Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] such [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons . |
| 2 | We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism . |
| 3 | Some cars were in such a bad state of repair that standing passengers were banned on them . |
| 4 | It perplexed us that we were in such a remote spot . |
| 5 | I should say at this point that the channel 1 ‘ clip ’ indicator on this example does n't work , although you ca n't blame the British distributors , as we were in such a rush to lay hands on the Acousticube that they did n't have time to check it ( also , pushing the Line/Mic button on channel 2 produces a large bang through the speaker ) . |
| 6 | It was believed that this intervention would be aided if the state had control of certain key industries ( eg coal , railways , gas , electricity distribution ) , which were crucial to post-war economic recovery and which were in such a rundown state that it was unlikely that sufficient private capital would materialise to rejuvenate them . |
| 7 | What is bewildering about ‘ the Arabs ’ seems , in a paradoxical way , to be that this undifferentiated ‘ they ’ are in fact behaving as ‘ we ’ might expect them to behave if ‘ we ’ were in such a position . |
| 8 | When the Duke died of dropsy in 1827 , his financial affairs were in such a state that his executors took the unprecedented step of placing his chattels up at public auction , entrusting the sale to the young James Christie . |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But , ’ Robbie protested , ‘ I thought you were in such a hurry ? ’ |
| 11 | approximately twenty-five per cent of the children evacuated were in such a filthy condition that they had to be specially treated . |
| 12 | The courts have found breaches of this covenant in situations where homes were in such a poor condition when let that they represented a serious danger to health or safety . |
| 13 | 6 horses were in such a bad state they had to be shot . |
| 14 | Last Thursday central tv showed animal rescue workers at the farm taking away 35 goats suffering from emaciation. 6 horses were in such a bad condition they had to be shot . |
| 15 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 16 | Many salespeople who , to an outsider , seem naturally quick-witted have developed this skill through careful preparation beforehand , imagining themselves as buyers and thinking of objections that they might raise if they were in such a position . |
| 17 | Oh the plants were in such a mess on the oh it was a filthy mess |
| 18 | This is true , for we know some travellers who were on such a ship . |
| 19 | Most of these businesses were on such a small scale that over a half of them built no more than six houses during these three years and nearly three-quarters built no more than twelve ; the bankruptcy rate was high . |
| 20 | By 1989 fund-raising and the general economy were at such a position that a ‘ Go ’ decision was either to be made , or it would never happen . |
| 21 | ‘ Of those , at least 25,000 were at such a desperate level of starvation that they would have died had the food reached them any later . |
| 22 | He thought he could remember that he and Peter had fastened their rope to a spur or spike of rock and accordingly it was for such a feature that he searched . |
| 23 | Charlie could no longer accept that any victory was worth such a price . |
| 24 | Christians claim that what happened on Good Friday was decisive for humankind — it was of such a definitive , absolute nature that it split world history in two and it declares that the many strands of human experience ( hope , joy , peace , human fulfilment ) run through the crossroads of the cross . |
| 25 | Not only that but the decline of capitalism was of such a character each step taken represented a positive move in the direction of socialism . |
| 26 | In the event of a fire , a maroon would be set off and their turn out was of such a high standard that they arrived at fires out of the district before the local brigades in whose area the fire was . |
| 27 | She had her underclothing beneath , of course , and the expensive silk was of such a luxuriously close weave that there was nothing immodest about the outfit . |
| 28 | In such cases they will escape , unless they have been negligent , or at least ought to have known that the publication " was of such a character that it was likely to contain libellous matter " . |
| 29 | It was against such a background of innovation that the Plowden Committee began its enquiry into the state of primary schools in England and Wales . |
| 30 | It was into such a landscape that a foreign alien culture stepped in AD 43 when Claudius decided to send the Roman army into Britain . |