Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] such [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian , how do you feel about living in such a small flat and one that has no bath ? |
| 2 | I was doing it so that I could have the pleasure of apologizing to such a lovely woman . ’ |
| 3 | It was broken , and we should be wary of returning to such a rigid system . |
| 4 | This is an alarmingly grown-up piece of acting from such a small boy and it is obvious why he is paid so much money to do it . |
| 5 | The shame of getting into such a financial mess was too much to admit . |
| 6 | The satisfaction of belonging to such a worthwhile organisation |
| 7 | She 'd had no idea that she was capable of behaving in such a passionate way , or of forgetting all her inhibitions so completely . |
| 8 | The wall panel ‘ Eruption ’ is made from fibreglass and rockwool ( a loft insulation fibre , composed of crushed glass ) ; ‘ the horror of working with such a dangerous and literally painful material was part of the piece ’ . |
| 9 | Constance was so thrilled at the idea of working in such a glamorous world that she would have agreed to anything in order to have the job . |
| 10 | What is it like working for such a large organisation ? |
| 11 | He could not resist showing off , hitting the ball all over the court and making her run around until she was pink with the effort and furious with herself for getting into such an undignified situation . |
| 12 | Jefferson resigned from Downton International shortly afterwards , and put it about that he was fed up with working with such a large company . |
| 13 | Nearby , in the small village of Sticklepath , the Museum of Rural Industry gives one a clear understanding of the skills and hard work involved in living in such a remote area . |
| 14 | She almost groaned aloud at her ignorance in over-reacting in such a childish way to what , obviously , he had only meant to be an amusing conversational gambit . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) The loans must be to defray expenditure incurred in acquiring ordinary share capital of a close company complying with s13A(2) as described above , or in lending to such a close company where the money loaned is used wholly and exclusively for the purpose of its business or the business of any of its associated companies provided the latter are also close companies satisfying the conditions of s13A(2). ( 3 ) When interest is paid on the manager 's loan , Newco must continue to comply with s13A(2) — this means it must continue to satisfy the relevant purpose test rather than that it should continue to remain a close company ; in the case of a purchase of shares in Target , the reason why Newco should be close after the institutions commit to invest is to ensure that institutions and management can invest at the same time and that , at that time , Newco is both close and satisfies the relevant purpose test , ie already controls Target ; management can not commit Newco to acquiring Target until the institutions have committed to funding Newco , and once they have so committed the institutions are likely to control Newco under s416 , so a structure is needed whereby management also controls Newco at this point . |
| 16 | And why do I feel so uncomfortable in talking about such a natural , beautiful thing to my own parents , to the lovers I owe my existence to ? |
| 17 | In these circumstances , where a director alleges an agreement with a committee of the Board for payment of remuneration , the court will not , in law or equity , award a sum to him for services to the company , as in relying on such an alleged agreement the director involves himself in an irreconcilable conflict between his duties as a director and his personal interests . |
| 18 | Not unnaturally , he wished to proceed with the sale because , by reducing the amount owed , it would have stopped interest from accruing at such an alarming rate . |
| 19 | I hope to show , however , that in concentrating on such a narrow area , issues of wider import can be identified . |
| 20 | Similarly , while we can hear a difference between English yes , yes and yes , and between no , no and no , there is not a difference in meaning in such a clear-cut way as in Chinese ( Peking dialect ) , where , for example , ma means ‘ mother ’ , ma means ‘ hemp ’ and ma means ‘ scold ’ . |
| 21 | I swung my sword a time or two before retiring from such a dismal cause . ’ |
| 22 | Teachers in this country are unaccustomed to operating in such a regulatory environment where the curriculum is concerned ; and local authorities have for the most part exerted little control over what is taught . |
| 23 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 24 | MPs described the payment as ‘ monstrous ’ , ‘ farcical ’ and ‘ disgraceful ’ , but the appointment showed an official acceptance of headhunting as the only practical solution to recruiting at such a high level , and an acknowledgement that top-quality executive talent was worth paying for . |
| 25 | Vaguely , she became aware that this man was having an effect on her , and she put it down to the fact that she was unaccustomed to associating with such a devastating member of the opposite sex . |