how limited . |
| 5 | The garden is so large because it had been a ‘ deese ’ , meaning , in Sussex parlance , a drying ground for herring ; dried they became bloaters for which Rye is famed . |
| 6 | And it was so appalling that it had a genuine effect on public opinion . |
| 7 | It was so bad that it had to be buried in quick lime in Toby Wood ; special ‘ funeral ’ cards were printed for the occasion . |
| 8 | Their clothing was so radioactive that it had to be destroyed . |