Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] such a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Norwich had rarely seen such a large exhibition of contemporary art involving alternative art practices . |
| 3 | President Momoh has rarely made such a controversial decision . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Copa Bitoo , although internally differentiated , had not developed such a marked stratification system . |
| 6 | The area to which my hon. Friend refers was not considered such a high priority as others . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ As it is — ’ put in Forest gleefully ‘ — yours truly 'as not done such a bad job after all ! ’ |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter . |
| 11 | It cost me a deal in time and labour and money to get my castle back from them , and if we had not had such a pious garrison — all but the lame and bedridden in church ! — they would never have prised their way into the place . |
| 12 | Jones dealt with the dissidents characteristically , by holding a pistol at the ringleader 's head , but his call for volunteers to go ashore produced such a poor response that he had to lead one boat himself , while a marine officer commanded the other . |
| 13 | Until early this century when American mink Mustela vison first began to escape from fur farms , there had never been such animals in the British Isles , not even the European mink M. lutreola , and our countryside had not experienced such a versatile and opportunistic predator before . |
| 14 | ‘ I have not experienced such a serious problem before . ’ |
| 15 | Compare this to the golfer in diagram B. He has not taken such a positive approach to the same tee-shot , and has failed to stand behind the ball-to-target line before addressing the ball . |
| 16 | The great philosophers have always produced such a person-oriented account at least for those whose education was thought to matter . |
| 17 | I doubt whether the language of a woman 's clothes has ever had such a large vocabulary before , in any society . |
| 18 | Every Department now has a Minister charged with environmental responsibilities — no Government have ever taken such a cross-departmental approach to an issue . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I am sure our British friends can appreciate that American presidents have not always extended such a warm welcome . |
| 21 | Once initiated such a complementary system of uplift and subsidence is probably self-sustaining for long periods of time in the absence of major tectonic disturbance . |
| 22 | Long after America had thrown off the yoke of colonial rule , Americans still held such a poor opinion of the perfidious English that such a pool shot was also described as Putting on the English . |
| 23 | And not just Ford buyers : Options instantly touched such a sensitive nerve that other makers rushed to promote similar schemes . |
| 24 | She 's probably lived such a repressed life she goes berserk when she comes out to the West Indies . |
| 25 | Even the securist in the maternity ward probably lived such a squalid and impoverished life that his price for turning a blind eye to abortion was not very high . |
| 26 | I had never before seen such a soft light in those once proud eyes , or felt such a friendly touch of her once cold hand . |
| 27 | The UN had never before mounted such a complex and expensive peace-keeping operation , and after an uncertain start [ see pp. 36576-77 ] its role as facilitator was widely approved . |
| 28 | Socialist parties have often rejected such a close connection with the Western alliance , but claimed a commitment to pacifism , neutrality and equality also found among left-wing parties in the West . |
| 29 | He had n't heard such a beautiful sound he had n't seen such a beautiful sight . |
| 30 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |