Example sentences of "[noun] is so [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the mind is so conceived that its relation to the world can only be a causal one , then to perceive something must be to be causally affected by it . |
| 2 | Nor will it come from exports , which are now falling because the pound is so overvalued that we can not have export success at its present level of valuation . |
| 3 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 4 | My position is that the law is so constructed that in all probability , only the lucid , self-assertive patient who has a sympathetic , understanding doctor is able in most circumstances to have his way and be left alone , free from further interference , to die . |
| 5 | Nevertheless his choreographic plan is so designed that each movement of every dancer , whether as an individual or part of the group , is co-ordinated with the others so that it fits correctly into the overall pattern and within the space allotted by stage , wings and backcloth which — in Symphonic Variations — delicately echoes the curving lines or the dance . |
| 6 | The new equipment is so advanced that , theoretically , a single IECC could handle BR 's entire signalling requirements . |
| 7 | J. Boyett , Manager of Central Services and Special projects at Standard Chartered Bank , replied that , ‘ The Bank 's experience in using Headhunters is so limited that a response to your questionnaire would be worthless . ’ |
| 8 | However , there is still a slight difference between closely related people with similar habits , and among others the difference is so pronounced that even we can detect it . |
| 9 | One torso is so weathered that little can be said but that it does seem to show the same primitive technique as Nikandre 's . |
| 10 | Women who grow excess facial and body hair often find that their confidence is so destroyed that they would benefit from psychological counselling , according to the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin . |
| 11 | Yet if the dances of Vera and Natalia in A Month in the Country and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet are examined it will be discovered how the technical content is so designed that the steps , poses and gestures show how changing circumstances are affecting the individuals . |
| 12 | The influence of national political considerations on local electoral behaviour is so marked that Newton considers that ‘ the term ‘ local election ’ is something of a misnomer … . |
| 13 | It produces no smoke , and its heat output is so controlled that it is not much warmer than the surrounding air and therefore hard for infra-red devices to detect . |
| 14 | Filigree Street crosses its turnwise end in the manner of the crosspiece of a T , and the Broken Drum is so placed that it looks down the full length of the street . |
| 15 | Mr Barre 's writ is so limited that he is disparagingly known as the mayor of Mogadishu . |
| 16 | The habit is so ingrained that even his crosses are going in , as happened on Saturday . |
| 17 | After Mrs Wordingham 's death later in 1989 , Mr Wordingham applied to the High Court for rectification of the will under s 20(1) ( a ) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 , which states that ‘ if the court is satisfied that a will is so expressed that it fails to carry out the testator 's intentions , in consequence — ( a ) of a clerical error … it may order that the will shall be rectified so as to carry out his intentions … ‘ . |
| 18 | In such a setting , too , conversation is more likely to be encouraged if the furniture is so arranged that the interviewee and the interviewer are not physically separated by a desk ; that the chairs are reasonably comfortable and in a position to allow eye contact ; and that there are no unplanned interruptions . |
| 19 | Although the movie 's premise appears to stretch the limits of the imagination , Robbins 's performance is so assured that he deftly sidesteps moments when the plot could veer towards conspiracy paranoia . |
| 20 | If , however , a society is so divided that it contains within itself one or more permanent minorities , who know that on the issues that matter most to them they can never hope to get their way , precisely because of the operation of the majority principle , then that principle ceases to be adequate . |
| 21 | If your life is so rushed that you only have five to ten minutes for lunch , and your body knows that you have to consume at least 300–400 calories in order to make it through until the evening , it is going to look for a very convenient solution , and that means , high calorie , low volume food that is readily available , such as a chunky cheese sandwich , or worse still , a chocolate bar . |
| 22 | It is now necessary to consider when a commercial transaction is so structured that it can not be said that the parties are dealing on standard terms at all . |
| 23 | The accommodation consisted of semi-converted stables , and it will be known by those acquainted with the residence of horses that the door of a stable is so constructed that there are two gaps , one between the door and the floor and another between the door and the ceiling , and through these gaps blew drafts of freezing cold . |
| 24 | However , Brenda 's turn is so constructed that it starts in London English with a statement about what happened , and switches to Creole at " cause " ( which could be London English or Creole ) — precisely the point where she begins her explanation of why she acted in this way . |
| 25 | Adorno argues that with Beethoven the potential of music is so raised that older assumptions are shattered . |
| 26 | The glass is so smeared that it hardly counts as a reflective surface . |
| 27 | ( It should be made clear that , in the vast majority of cases , the poison is so aged that its potency is thought to be negligible . ) |
| 28 | Bearwood is so designed that the ladies get no closer to the offices than the door between the transverse and the butler 's corridor . |
| 29 | That the phenomenon of demographic transition exists is unquestionable though , nowadays , the timescale of change is so condensed that the metamorphosis of a developing country may appear superficially different from that of eighteenth-century Europe . |
| 30 | But if the entire building is so damaged that it has to be torn down and rebuilt , the landlord collects from his insurer to rebuild . |