Example sentences of "[is] [adv] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , life is rarely so easy for the cocoa collector . |
| 2 | ‘ But real life is rarely so tidy . |
| 3 | This Government is rarely so generous with the taxpayers ' money , espe cially to people who seek out an in vestment opportunity which does n't involve paying UK tax . |
| 4 | There 's only so much you can cling to — your credibility , your belief in small cottage industries — whatever . |
| 5 | If you study a lot of subjects , they come to an end , there 's only so much you can learn about them . |
| 6 | There 's only so much you can do with a Super B , ’ he shrugged . |
| 7 | I mean on something like interruptions there 's only so much you can say . |
| 8 | There 's only so much you can do to jazz up articles on the efficacy of heart tapping in achieving full blood drainage . |
| 9 | There 's only so much that anybody 's brain can handle at any one time so let's just do a little experiment because there was a chap called George Miller an American psychologist who worked on this idea of what is the capacity of the brain , how many bits of information can the brain hold on to at any given time . |
| 10 | There 's only so many love songs you can write . |
| 11 | But ’ , ( said completely non-defensively ) ‘ there 's only so many hours in the day and some of them I need to listen to music and to be with my family . |
| 12 | But I had had quite er if you want funding erm there 's only so many people out there , you better make a success of what you 're doing . |
| 13 | But if that 's the case , he 's obviously so accurate that maybe he should try hitting them close for a change ! |
| 14 | " Graham 's obviously so speechless with you he wo n't introduce you to me . |
| 15 | I was scared to move , he 's obviously so crazy about all that stuff . |
| 16 | Claiming there is only so much hedonism you can take , Koch started Oxbow Industries to make a second fortune on his own account . |
| 17 | The truth is there is only so much preparation you can do . |
| 18 | However , there is only so much you can do to protect yourself against the whims of the Almighty . |
| 19 | We are hopeful that there will be no surcharges levied whatsoever on the cost of your holiday — but obviously fuel costs , currency movements and governmental action are outside our control , and there is only so much that we are able to absorb . |
| 20 | This practice dictates that there is only so much money available and so meeting needs , and therefore needs themselves , must fit within financial constraints . |
| 21 | But there is only so much you can ask of another person . |
| 22 | ‘ There is only so much you can do in Dublin . |
| 23 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 24 | A further characteristic which is perhaps so obvious that it is rarely remarked on , is that farming is a skilled occupation . |
| 25 | She 'll laugh off , she 's so so damn miserable eh ? |
| 26 | These small hints of life give an uneasy impression that what is apparently so lifeless may have undisclosed resources of power and activity . |
| 27 | Peter Wilsher ponders on the difficulties of thinking ‘ European ’ when there is apparently so little unity , of any kind , in existence |
| 28 | It explains why housework is apparently so different from , and yet is experienced by women as so similar to , other jobs . |
| 29 | This amazing £250,000 Japanese import is apparently so sophisticated that it is beyond its capability to frank more than one all-purpose hybrid place of origin on its postmark , viz ‘ Cumbria ’ occupying the whole upper half of the disc , with ‘ Dumfries & Galloway ’ ( nearly three times the length ) squeezed into the lower half . |
| 30 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |