Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] such a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rarely in the history of the Cannes Film , Festival has a debutant director won the Palme d'Or ; but then , rarely has such a formidable and original talent been displayed in a first film . |
| 2 | The question we should like to be able to answer is , therefore , what suddenly created such a new , unheard of , situation in the religious life of antiquity . |
| 3 | ‘ We think it 's pretty special ourselves — the land of beech trees , storks and marguerites — and you 've only seen such a small part of it . |
| 4 | It burst from its chrysalis in February 1992 as Cable & Wireless World , swiftly to reach such a high standard that the third edition , published in July , is a gold award winner . |
| 5 | I suspect that rather than looking north , the people of the north-east will look south and say , ’ Hang on , why are they only paying such a small amount in the midlands or south when people to the north of us , who are experiencing the full generosity of the Labour party 's form of government , are paying much more ? ’ |
| 6 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 7 | See also Stenhouse Australia Ltd v Phillips [ 1974 ] AC 391 ( insurance brokers ) , and also Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 758 : " … the character of a general medical practice is such that one who is employed therein as a medical assistant , necessarily acquires such a special and intimate knowledge of the patients of the business that the employers … are entitled to protect themselves against unfair competition on the servant 's part " , per Evershed J. |
| 8 | ‘ If you are daft enough to bring such a nice wee lassie like her , to a dangerous place such as this , then you ask for trouble . |
| 9 | Norwich had rarely seen such a large exhibition of contemporary art involving alternative art practices . |
| 10 | However , it soon became clear that Laura could not secretly organize such a major undertaking while based abroad , and , in desperation , brought in Deborah , She , realizing the potential of the project , begged another year and set up the operation openly in the company 's London workroom at Clapham . |
| 11 | President Momoh has rarely made such a controversial decision . |
| 12 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
| 13 | Although many people do not make such a dramatic move from a very special garden to a flat , most of us leave a few favourite plants behind when we move house , so framing a few of them serves as a lovely reminder of times gone by . |
| 14 | We would not make such a large change without formal consultation . |
| 15 | I do not want such a one as that for my lady-in-waiting ! " |
| 16 | Robbins ( 1963 ) presented dual-subject courses ( joint honours , combined studies , etc. ) as a variant on the single-subject pattern for those students who do not want such a specialized higher education , but that represents a university view , and a dated one at that . |
| 17 | Copa Bitoo , although internally differentiated , had not developed such a marked stratification system . |
| 18 | Those who could not consider such a utilitarian plaything , even for a joke , will have to hand over nearly £2,000 more for the four-litre version , which will arrive in the spring complete with typically American equipment such as air conditioning , electric windows and central-locking — plus standstill to 60 mph in under nine seconds and an even larger thirst . |
| 19 | Indeed in some ways the proof is rather simpler than Theorem 1 , since it does not need such a complex structure of nested recursions . |
| 20 | The area to which my hon. Friend refers was not considered such a high priority as others . |
| 21 | ‘ I confess that I have not addressed such a large gathering since I spoke to 40,000 Gujerati buffalo farmers in India in 1980 , and that was a rare experience . ’ |
| 22 | Though the tarmac takes a smooth U-turn on to the next straight , rider and machine will not describe such a graceful arc . |
| 23 | Although it might be very easy to steal from a friend or colleague and not get caught most people would feel this to be ‘ wrong ’ , yet such feelings may not exert such a strong influence over decisions as to whether to steal from a larger and less personal victim . |
| 24 | Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement . |
| 25 | It just seemed such a stupid question that 's all . |
| 26 | ‘ As it is — ’ put in Forest gleefully ‘ — yours truly 'as not done such a bad job after all ! ’ |
| 27 | The salerooms have not seen such a fine private collection sold since the great suite of sales at Sotheby 's in the 1970s ( the William Goodwin Renwick collection from America , arms released from the Saxon Royal Armouries at Dresden , and the smaller but comparable Gewehrkammer of the Counts von Giech ) . |
| 28 | Science , or rather scientists , no longer hold such a rigid view of the laws of nature . |
| 29 | A wider bandwidth could be achieved at the expense of a shorter delay time , but this would not give such a good reverberation effect . |
| 30 | On first acquaintance I found the keyhole cockpit did not give such a positive feel to the boat as the smaller cockpit rims of glass boats but none of the students noticed this . |