Meanings of annoy so in English

Why annoy so excellent a woman as Lady Lufton?

When thy enemies mark the generosity of the king, they will cease to annoy so large a lord.

But he admits he is curious: what has the liberal gadfly done to annoy so many conservatives like him?

I have never imagined that my work will annoy so many people and that I will have to explain myself.

If it annoys so many people, why do the supermarkets persist in running these specials?

That's why it annoys so many political leaders, whose enthusiasm for proper legislative activity is clear from the vast number of guillotined Dáil debates.

Galloway has an answer for everything, and yet there is something unknowable about him -which is partly why he annoys so many people.