Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was typical of Benjamin James , as it happens , to go in for such a touch of harmless sycophancy to please his friend the vicar ; he had very soon become , as we might have guessed , a respectable pillar of the Curry Rivel establishment . |
| 2 | The big surf companies have caught on to such a trend towards the plain and dark : Quicksilver is understood to be behind the Pirate Surf label , and Gotcha runs a second , more cultish label called More Core Division . |
| 3 | The police chief Tuma was taken to court by one judge for breaking an October 1989 decree to remove the miners , only to be let off by another a few weeks later . |
| 4 | Cultural marginality , which encompasses the culture of poverty concept ( Lewis 1966 ) , has been largely discredited because of the implication that traits such as apathy and passivity , which are the hallmarks of the culture of poverty , are very strongly imbedded in those who grow up in such a culture and therefore prevent them responding positively if opportunities arise . |
| 5 | Bush , at 68 , had a hard job keeping up with such a pace . |
| 6 | Devlin said , ‘ A remarkable fella , your cousin , to come up with such a prime piece of information so easily . ’ |
| 7 | Even contemplating walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous , but within the context of that small world , the dispute was a major one . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ On top of all his talent , to have come back from such a serious injury and regain his best form is supremely brave . |
| 9 | Only somebody as naive and unworldly as Ianthe could have come out with such a disconcertingly honest statement , thought Penelope , who had of course wondered even more . |
| 10 | If s if he does n't why not and would , would you please tell us what possessed him to come out with such a , a remarkable statement and I think this goes to the what we 're talking about this morning . |
| 11 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 12 | It was thought to be important that Parliamentary and public opinion — and concern — should be reassured by having a comprehensive review carried out by such a body . |
| 13 | There seems to be no escape from the fact that work substitutes will be needed to preserve society as we know it , carried out in such a way as to preserve particular countries ' economic viability . |
| 14 | Even capacity expansion co-operation has been carried out in such a way as to allow substantial continued internal competition and even greater market share changes than occurred in the United States . |
| 15 | The test , which at present can only be carried out in half a dozen laboratories around the world , seeks to identify an abnormal antibody in the blood of likely sufferers . |
| 16 | Therefore I would say a poem such as " I wandered lonely as a cloud " is not a good subject for one picture — because the poet can jump around over such a vast expanse and bring image after image to mind : |
| 17 | All the known laws of science would break down at such a point . |
| 18 | ‘ Cut down to twenty a day . ’ |
| 19 | This approach thus represents an extension of the hierarchical system and can be considered to simplify down to such a system when each of the superior states are considered in turn . |
| 20 | Some people were surprised , and I remember we played up to this a bit . |
| 21 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |
| 22 | The ferret may , therefore , finish up in such a fix that it can go neither forwards nor backwards . |
| 23 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 24 | He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale . |
| 25 | Aideen Rodgers , the baby of the Irish team , provided the first point while Irish champion Eavan Higgins came up with half a point , finishing all square with Scottish No 1 Catriona Lambert in the top match and Eileen-Rose Power finished birdie , birdie par to win her match by one hole . |
| 26 | If the software writers arranged that the start of the track has to be detected before the search begins , this becomes a full revolution ; this is made up of half a track to locate the start , and half a track for the search . |
| 27 | The sample of schools was made up in such a way that the 50 schools , as a whole group , where representative of Scottish secondary schools . |
| 28 | At the same time , for those who have not arrived at , or hold back from such a step of faith , the Kingdom is not yet . |
| 29 | I came back to such a pretty St Luke 's little summer — with pale blue skies and golden leaves and sunshine . |
| 30 | Given that this was all well-known at the outset what utter fool would believe there could be any money to be made out of such a system . |