Example sentences of "[det] [det] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1922 it was for some such a strong attitude as almost to obliterate the normal responses of party . |
| 2 | What makes this such a great play is Shakespeare 's analytical power : as John Barton once pointed out , Shakespeare is neither right-wing nor left-wing but wing-less . |
| 3 | Someone asked if she was all right and she found this such a strange question . |
| 4 | In situations of conflict , we often have to ask ourselves , ‘ Why do I find this such a hard situation to manage ? ’ |
| 5 | Some prime numbers can usually be found that give a good transformation — in fact it is the high probability that any suitable prime chosen will do so , allied to the ease with which this technique can be used to fit any number of records into precisely the required storage space , that makes this such a convenient method . |
| 6 | Once she turned to me and said , ’ You 're not half such a stuffed shirt when you 've got a drink inside you , Mr. K. ’ |
| 7 | That such a wide range of offences should be punishable by death seems incredibly harsh to the modern reader . |
| 8 | He believed that the political commitment existed to ensure that the independent countries of the region would co-operate effectively to reduce their dependence on South Africa , and accelerate economic development ; and that such a new grouping could influence decisively the way that offical development assistance was used in the region , and the course of development co-operation in general . |
| 9 | On the other hand all modern anthropologists and archaeologists would agree with the view that for a very long period of history mankind has existed solely by hunting , fishing , and gathering , and that such a technological stage always precedes domestication of plants and animals . |
| 10 | The answer was that such a technological acceleration would create more jobs than it displaced . |
| 11 | That such a young party should now have 42 MdBs is all the more striking . |
| 12 | He had told the story so often that such a literal-minded version seemed unnecessary . |
| 13 | It follows , too , for anyone who refuses to believe that universalizability is a necessary element in the meaning of ‘ ought ’ as opposed to the meaning of ‘ all ’ , that such a normative system , replete with content flowing from the ‘ millenary labour ’ of many heads , hearts and hands , constantly in flux , but also sufficiently determinate to guide conduct , may be regarded as a socially valid positive system of morality . |
| 14 | It had been a long walk , but Travis was barely breathing hard , a fact she wished she had n't noticed because it underlined his strength and she found that such a potent attraction . |
| 15 | Practolol and benoxaprofen show , however , that such a cosy partnership not only can not stand the strain of a disaster , but also leads to a complete paralysis of action in the resultant crisis . |
| 16 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
| 17 | And we would like the architecture to be as simple as possible , the idea being that such a self-effacing architecture would help lay bare the problems of speech processing . |
| 18 | That such a natural loyalist should have met a traitor 's end reflects all Edward II 's failings as a political manager . |
| 19 | That such a prolific goalscorer should choose a club renowned for their attacking play demonstrates the practical considerations which influenced his decision . |
| 20 | That such a beautiful woman should have a tongue dipped in acid still comes as a shock . ’ |
| 21 | I do not believe , and the Government do not believe , that such a legislative approach is the right way to deal with the problem . |
| 22 | Ritchie ( 1985 ) and Whittington and Ritchie ( 1988 ) argue that extensive machair has developed in the last 4000 years and that such a fundamental change in the geography and soils of the west coast would have had great influence on settlement history and patterns in this extreme marginal area . |
| 23 | The DES has required ( Circular 14/89 ) a bureaucratic return which embodies an assumption that teachers can plan curriculum time to the hour , even the minute , and that such a detailed record has some worthwhile purpose . |
| 24 | That the number of town dwellers grew and that such a large proportion of output could be made over to the ruling class without permanent and chronic nationwide famine or substantial evidence of huge tax arrears suggest that peasants continued to produce well above subsistence level . |
| 25 | Young points out that this means the victimisation of over 20 per cent of respondents is still unknown and that such a large proportion could easily skew findings from the surveys . |
| 26 | That such a large proportion of the types in the news wire sample were not found in the W7 dictionary is a worrying statistic . |
| 27 | As far as a full scale review of the structure plan is concerned , there is no doubt in the county council 's mind , that such a full scale review would have significantly extended the process when all the players wish to see rapid progress , particularly to deal with the problems of Greater York . |
| 28 | Who would have guessed , looking at that stern Capricorn exterior , that such a passionate man lurked inside ? |
| 29 | But punishing the child , telling him how naughty he is and how disappointed you are that such a big boy is behaving so stupidly , will not solve the problem . |
| 30 | Yet , is that such a bad thing ? ’ |