Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His passion , his arousal which the mere sight of her had provoked , was so strong that he wondered that she could not feel it too ; it seemed to hang , a living thing , in the air between them . |
| 3 | Her own memories were so strong that she feared that she would burst into hysterics before him , and that would never do . |
| 4 | Glamorgan is way up on Devil 's Peak , and the sight of misty blue clouds hovering over its rocky peaks , so low that you feel that you could touch them , is so awe-inspiring that one feels all it needs is God 's voice thundering from the sky to make you fall flat on your face and worship . |
| 5 | Their body-beings are so strong , so formed , so resilient that you feel that everything , anything would just bounce off the surfaces of them and away . |
| 6 | Eventually , still some distance from the supermarket perhaps , the person 's level of anxiety may become so high that they imagine that any further increase will have a catastrophic effect on them . |
| 7 | But comparing depression to a cold is misleading in so much as it implies that the condition is not only common , but mild . |
| 8 | The Secretary of State was so ignorant that he believed that the Bill applied to Scotland . |
| 9 | Erm and that 's , of course , why she 's so delighted when she finds that the Rivers are her relations . |
| 10 | He , the laibon , was not so sad because he believed that she had caused many upsets . |
| 11 | The bowl of Rostov 's was so delicate that he felt that if he closed his hand too suddenly it would shatter . |
| 12 | Indeed , he believed his skull to be so exceptional that he willed that after his death it be given to a doctor for examination , but nineteenth century sentiment and regulations prevented this from being carried out . |
| 13 | It was so obvious that he marvelled that none should have seen it before him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The relief was so great that he found that his hand was creeping across the table towards hers . |
| 16 | Indeed , the evidence in general is so slight that it implies that any animosities had been held in check by Edward IV and only surfaced fully after his death . |
| 17 | Indeed , the evidence in general is so slight that it implies that any animosities had been held in check by Edward IV and only surfaced fully after his death . |
| 18 | But Dustin 's confidence in the play was so shaky that he insisted that the stage manager announce to the audience every night that , ‘ Mr Hoffman is appearing with a cut finger ’ , even after it had healed . |
| 19 | I think all art to some extent is subjective , but I think that most people would agree that some things are so beautiful that everyone agrees that they are very worthwhile and should n't be destroyed . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | Is the Secretary of State so arrogant that he thinks that he knows better than the people who are actively involved in the care of the mentally handicapped ? |
| 22 | She was so furious that she forgot that he had first asked for her trust . |
| 23 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 24 | The tragedy of the whole affair becomes so pathetic as we realise that Coleen does love him and only a delay of post cost him his life . |
| 25 | She had never felt so wretched and she vowed that if Maggie recovered she would make it up to her somehow . |