Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in such a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He says there appeared to be no demand for another residential home because the residents did not want to continue living together in such a large number .
2 But it is impossible to accept that he acted alone in such an amateurish manner .
3 ‘ You would n't believe how the paperwork mounts up in such a short time . ’
4 They did nothing to root out the men who bankrolled the 1989 Centenary Tour which was brought together in such a sordid , furtive fashion .
5 It can be recognized even in such an extreme case as enjoyment of sinking into sleep .
6 He could n't have gone far in such a short time .
7 Even more basic , though , was the pressure on a Celtic team playing for their dignity and self respect and who did so in such a convincing manner that all diagnoses of the final result came back to the same conundrum , where does the level of commitment shown against Rangers go when Liam Brady needs it most ?
8 There are many people around who call a spade a spade , but who do so in such a rude , offensive way , that this kind of plain-speaking becomes something to be avoided .
9 How would they shake down in such a confined space with what amounted to more than two and a half ?
10 The individual organism is something whose existence most biologists take for granted , probably because its parts do pull together in such a united and integrated way .
11 I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I was not worried , but when he appeared I was shocked at how much he had changed even in such a short time .
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