Sentence examples for for so great from inspiring English sources

But his most sterling virtue — strangely, for so great a dancer — is modesty, or proportion.

A reviewer noted, "The sculpture set in the wall of Boston common is one fit for so great a significance.

For so great a benefit, one sacrifices rather little, perhaps a few paltry pleasures during one's brief life on Earth.

Suddenly, however, it has become clear that powerful forces in Turkish society consider the compromises they must make to join the European Union too high a price even for so great a prize.

"But for so great a cricketing county you might think only three MCC presidents a rather scant representation".

For so great is the purity of your life, so great the integrity of your customs, the sweetness of your conversation, the richness of your teaching, the brightness of your virtue, that nothing more could be desired to complete that most pleasant well-spring.

White sent the manuscript of "Stuart Little" to Ursula Nordstrom, the director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls; so great was Nordstrom's influence that she sometimes called herself Ursula Carroll Moore.

After the game, Mitchell said, "I just want to thank my hands for being so great".

In a press conference after the game, Mitchell said, "I just want to thank my hands for being so great".

These plantations had not been productive enough to yield a profit for investors, so Great Southern inflated the returns to A$4100 using its own funds.

Whistler has been buried with snow all season — good for tourists, not so great for course builders.