Example sentences of "so [verb] that [prep] " 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 | Her picture of God ( which came from experiences in the past ) was so distorted that without realizing it she was believing a grotesque caricature of God which for sanity 's sake she was forced at the same time to doubt . |
| 3 | Sara , sitting opposite him , on the other side of the solicitor 's desk , some weeks after her aunt 's death , was so affronted that for the moment she could not speak . |
| 4 | The journey was so organized that on their way they passed through several German states , clearly hoping to find indications of pro-French feeling on the part of the South German sovereigns , who , it was thought , would be alarmed by the seemingly inexorable rise of Prussia . |
| 5 | At five o'clock tea was served to the Empress and about 20 of her guests , the groups being so organized that in the course of a week all of them enjoyed this privilege , thus avoiding any outbursts of jealousy or recrimination . |
| 6 | It just so happens that for the past sixty years it has been . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It so happens that amongst the Nuristan Kaffirs in a remote mountain valley of Afghanistan , ‘ horns ’ have this aggressive manly sexual connotation . |
| 9 | It so happens that in this example , ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) are false . |
| 10 | One point five inverse time , fifty six point three is in there , so the answer we want is minus two , one , three one , two , three , , seven , so add that to and I hear one , two , four , . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 14 | Schroeder however does appear to equate unreasonableness with oppression but it is suggested that it was not laying down any principle to that effect : it so happened that on the facts in that case unreasonableness and oppression both existed . |
| 15 | This was a wire type recorder , and it so happened that during the very substantial impact a piece of structure cut across the take-up spool presenting the investigators with something like 11 000 lengths of wire about ten inches long on which the events were recorded . |
| 16 | It so happened that about this period the trend was towards vestments on more simple lines . |
| 17 | It just so happened that in Axelrod 's original tournament about half the entries were nice . |
| 18 | It so happened that in 1885 a Royal Commission had been set up " to investigate and report upon , the condition of the blind in the United Kingdom , the various systems of education of the blind … the employments open to and suitable for the blind and the means by which education may be extended so as to increase the number of blind persons qualified for such employments . " |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Alcohol affects women and men differently because of the way their bodies are made , so remember that for women the sensible drinking limits are lower . |
| 21 | Alcohol affects women and men differently because of the way their bodies are made , so remember that for women the sensible drinking limits are lower . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | He was so tanned that for a moment Helen failed to recognise him . |
| 24 | The thought of Montaine was so arresting that for a moment he could not speak . |
| 25 | So to summarize that in terms of a of of a kinetic diagram , we can basically write that channels exist in closed and open states . |
| 26 | Apart from the alienation of some of his followers , the loyalty of many others was so tried that by 1013 they submitted to Swegen with little resistance . |
| 27 | we got four types of reaction using first H C L okay so write that in using first H C L then H N O three then H two S O four . |
| 28 | Some of our competitors in the north have been er really struggling and erm offering four pounds off on a seven pound fifty entrance fee so bearing that in mind we 're v v very confident that we 've im improved our market share in that area too . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |