Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Momoh has rarely made such a controversial decision . |
| 2 | Viewers will love some of the crazy contraptions that the man from Huddersfield has created and those he has since discovered such as sandals for nudists with a built-in purse and the safety bra for female acrobats . |
| 3 | The CDP has hitherto resisted such a proposal on the grounds that it would represent direct competition with university applicants who might thereby fail to see the polytechnics as a clear alternative and because it would restrict student choice to a limited number of institutions . |
| 4 | One has only to recall such beautiful horn solos as that in the Andante of Tchaikovsky 's 5th Symphony , and Mendelssohn 's Nocturne from the Midsummer Night 's Dream music , to mention but two examples , to realise this . |
| 5 | The landlord has admittedly served such a notice . |
| 6 | On the two biggest international issues confronting the UK — the resurgence of German power and the ecological threat — there is equally little that any party is prepared to do : the former is the basis for a future stability of the EC , the latter has already reached such ominous proportions that , as is evident in the evasions preceding the Rio summit , governments the world over are hiding their heads in the sand . |
| 7 | Why would I pretend to involve myself romantically with a woman whose sister has already wreaked such havoc in my family , hmm ? ’ |
| 8 | The Trust has already obtained such permission once , when in February 1986 it divested some 21 per cent of its holding in Wellcome . |
| 9 | He throws himself entirely on the divine generosity of which he has already had such rich experience . |
| 10 | No child has ever had such an exciting young life as Little Billy , and no child has ever kept such a huge secret so faithfully . |
| 11 | No administration has ever made such demands ; and no congress has ever accepted such demands . |
| 12 | No one , so far as I know , has ever questioned such a suspension on the ground that it could not be done unless he is given notice of the charge and an opportunity of defending himself and so forth . |
| 13 | No administration has ever made such demands ; and no congress has ever accepted such demands . |
| 14 | Even to this day illustrations turn up showing Daleks with loudspeaker meshes mounted between their arm and gun rods , whereas in truth no television Dalek has ever sported such a contraption . |
| 15 | No newspaper in history has ever had such a lead story for its first ever first edition as the Glasgow Advertiser and Glasgow Herald , 207 years ago . |
| 16 | I doubt whether the language of a woman 's clothes has ever had such a large vocabulary before , in any society . |
| 17 | Adds Campbell : ‘ There are some good strikers around , and I do n't know if the England manager has ever had such a choice . ’ |
| 18 | No child has ever had such an exciting young life as Little Billy , and no child has ever kept such a huge secret so faithfully . |
| 19 | Probably no manuscript historian has ever had such wide range of confident experience , except perhaps the late Otto Pacht , Professor Alexander 's first teacher and M. Francois Avril in Paris , to whom the present book is dedicated . |
| 20 | The paper tried yesterday to rebut such views in an editorial comment , adorned with Labour 's red rose insigne . |
| 21 | Media presentation has now become such a critical feature of the process of negotiations and public image-making that those who do not give it its due credit are likely to find their credibility in question . |
| 22 | THE CASE of World Athletics versus All Credibitity has now reached such a pitch of mealy-mouthed , farcical dithering that some of us in the public gallery are considering leaping into the well of the court and making a noisy scene . |
| 23 | Pakistan has frequently denied such allegations . |
| 24 | No country has yet applied such a tax . |
| 25 | Marling has yet to encounter such conditions and trainer Geoff Wragg warned : ‘ I will have to play it by ear but as long as it is only soft we should be all right . |
| 26 | Any judge with even half a brain would surely concede that however inappropriately the Duchess of York might have behaved in the past year , even she has yet to acquire such a proven track record on rearing maladjusted children as Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 27 | It was the creation of the bargain-priced Saver which paved the way for an airline-style market segmentation which has subsequently played such an important part in InterCity 's move into profit which was achieved towards the end of the decade . |
| 28 | The American Treasury has recently made such a switch . |
| 29 | In fourteen years working with sheep , farmer Gwyn Davies has never seen such a whopping lamb before : |
| 30 | The government has given repeated assurances that it has never sought such dispensation . |