Example sentences of "so [vb pp] 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He was so tanned that for a moment Helen failed to recognise him . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |