Example sentences of "[adj] so [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | By March this year the price of sorghum , wheat and maize in local markets had been depressed so far that farmers were complaining . |
| 2 | He did this so effectively that it is to this day referred to as the Wallace Line . |
| 3 | Graham Greene does this so thoroughly that the country of his imagination has been dignified by the name of ‘ Greeneland ’ . |
| 4 | She said this so seriously that Oliver decided it must be true . |
| 5 | The three basic methods are gas and air , which many had used , some so enthusiastically that they ended up either very sleepy , or as one said , " as high as a kite " . |
| 6 | In most of the provinces … the natives used to copy one another so effectively that they could be looked upon as all identical … |
| 7 | He hit one so hard that he later died , and injured another so badly that he is still in hospital . |
| 8 | In the 1950s and the 1960s many US firms grew so large so fast that Europeans began to speak of the ‘ American takeover ’ of their economies . |
| 9 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 10 | Some members of the public bring these so routinely that their complaints are not taken seriously by rankers , although complaints from others are ( see Weitzer 1986 ) . |
| 11 | They could not afford another campaign : they had run through the treasure inherited from Edward II so quickly that they could not even pay their Hainault mercenaries , and they had to borrow both from the Florentine banking house of Bardi and from English merchants . |
| 12 | But make m n no mistake , make no mistake , the situation is still difficult , because the Government imposes conditions and changes are all so often that the resolution of problems is difficult , as you will see from the Director of Education 's statement . |
| 13 | Sometimes the wheelbarrow was stuck so firmly that the aluminium honeycomb began to rip from the rim as I pushed . |
| 14 | There is no sign that the revolution will stop : indeed , types of equipment become obsolescent so quickly that even the most fanatical audio-visual specialist must sometimes feel uncomfortable . |
| 15 | He embalmed a child in 1717 so skilfully that he deceived Peter the Great , who thought the infant was alive yet in a state of normal repose . |