Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] such a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the first time so many have gathered for such a prolonged period . |
| 2 | In my opinion , moreover , if the answers to both those questions are in the affirmative , leave ought to be given for such a substantive hearing unless , taking into account the other matters to which I have referred , the court is clearly of the opinion that such further proceedings would not be in the child 's best interests . |
| 3 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ This crisis takes two forms : the size of the prison population ’ ( combined with the lack of prison places and the running expenses of locking up and catering for such a large number of prisoners ) ‘ and the demands on the probation and after-care service ’ ( Bottoms , 1990a : 5 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It takes real guts to carry off such a successful fraud . |
| 6 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 7 | In order to provide for such a constitutional amendment , Parliament passed the European Communities Act in 1972 , which stated that the requirements arising now or subsequently from the Treaty ‘ are without further enactment to be given legal effect or used in the United Kingdom ’ ( European Communities Act , section 2(1) ) . |
| 8 | The precise directions in respect of which the penal notice is sought should be specified by the solicitors when applying for such a penal notice . |
| 9 | Whatever lies behind such a startling transformation in Quebecois mores could hardly fail to create a disoriented generation hungry for new certitudes to replace the collapsing old ones . |
| 10 | As we argued throughout the proceedings of the European parliamentary elections bill , the Conservatives are entirely responsible for the fact that this process of drawing up the new European boundaries had to be compressed into such a short time . |
| 11 | The then Prime Minister also emphasized the political awakening to the environment in statements such as : ‘ it is possible that with all these enormous changes ( population , agricultural , use of fossil fuels ) concentrated into such a short period of time , we have unwittingly begun a massive experiment with the system of this planet itself ’ ( Thatcher 1988 ) . |
| 12 | Sort of standing and quivering with such a terrified look on her face . |
| 13 | GMB regional organiser Mary Kenny said : ‘ We do n't see how the company can survive with such a small workforce unless they have a hidden agenda . |
| 14 | There 's no better inspiration for shrugging off slothfulness than Glen Shiel , which rewards with such a high score of tops and something worthwhile to brag about to those who spent Saturday and Sunday vacuuming the car with a cordless hoover . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's tremendous to work with such a talented team of photographers on the SMH . |
| 16 | A month ago the committee Labour members rejected this Scheme and I still have an enormous sense of amazement and anger that the local , and I express local , because it 's not a national policy , that the local Labour group could act in such a callous and spiteful way , putting political dogma , party political dogma , before the needs of the unemployed in the district . |
| 17 | It was obvious to them that Danzig , up to the advent of the Nazis , had been far freer from racial strife and entrenched national rivalry than might have been expected in such a complex and explosive economic and political environment . |
| 18 | ‘ As expected in such a long-established market noted for its love of Queen 's Ware , I examined a good deal of cream coloured earthenware of 19th and early 20th century origin , ’ said Lynn . |
| 19 | It was a monstrous way to have to work in such a complex field . |
| 20 | What was the point in punishing herself unnecessarily by continuing to work in such a hostile atmosphere , no matter how interesting the actual job was ? |
| 21 | Yet another amazing coincidence , to meet in such a small place more than 100 miles from the nearest town ! |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not one for records , but it would be nice to stand alongside such a great player as Nicklaus , ’ said Woosnam , who partners Mark Mouland in the two-man team event . |
| 23 | If the proposals in these reports were to be even partially implemented , pupils with special needs would stand to benefit from such a wholesale review of the curriculum of the school as a whole . |
| 24 | After such duplicity the shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , was ‘ wholly right to tell the SNP we could not work with them while they behaved in such a cynical way . ’ |
| 25 | Objects in the real world do not behave in such a crazy way , so the brain can safely filter out the apparent echo as background noise . |
| 26 | ‘ It is unladylike for such words to come from such a beautiful mouth . ’ |
| 27 | But what else could be expected from such a stiff-necked people ? |
| 28 | He ca n't have been so crap otherwise he would n't have been picked in such a brilliant side but the mistakes I 've seen were just appalling , and in the most important games e.g. the first Chelsea 70 Cup Final game when the ball went right under his body . |
| 29 | There were only three boys in whose case ‘ the clean break ’ approach was followed and obviously not too much can be claimed from such a small group . |
| 30 | It is hard to believe that anything can survive in such a hostile environment . |