Example sentences of "be so [vb pp] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the terms of a settlement are so framed that a clearly defined person can benefit ( for example if the class of beneficiaries includes ‘ any spouse of the settlor ’ or ‘ spouse of the settlor 's children' ) or such persons could be added to the class of beneficiaries , then the settlor will be treated as having an ‘ interest ’ in the trust . |
| 2 | Stateless societies are so constituted that the kaleidoscopic succession of concrete social situations provides the stimulus that motivates each individual to act for his own interest or for that of close kin and neighbours with whom he is so totally involved , in a manner which maintains the fabric of society … the lack of specialized roles and the resulting multiplex quality of social networks mean that neither economic nor political ends can be exclusively pursued by anyone to the detriment of society , because the ends are intertwined with each other and further channelled by ritual and controlled by the beliefs which ritual expresses . |
| 3 | Their immune systems are so damaged that colds and bugs which normally take a few days to clear can take weeks or months . |
| 4 | ( Meliaceae ) but durian seeds are so damaged that ground-walking animals are thought to be the principal effective agents possibly sun-bears , or even tigers . |
| 5 | The performances on this new disc are first-rate ; indeed they are so polished that I found myself occasionally longing for something with a little more humanity and which more faithfully reflected what were in all probability the more rough-and-ready sounds of the Kürbs-Hütte clientele . |
| 6 | We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things . |
| 7 | People 's needs are virtually ignored and conditions of work are so arranged that people can not interfere to any significant extent . |
| 8 | The often quoted examples of the linear parishes in Lincolnshire and Wiltshire ( Fig. 15 ) are so arranged that each of the land uses , and access to them , is equal for all settlements . |
| 9 | Well , one couple are so determined that as many people as possible should at least have the CHANCE to read it that they 're producing copies at a quarter of the official price . |
| 10 | Some aspects of the engineering spectrum are so involved that , contrary to its general policy , AIB has been compelled to employ specialists as , for example , in the field relating to the operation and interpretation of flight data and voice recorders , aircraft instrumentation and radio installations . |
| 11 | Some federal states are so centralised that it is doubtful whether one should continue to refer to them as federal . |
| 12 | Broom flowers are so constructed that as the insect lands , the stamens , packed under tension inside a sealed capsule of petals , shoot out and strike the underside of the bee , covering its furry abdomen with pollen . |
| 13 | Nida similarly explains that ‘ in some Nilotic languages the passive forms of verbs are so preferred that instead of saying ‘ he went to town ’ , it is much more normal to employ an expression such as ‘ the town was gone to by him ’ . |
| 14 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 15 | Far below the Earth 's surface , the rocks are so compressed that the pores are closed . |
| 16 | Some have been toppled , and some are so eroded that they appear to be nothing more than wind-scoured boulders . |
| 17 | In fact , these two warts are so enlarged that they look like long swellings behind the animal 's eyes , covered with pores through which the poison seeps . |
| 18 | These days , most women 's lives are so varied that no single scent will take us from gym to office , from desk to dinner — let alone dawn till dusk . |
| 19 | The uses for speech synthesis are so varied that it is almost impossible to list them . |
| 20 | In places , they are so crowded that their bodies touch and the cliff seems to have been painted crimson . |
| 21 | The two sets are so interwoven that it is difficult to claim they are separate . |
| 22 | Their professional achievements are so interwoven that one can not properly unravel the individual strands which make up the whole . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope you are so humiliated that you commit suicide . ’ |
| 24 | Some people have average abilities , but are so driven that they get their way . |
| 25 | Rhino numbers are so reduced that a ban has been placed on hunting them . |
| 26 | In a resting fibre sodium , potassium , and chlorine ions as well as charged protein molecules are so distributed that the outside of the fibre carries a positive charge relative to the inside . |
| 27 | ‘ Teaching at home is a bloody waste of time — the students are so alienated that they are just not interested . ’ |
| 28 | Funds , it seems , are so restricted that South Africa have only two official representatives in New Zealand this week for IRB business and the New Zealand RFU 's centenary celebrations , which include three matches against a 26-strong World squad . |
| 29 | Artificial languages have been constructed for which it is possible to ascribe unique , non-zero probabilities to generalizations , but the languages are so restricted that they contain no universal generalizations . |
| 30 | But it is infinitely worse if you are so divided that it is apparent you can not take any action at all . |