Example sentences of "[verb] such [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very good of you to write such a long letter , and I was most interested in what you told me . |
| 2 | I hesitate to write such a critical letter , but frankly I am at a loss to see how your new design can in any way be seen as an improvement . |
| 3 | But it is by mixing the personal and the cosmic in his reporting , just as the scientists mix them in their lives , that Mr Overbye has managed to write such a good book . |
| 4 | It gives no pleasure to write such a lukewarm report on these productions , for the Houston opera scene is probably livelier now than that of New York . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mildred leapt to the floor and sat there for a moment , reflecting how nice it was to be able to jump such an amazing distance without getting hurt . |
| 7 | This begs the question why the Democrats and the White House are staging such a divisive quarrel , at a time when agreement on a deficit-cutting budget for 1990 is already overdue ( the nominal deadline passed yesterday ) . |
| 8 | Senior Tories believe the MP for Carshalton and Wallington must have had a very pressing reason to leave after staging such an unexpected comeback . |
| 9 | It did not seem that I could survive such a volcanic attack from deep within my own system . |
| 10 | I doubt that either of us could survive such a lengthy association . ’ |
| 11 | It used to be said that the Labour Party was a ‘ broad church ’ , as it managed to contain such a wide range of opinion . |
| 12 | Carefully constructed random samples may yield such an accurate response . |
| 13 | They want him to detonate such a great burst of passion that all those millions of waverers upon whom so much depends will rush to support him . |
| 14 | ‘ What do you think of an old fellow like myself turning up to meet such a grand lassie ? ’ |
| 15 | To such men it was unthinkable to meet such a fellow face to face and across a table on equal terms even though it might no longer be diplomatic for an official of the Federation to admit this in public . |
| 16 | The niceties of these social distinctions were not lost on the pub designer of the period , as they boosted pub taking by enabling such a wide range of people to be served in the same building . |
| 17 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |
| 18 | ‘ You can not have expected such a satisfactory development for the World at such a late stage in the debate . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Reynolds was understandably shaken ; even though he had " suspected the worst " ( cancer ) , he had not expected such an extensive operation . |
| 20 | John had not expected such an overwhelming response , and as not even the Ballroom itself could contain such large numbers , he took them all outside into the street to make his selection . |
| 21 | though that it looks such a flimsy structure , that you know its gon na be shored up with walls . |
| 22 | The British were involved with them through us and it was their advanced work on breaking cyphers that enabled the ring to establish such a great record . |
| 23 | They were prepared to discover the intention to establish such a legal relationship in facts , to construe a trust where it was clear that this was necessary to validate the testator 's intentions even though he had not realized this requirement himself . |
| 24 | We therefore attempt to hold the current program " context " in the fast accumulators as the program is executed ; since it may be difficult for a programmer or compiler to establish such a current context at each point , it has been proposed that the accumulator array be replaced by an associative store , and this is discussed in 5.5 . |
| 25 | This was not at all what the supporters of union wanted , but they were willing , in order to lure and placate British opinion , to accept such an intergovernmental structure alongside an assembly . |
| 26 | However , as responses such as George Gordon 's suggest , there was little indication that university schools of English were willing to accept such an instrumental role and cultural identity simply to serve state policy . " |
| 27 | There had been talk of sending me to a special school , but my family were not ready to accept such an open acknowledgment of my disability , and the excuse was again made about academic standards . |
| 28 | Mr Baker , 57 , was apparently offered the post of Secretary of State for Wales , but he clearly felt unable to accept such an obvious demotion . |
| 29 | Indeed in some ways the proof is rather simpler than Theorem 1 , since it does not need such a complex structure of nested recursions . |
| 30 | A pedestal basin generally has a slightly larger washing area than a wall-hung basin ; it does n't need such a secure fixing , and the supporting pedestal hides the plumbing , but it can only be installed at one height . |