Example sentences of "[is] such a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without doubt Bukharin was correct in the above , in so far as there was and is such a tendency at work within capitalism . |
| 2 | There is such a trajectory in theory , but it passes through intermediates that would have been — in the short term , which is all that matters — unsuccessful if they had ever been called into existence . |
| 3 | There probably is such a trajectory , but that hypothetical trajectory , when realized in actual bodies of intermediate animals , proved disadvantageous temporarily disadvantageous only , but that is enough . |
| 4 | When they er put the new pump in , but it is such a nuisance . |
| 5 | Occasionally , a cock is such a winner that despite being a potential goldmine for its owner it is reprieved from further battle and enters the mythology of the tribe as a sort of Spartacus Chicken . |
| 6 | It will be very hard to find them , for there is such a darkness on the islands of the Black Sea that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 7 | " Very well ; but , as we are going to the islands where there is such a darkness that a spoon might stand up in it , we must first go to the bright home of the sun and ask for one of his rays . " |
| 8 | My dear , it is such a rush … ’ |
| 9 | Not only is there no evidence , apart from its assertion as above , that there is such a principle ; there are in fact constitutions which flout it with , apparently , no immediate ill effects . |
| 10 | The reason why there is such a consensus about Europe in Germany is that everyone can unite around this vague concept . |
| 11 | Indeed she is such a kind and caring person that colleagues have questioned whether she is sometimes too subservient to her officials . |
| 12 | He is such a twat . |
| 13 | Turrican is such a hero , he defeated Morgul ( a nasty three-headed demon ) in the first game and now faces even greater odds . |
| 14 | Hi-fi is such a jungle that the serious junkie even chooses each half of a CD player ( transport section and digital-to-analogue converter ) from different companies . |
| 15 | Few agencies now have the time or the staff to train new entrants in specialist skills , and research is such a skill . |
| 16 | In the personnel area , payroll is such a system . |
| 17 | R&D is such a system and is capable of being described to a useful extent in catastrophe terms . |
| 18 | The present case , too , is such a case . |
| 19 | The present is such a case in which , if there had been no referral to a visitor , the matter would have come before the tribunals and courts on a clearly recognisable employment law question . |
| 20 | The Business and Technician Education Council is such a company and you should ask your course tutor to see one of their communications to see how they display their limited liability status . |
| 21 | But how can land use planners reconcile this with the protection of the historic City with its scale and unique environment which is such a magnet to international service firms . |
| 22 | Because behaviour modification is such a mouthful and sounds rather insidious various writers have tried to make it sound more acceptable by devising new names for it . |
| 23 | Some he 'd learnt off the Frenchman — whose name is such a household name it escapes me — Marcel Marceau — and Jack Birkett ( now known as The Great Orlando ) was Harlequin , who could also be Columbine . |
| 24 | Pete was talking about his Roly he said June , he said he is such a character ! |
| 25 | In the Dolls ' House cellar there is such a machine made by Kent . |
| 26 | During the first film , Storm Over the Nile , there is such a storm of noise in the cinema from the drunken audience that it proves impossible to follow the plot at all . |
| 27 | The brick of the old church is such a red |
| 28 | To meet the needs of pupils growing up in such an environment , RE must not assume any religious faith — it has to start much further back with questions of why there is such a phenomenon as religion . |
| 29 | Today is such a day . ’ |
| 30 | The Talmud says , ‘ Happy is he who knows his place and stands in his own place , ’ and Leonard Cohen is such a man today . |