Example sentences of "be [adj] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just been such an awful couple of days . ’ |
| 2 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 3 | She had been such an innocent victim from the start it seemed only fair to help her all they could now . |
| 4 | It is all too clear why there has been such an unremitting broadside from Ministers against our tax and national insurance proposals . |
| 5 | The original environment of human evolutionary adaptedness can not be clearly defined because our evolution has been such an extraordinary progression of expansive diversifications in adapting to an immense range of environments . |
| 6 | To relinquish her calling , or the possibility of the companionship and family life which had been such an influential part of her background . |
| 7 | Paul 's death has been such an appalling shock . |
| 8 | Why should Utopia have been such an all-pervading failure . |
| 9 | And since when have you been such an excellent student of human nature ? |
| 10 | There has been such an enormous increase in mobility in work and recreation . |
| 11 | It had been such an unsettled year altogether that he had had no opportunity for connected work of anything other than a temporary kind ; at the beginning of November , faced with the prospect of the British Council tours to France and Italy , he did not believe that he would be able to begin serious composition until the new year . |
| 12 | That was not because Bill was Bill , but because it would have been such an outrageous lie , as Bill 's father would realize . |
| 13 | These principles and these beliefs are such an integral part of each person 's characteristics that few days will pass in the professional life of the librarian when these loyalties do not impinge upon our professional judgment . |
| 14 | Evaluative bibliographies , which are such an important feature , are considered separately in Chapter 7 . |
| 15 | We shall draw the attention of the business community , especially small businesses , which are such an important part of the economy in my hon. Friend 's part of the world , to the policies being espoused by the Labour party and make some estimate — if the Labour party will not do so , we certainly will — of the real burdens that they would place on business and the devastating impact that they would have on self-employment and employment throughout the country . |
| 16 | This is convenient because it is now recognised that they are such an important aspect of the transaction ; and pension under-funding or , in recent times more likely , over-funding , can involve such large amounts of money that the arrangements will generally be negotiated separately from the rest of the agreement by specialist pension lawyers from the parties ' solicitors and the parties ' respective actuaries . |
| 17 | Libraries are such an important resource |
| 18 | ‘ After all you are such an old friend . ’ |
| 19 | On the other hand and this is where many people go wrong that tiny bit of butter that you sneak onto a crispbread I s going to make a difference because there are such an enormous number of calories in such a very modest quantity of fat . |
| 20 | Such natural impediments aside the real problem is that however still one tries to remain , one 's own body sets up waves which destroy the reflections which are such an intrinsic part of the sought after image . |
| 21 | You 're such an infrequent visitor . |
| 22 | It 's a rare wife indeed whose genuine reaction to betrayal is fond indulgence ( ‘ Oh , Charles , you 're such an adolescent skirt-chaser ’ ) , dignified disinterest ( ‘ Where you choose to put your thingie while zooming around the world on so-called business is , quite frankly , no concern of mine ’ ) or outward serenity , as displayed by Jane Ashdown during the furore over Paddy 's affair with his secretary . |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't mind my speaking so openly , as you 're such an old friend ? ’ |
| 24 | Why do you think you 're such an illiterate bum . |
| 25 | Why you do think you 're such an illiterate bum ? |
| 26 | Why do you think you 're such an illiterate bum ? do you like that . |
| 27 | Because you 're such an interesting person ! |
| 28 | Precision cutting , creativity and new techniques are all an essential part of training . |
| 29 | The follow-on of that being ‘ I wonder why I was n't as I 'm such an awful person ’ , and hence the search for help with his past . |
| 30 | ‘ When we entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Rugby World Cup Limited , no one believed that the event would be such an outstanding success . |