Example sentences of "in [adv] [adj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all this to take place in so remote an area required not only payment of high wages but elaborate logistic arrangements on a massive scale , particularly with the strict conditions laid down by the Shetlands Islands Council to protect both the environment and the local way of life . |
| 2 | While many a villager born in so small an island as Britain might pass all his days without seeing the sea , some of his comrades from every European land risked its dangers , courted its excitement — or just found it serviceable for their varied aims . |
| 3 | How dared this man , a virtual stranger , stir up these doubts in so private an area of her life ? |
| 4 | Durness is a scattered clifftop community straggling the road , the last outpost of civilisation in the far north , a windswept and cheerless place made tolerable by the welcome and hospitality of hotels and guest houses : it is surprising to find so much accommodation for visitors in so austere an environment . |
| 5 | How was it that this strange , seemingly rather lonely man , had been able , in so brief an acquaintance , to get inside her mind , when her husband could n't — or would n't ? |
| 6 | The magazine was launched ceremoniously and seven weeks later was scuppered in as blatant an act of back-stabbing as Fleet Street has seen since Sweeney Todd set up shop there . |
| 7 | It 's the ultimate in designer resorts , one enormous pleasure garden dedicated to give as much as possible to as many as possible in as small an area as possible . |