Example sentences of "so [adv] [that] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Vincent Canby in The New York Times felt that the film was often ‘ not terribly funny , at just those moments when it tries the hardest , and it sometimes wears its social concerns so blatantly that they look like warpaint ’ , but concluded that it ‘ is an important movie by one of our most interesting directors ’ . |
| 3 | One or two need to be kept on the cool side , otherwise they grow too fast and weaken themselves so badly that they die . |
| 4 | While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal . |
| 5 | In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands . |
| 6 | They like foreigners so much that they dispute with one another as to who shall have and treat a foreigner in his house . |
| 7 | You can love them so much that you eat them all up , then there is no more affair . |
| 8 | THERE is nothing more humiliating than loving him so much that you forgive the infidelities . |
| 9 | It 's because you loved your husband so much that you feel so much . |
| 10 | The only purpose of this sweet liquid is to please insects so greatly that they become addicted to it and devote all possible time during the flowering season to collecting it . |
| 11 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 12 | Basil was the exact opposite of those to whom words come so easily that they do a minimum of preparation , and afterwards the listener has difficulty in remembering what has been said . |
| 13 | Many of the animals swim so quickly that they do not stay in sight for long . |
| 14 | Around them grew up short streets of cottages for the workpeople , run up so quickly that they look as though they were planted flat on the surface , without any foundations ; but still there was no congestion . |
| 15 | You must never diet so quickly that you lose the muscle tissue that gives your body its shape , firmness , and definition . |
| 16 | Everything happened so quickly that I have no very clear recollection of what actually took place . |
| 17 | and in rugby so much can happen so quickly that I believe we have earned that 50–50 chance . ’ |
| 18 | We biologists have assimilated the idea of genetic evolution so deeply that we tend to forget that it is only one of many possible kinds of evolution . |
| 19 | Who needs to speak to me so urgently that they lie me down on myriads of pebbles by a sun-scorched sea in the southern part of England ? |
| 20 | One or two stretch the notion of individual guilt so far that they embark on self-mutilation . |
| 21 | You must never allow yourself to be crowded out , neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary . |
| 22 | SO NOW THAT WE 'VE DONE ALL THE PREPARATION , ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT YOUR PIZZA IN THE OVEN AND TUCK INTO THE FRESHEST-TASTING PIZZA IN TOWN . |
| 23 | The boot is still the dominant feature of the game , more so now that we have this tactic of kicking deep for position . |
| 24 | ‘ So now that we have been here almost three months , ’ Mrs Carson said , ‘ what do you think of New York , Ruth ? ’ |
| 25 | So now that you 've gone |
| 26 | ‘ So now that you 've had time to think things through , what conclusion have you come to ? ’ |
| 27 | They admit that they get pissed off with bad gigs , not getting enough sleep and tour vans breaking down so often that they end up ‘ losing it ’ and crawling over the banks of motorways looking for crisp packets . |
| 28 | But do n't get so tiddly that you keep hiccoughing , or giggle all the way through , especially at your own jokes before you reach the punchline . |
| 29 | Also , more is understood nowadays about the balance of life within a pool , so the much quoted passage of the father of English gardening , William Robinson , in his classic The English Flower Garden ( 1895 ) scarcely applies now : ‘ Unclean and ugly pools deface our gardens ; some have a mania for artificial water , the effect of water pleasing them so well that they bring it near their houses where they can not have its good effects . |
| 30 | If this happens , Tit for Tat individuals , cooperating with one another in cosy little local enclaves , may prosper so well that they grow from small local clusters into larger local clusters . |