Example sentences of "be so [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could a man so intelligent in every other way be so obtuse when it came to ordinary everyday living ? |
| 2 | A distorted lack-of-pulse is unlikely to be so pulse-like that it confuses the equipment . |
| 3 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 4 | No Christology can be so low that it overcomes the feminist difficulty by saying of Jesus that he was no different from every other human who has lived . |
| 5 | If you choose a backing in the middle of the tonal range , such as a bright turquoise green , its colour will be so strong that it overpowers those of the pressed materials . |
| 6 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 7 | Constance could not decide whether or not his diffidence sprang from fear or indifference , and she found it puzzling that someone as confident as Nicky in every other area of his life should be so timid when it came to love . |
| 8 | Eventually it may be so long that it reaches the other side of the gap and becomes entangled in a leaf or a twig . |
| 9 | In addition , the charge may be so all-embracing that it confers on the chargee as a matter of fact the exclusive right to supply the debtor company with credit . |
| 10 | I took the cliff road and the wind could be so fierce that it blew me off my bike more than once . |
| 11 | People need to see what they 're eating but the light must never be so bright that it kills any atmosphere you 're trying to achieve . |