Sentence examples for so dear that from inspiring English sources

Californians hold their inheritances so dear that in 1982 they abolished the state inheritance tax.

As for his nephew, Nadal now wears wristbands and a very expensive watch, one so dear that it has raised hackles in recession-racked Spain.

Transplant patients hold dear the newfound vigor that comes with new organs -- so dear that many refer to the date of their operation as their "second birthday".

The American goal, he said, would be to "make the cost of supporting the Baathists so dear that the Iranians would back off," adding, "If it begins to look like another Iran-Iraq war, that's another story".

As Lassnig puts it, while miming her favourite activities of skiing and biking: "I just don't feel my life has nearly ended … I know it's art so dear that keeps me young and clear".

It's actually a cartoon version of her, in a book being brought out in aid of Operation Gratitude, a charity (obviously with those decent Christian values that Americans hold so dear) that sends care packages to US servicemen overseas.

In perhaps the most famous aria in all of Handel's operas, "Ombra mai fu," King Xerxes of Persia states that no shade was ever so dear as that of his beloved plane tree.

The lottery is so dear to Spaniards that during the Civil War of the late 1930's, each side organized a draw -- the Republicans in Barcelona and the Fascists in Burgos.

It is a red ticket, the kind used at carnivals and raffles, and yet so dear now that it is kept in a jewelry box.

"It's not right, especially for a place that is so dear to people and that a people fought for," she says.

"Working in that big-budget arena, with so much at stake, with much-beloved characters that Stan Lee created, people really hold them so dear to them that you don't want to mess up, and I messed up with that third 'Spider-Man,'" Raimi said.