Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] great that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pain of the individual 's sense of loss is so great that he withdraws from relating to any object he perceives as having authority as a way of masking the pain . |
| 2 | However , it appears that most ventures are characterized by investments in a project where the uncertainty is so great that it is not possible to evaluate it by means of ordinary criteria for analysis of projects . |
| 3 | The foreman of his jury wrote a letter to " The Times " : " Where a jury has to decide , as men and women of the world , " how much " " , the degree of uncertainty is so great that a random answer , consistent only with a total lack of any sort of yardstick , can be expected . |
| 4 | The clubhead is changing from going up to coming down and the resultant force is so great that the wrists break more fully … if you 're relaxed . |
| 5 | In fact the force is so great that a concentrated jet from the water is capable of cutting straight through concrete . |
| 6 | Two-year-old Sam Brit-ton-Gant 's enthusiasm for his child 's plastic toilet seat was so great that , having used it in the traditional way , he decided it might make an attractive necklace . |
| 7 | By 1971 , the tension was so great that Kapwepwe broke with Kaunda and formed the United People 's Party ( UPP ) which depended on a flimsy alliance between the Bemba and other tribal groups who at that time felt they were out in the political cold . |
| 8 | Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea . |
| 9 | The demand for carnivores like the Venus Fly Trap and Sundew is so great that one nursery alone now stocks thirty thousand plants . |
| 10 | There are some whose fear of instability is so great that they would prefer a return to the old divisions . |
| 11 | The migration is so great that the countryside looks almost emptied . |
| 12 | The broker reckons although it is hard to fault Sainsbury 's performance in tough economic conditions , the rating discrepancy between it and its peers in the food sector is so great that Sainsbury 's obvious merits are discounted . |
| 13 | The dinner was a gloomy affair — ‘ … my guests ' dejection was so great that they turned away from food and drink ’ — but then came the telegram from the King . |
| 14 | Often the volume of urgent management business at a governors ' meeting is so great that the welfare of children in a caring environment can become a marginal issue . |
| 15 | And the spoil was so great that there was no end to the riches , in gold and in silver , and in horses and arms , so that men knew not what to leave and what to take . |
| 16 | The power of the sword was so great that nothing could stand against him . |
| 17 | The cost of human or animal-borne transport was so great that the economic viability of white farming rapidly declined as the distance from the station increased . |
| 18 | In general , the complications introduced by having to predict changes both of system and of behaviour are so great that most forecasters assume that the system will not change ( except by evolution ) and claim that if everything is going to change there is not much point in having a forecast anyway because there will no longer be an organisation to act upon it . |
| 19 | So even though we have a lot of tricky stuff to get right soundwise , the crew is so great that they can do it pretty much without us . |
| 20 | For the DPP Miss Goddard said that mere delay is not capable of being an abuse of the process unless the delay is so great that what is sought by the Crown is no longer the vindication of justice but amounts to oppression or harassment of a defendant . |
| 21 | It can be assumed that this will eventually bottom out to include only those children whose handicap is so great that they require constant medical supervision of a highly sophisticated nature . |
| 22 | Pressure for places in the navy was so great that it could prove a difficult tool for politicians able to supply such appointments , for there was never enough to meet all the demands for it , and the obligement of one could offend other freeholders less fortunate . |
| 23 | This they refused , but the demand for the mauve dye was so great that the Perkins allowed Nicholson to provide supplementary supplies of the dye intermediates . |
| 24 | The shock was so great that the young man catapulted forward , straight through the glass panel in the front door and right into the street outside . |
| 25 | The shock was so great that it brought tears to his eyes , and when he 'd turned off the tap and dried his hand , the tears did n't stop . |
| 26 | Her husband had not realised that she was dying , and the subsequent shock was so great that he became unable to care for his six-year-old daughter who also began to lose weight and perform badly at school . |
| 27 | The shock was so great that Luce was past telling him anything . |
| 28 | But , although we had tested it during the day , the drop in the temperature at night was so great that the oil in the mechanism became sluggish and thick . |
| 29 | Analysis of the maintenance and reproduction of collectivism is divided over whether the tradition of collectivism encourages the voluntary conformity of individuals , or whether the sanctions on non-conformity are so great that individuals have no alternative . |
| 30 | Well , E N V Three is basically a damage limitation exercise , and I think that erm the qualities of this area are so great that er it would be im impossible to envisage |