Example sentences of "[verb] for 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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) ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 9 | But his new slant sent waves of horrified shock through many of his contemporaries who had valued the fresh ad radical air of Dialectical Theology , but were scarcely prepared for such a wholesale repristination of — of all things ! — the doctrine of the Trinity . |
| 10 | She was not a small girl , was reasonably athletic for a woman , but there was little she could do to fight off a determined man , particularly when she was neither mentally nor physically prepared for such a brutal assault . |
| 11 | In retrospect many Conservatives felt that the ill-fated 1971 Industrial Relations Act had been too ambitious and that the ground had not been adequately prepared for such a sweeping measure . |
| 12 | Our customers are many and varied , ranging from domestic pets to farm animals and even an occasional exotic animal — like the lion that was brought from a travelling circus with a cut foot , and caused consternation amongst our more regular clients ; they were not prepared for such a large cat sitting in the back of a Land Rover in our car park . |
| 13 | It was the home of the Red Arrows but has never been used for such a major excercise as the one this week . |
| 14 | Some general explanation is surely needed for such a wide distribution of such a unique facies during a comparatively short period of geological time . |
| 15 | So , as you can see for such a small number of people , we cover a large area , also some very diverse subjects . |
| 16 | It is remarkable that such detailed information can be extracted for such a remote system . |
| 17 | ’ I ca n't see how any democratic member of Parliament can vote for such a sloppy bill , which would be the thin end of a very dangerous web . |
| 18 | I do apologise for such a long letter , but I had always believed that ZZAP ! was the inferior C64 mag . |
| 19 | On his return , he found that people were curious about why he had opted for such a tough mountain . |
| 20 | However , if his quest was originally to break down the stranglehold of the rock system , would he have settled for such a four-square format ? |
| 21 | I have taken advice about what would be involved in amending the Bill to allow for such a further education council to be established at a later date by a future Secretary of State if he so wished . |
| 22 | She expects that entrepreneurs and high-ranking government officials will pay for such a privileged education for their children . |
| 23 | Neither of these events in themselves ( or even together ) seems significant enough to account for such a drastic change in policy direction . |
| 24 | Nicholson looked squarely into the chubby man 's eyes , scarcely able to disguise the contempt he felt for such a soft , weak handshake . |
| 25 | Her owner would , I 'm sure let her go for such a good cause . |
| 26 | Annoyed that his cover might have been jeopardized for such a trivial reason , Coleman left Sasser 's office with the intention of coding an immediate complaint to Donleavy — only to run into Micheal T. Hurley on the stairway . |
| 27 | The electoral rules also provided for a second round poll for county list seats in counties where the first round turnout was less than 50 per cent , and allowed for such a second poll to be valid provided that turnout exceeded 25 per cent . |
| 28 | Never , perhaps , have I so lived for such a long time together . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , we 're just going out to have one , ’ said Penelope , thinking how typical it was that Ianthe should long for such a dull and essentially English thing as a cup of tea . |
| 30 | That relics of them should have survived for such a vast period of time seemed even more difficult to believe . |