Example sentences of "so [vb pp] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some federal states are so centralised that it is doubtful whether one should continue to refer to them as federal . |
| 2 | Below that your ‘ bottom time ’ — the time between leaving the surface and commencing your ascent — is so limited that it 's hardly worthwhile . ’ |
| 3 | In some cases land has become so degraded that it is agriculturally worthless . |
| 4 | The uses for speech synthesis are so varied that it is almost impossible to list them . |
| 5 | Often the two structures are so intertwined that it is impossible to separate and distinguish them . |
| 6 | Planning and controlling are so intertwined that it is artificial to draw rigid lines between them . |
| 7 | part of the slum area of St Giles 's , west London , between Bloomsbury and Covent Garden , so named because it is the point of convergence of seven streets . |
| 8 | Ten years of painstaking research , of test and trial , have created a material so advanced that it is unlike anything which has ever been produced before . |
| 9 | Independent scaffolding : So called because it is self supporting and not tied in to a structure except as temporary restraint . |
| 10 | A space blanket , so called because it is a product of space research , is more efficient than an ordinary blanket . |
| 11 | So called because it is a flexible disc , 5¼ inches in diameter , with limited capacity . |
| 12 | Hill climbing is so called because it is like what one would do to find the top of a hill in a Scottish mist : Keep going up . |
| 13 | This is so called because it is available to the general public or to civilians rather than to the authorities . |
| 14 | This is done , for example , in order to provide an economical method of introducing a new technology into the company by using an established expert , or when in-house resources are temporarily so stretched that it is the only feasible expedient . |
| 15 | Are there any features of the modern jury that can be explained only as historical survivals , which are out of place in modern society , or has the jury been so adapted that it is a truly modern institution ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the case of a simple penal code , acceptance of its punishment is the best action by the deviant given that the alternative is reimposition of the punishment path : punishment outputs are so chosen that it is better not to postpone the date of reversion to collusion than to make a short-term gain from deviating from the punishment path . |
| 18 | Legislation has not only so multiplied that it is now the characteristic activity of the modern state , but it has been addressed to complicated matters which have increased the complexity and bulk of individual statutes so that they often go unread even by the legislators who pass them . |
| 19 | The two sets are so interwoven that it is difficult to claim they are separate . |
| 20 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 21 | But it is infinitely worse if you are so divided that it is apparent you can not take any action at all . |