Example sentences of "so [verb] that [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 2 | It so happens that for some distance the Gill itself forms the boundary between that estate and the Manor of Coniston , although it is possible that the boundary between the two manors was rather ill-defined at that time . |
| 3 | It so happens that in this example , ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) are false . |
| 4 | It so happened that at that time , apparently unknown to the mother , the father had formed an association with another woman , and , as a result , had become the father of that other woman 's child . |
| 5 | It so happened that on this same 7th of September the inner circle of the royal council was meeting in a small room in Westminster to hear the report of the treasurer , the king 's old and loyal servant Henry Bowet , now bishop of Bath and Wells . |
| 6 | It so happened that about this period the trend was towards vestments on more simple lines . |
| 7 | Instinctively she knew how to pleasure him in return , exalted when he moaned at the delicacy of her touch and begged for her to increase the pressure of her caresses , until they reached the point of no return together , their bodies joining in a union so satisfying , so complete that in that moment of culmination Gina no longer felt a separate entity . |
| 8 | Here , in the valley , the world seems to be constructed on a smaller and more delicate scale ; the fields are mere paddocks , so reduced that from this height their hedgerows appear a network of dark-green threads overspreading the paler green of the grass … such is the vale of Blackmoor . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |