Example sentences of "so [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 2 | She was remembering long and hot arguments with Milly and Helen in Liverpool where she , Alice , had said that their attitude amounted to a contempt for men so total that in effect they suppressed all serious thought about them . |
| 3 | Shakespeare 's plays are so rich that in every age they can produce fresh meanings and even those who deny his universality agree on his cultural importance . |
| 4 | Shakespeare 's plays are so rich that in every age they can produce fresh meanings and even those who deny his universality agree on his cultural importance . |
| 5 | German influence in East Prussia had been so strong that over the years the southern strip of East Prussia , which was occupied by a large number of ethnic Poles , had become increasingly Germanised . |
| 6 | But the Wordsworths ' desire to continue the acquaintance was so strong that on July 14th they rented Alfoxden House , in a village three miles off . |
| 7 | Demand was so strong that after four hours of trading the issue was increased to DM400,000,000 . |
| 8 | But the bonding between an infant and his or her family is so strong that within a few days , as in the case of Marie and her partner Peter , you are convinced you know your own baby from any other in the world . |
| 9 | According to Shanan ( 1987 ) , irrigation efficiencies are so low that between 35 and 45 per cent of the water entering the canal system never actually reaches the fields ; losses are due to evaporation and unlined drainage ditches . |
| 10 | The ceiling was so low that with a jump Matilda could nearly touch it with her finger-tips . |
| 11 | Instead , she turned it on so low that at first Tug could not make out anything except a faint crackling and hissing . |
| 12 | Production had sunk so low that in November , Black November , not a single film went into production in any of the country 's studios . |
| 13 | Contrary to popular belief , recent studies reveal that wood ( especially firewood in the shape of logs rather than small twigs and branches ) has become so scarce that in many villages only the rich can afford to buy it . |
| 14 | In the latter half of the year , rumours of a coup grew so persistent that on Oct. 15 , the country 's senior military officers issued a communiqué affirming their loyalty to the government and to the " democratic system " . |
| 15 | The French economy was so weak that in 1953 it had to renege on an OEEC agreement of two years earlier . |
| 16 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 17 | Within the hour the camera , the film and the physical chemistry became so clear that with a great sense of excitement I hurried to the place where a friend was staying to describe to him in detail a dry camera which would give a picture immediately after exposure . |
| 18 | The biggest shock in the new round of cuts is that IBM 's forecasting last year was so abysmal that despite the fact that 40,000 people will have left by the end of the year where it was only counting on shedding 20,000 , it still has to make more cuts . |
| 19 | These became so popular that on delivery day customers would fight wildly for bags of them . |
| 20 | Indeed , this reluctance has been so marked that on occasions , as in 1985 , it was said to produce ‘ round-tripping ’ . |
| 21 | The climb was so steep that in places it could be made only with the help of ropes . |
| 22 | In her early scenes , Ms Robertson 's vocalising is so strident that at times I felt like strapping her to a chair and stuffing a wad of cotton in her mouth . |
| 23 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 24 | This is so serious that for world championship flying , many gliders are now fitted with a means of cleaning off the leading edges of the wings in flight . |
| 25 | The situation is so serious that for any government to do what is necessary , it will have to be hated . |
| 26 | But he said ’ The offence with which you are charged is so serious that despite your personal mitigating factors a non-custodial sentence can not be justified . ’ |
| 27 | The reality of this breakdown in relations is confirmed by letters written by Alcuin in 790 in which he reported a quarrel between Charlemagne and Offa so serious that on both sides traders were forbidden to sail . |
| 28 | Matters became so serious that in August 1979 Sir Maurice Oldfield , the former Chief of MI6 — and model for John Le Carre 's fictional spy master George Smiley — was sent to Northern Ireland to cover the differences between MI6 , MI5 , Army intelligence and the RUC . |
| 29 | Dominating Nefta is another extraordinary feature , so incongruous that at first sight it might well be a mirage . |
| 30 | And enjoys a perfect night 's sleep — deep , clear , and refreshing , like gliding down through sunlit water on a hot day ; such a perfect night 's sleep that he is entirely unconscious of how much he is enjoying it , or of its depth , clarity , and refreshingness , or its resemblance to gliding through sunlit water on a hot day ; so perfect that from time to time he half wakes , just enough to become conscious of how unconscious of everything he is . |