Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like him , she was an enthusiastic and skilful gardener : from a bare hillside they created the garden which is today such a delightful feature of the British Embassy in Addis Ababa . |
| 2 | She is also such a brilliant scholar that teachers usually forgive her . |
| 3 | BBC Radio Kent is fortunate to have the services of a gardening expert who is also such a broadcasting professional — a producer , editor , presenter rolled into one . |
| 4 | It is increasingly important that there is just such a Wales-based environmental group putting forward a Welsh viewpoint ; and that such a group is seen to be supported at its grass roots by active branches playing parallel roles at local levels . |
| 5 | If I admit that there is such a thing as a suicidal temperament , then I am forced to admit that there is also such a thing as an anorexic temperament . |
| 6 | The good coach will try to get his students to realise that there is not such a big gap as they imagine between their abilities and the task in hand . |
| 7 | It was an excellent idea to couple the 1915 El Amor brujo with El Retablo de Maese Pedro , to show that there is not such a gulf between the ‘ Andalusian ’ and ‘ Castillian ’ periods of Fall 's musical output as is commonly supposed . |
| 8 | Here there is not such a clear break-point in the trend , though it is perhaps important to note that until the mid-1960s there were fairly regular fluctuations up and down , but since then no downward fluctuation has ever dipped significantly below the peak of preceding cycles . |
| 9 | 16–6–1843 " Considering that within the bounds of this parish there is not such a number of adherants , as would of themselves form a Congregation , but that it is necessary that the parish of Bowmore . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't like to say that there is not such a thing as black magic but I know of a coincidence , or something that happened regularly . |
| 11 | But never believe anyone who says there is not such thing as a free lunch . |
| 12 | Obviously , if there is not such a situation , the company should invest in every positive-NPV product available to it , subject to having the capacity to manage investment on that scale . |
| 13 | Being without these tensions , pentatonic tones are therefore more bland , movement between them is free , and there is not such a strong feeling of the need for resolution as in the diatonic system . |
| 14 | There is already such planning in some areas — for example , by the UK Coordinating Committee for Cancer Research . |
| 15 | Newcastle Polytechnic were unable to become simply ‘ Newcastle University ’ , because there is already such a university . |
| 16 | Even those who had never heard of him mouthed his words , repeating them to others as though they had just thought of them themselves , which perhaps they had , for there is surely such a thing as a spirit of the times . |
| 17 | But his conclusion is that there is n't such a thing as an aphrodisiac . |
| 18 | Was it sheer arrogance to insist , ‘ There is n't such a thing as Majorism ’ ? |
| 19 | ‘ Boom Boom ’ , the LP , differs from the last two parts of the John Lee comeback ( ‘ The Healer ’ and ‘ Mr Lucky ’ ) in that there is n't such a staggering amount of extras and celebrities blamming away in the background . |
| 20 | Yes but could they not be brainwashed if you like into thinking well there 's nothing much wrong there is n't such a thing as evil |
| 21 | Prices are also made a lot more volatile right simply because the world market becomes a residual market , instead of everybody buying and selling through the world market right , if virtually everybody becomes self sufficient , the world market becomes a bit of a misnomer right , there is n't such a thing as a world market in that in that particular case it it may just be a few very small countries trade on the world market , it becomes very small market and therefore prone to supply erm fluctuations in any one country and as we know , supply fluctuations on inelastic demand causes price volatility . |
| 22 | There is n't such a thing . |
| 23 | John can you really press ahead with this recommendation in the light of the fact that there is clearly such mass local feeling about it such distrust on on a grand scale of the reassurances that you and fellow planners have made ? |
| 24 | It is true enough that there is often such a nuance ( see Quirk , Greenbaum , Leech , Svartvik , 1972 ) , but the proposal will not turn out to be satisfactory . |
| 25 | There is always such intense jealousy among members of the British literary establishment when someone who is not ‘ one of us ’ is favoured by an appointment , a prize . |
| 26 | There is now such a variety of welfare systems as would amaze you and Shelley . |
| 27 | There is still such a thing as making a good end . |
| 28 | Well , this is a typical Hartley scenario if there is indeed such an animal . |
| 29 | And if there is ever such a thing , air drumming . |
| 30 | It is not such a perverse idea , because a lot of people have recently become interested in that noble beverage . |