Example sentences of "it [verb] such [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 OK they 're quite happy for their girls to be academic but daring to be more positive about being ordered outside that because it involves such a lot , having control over your own body , again you know , abortion raises its hairy head again .
2 It involves such a lot .
3 It became such a success that further developments were needed .
4 On this night the fire-watchers heard the nose-cone come down , it made such a crash , thought it was an incendiary , and spent the rest of the night searching for it , in vain .
5 The United States filed a brief denying the supposedly exclusive character of the Convention , but urging that principles of comity should be applied to determine whether an order should be made under the Federal Rules when the foreign country had unequivocally stated that it regarded such an order as a violation of its sovereignty ; and argued that a District Court could in any event not order the taking of depositions in Germany without compliance with the procedures prescribed by the German authorities ( in this case , those of the Convention ) .
6 Michael sniggered behind Moran as soon as they were on the road together but it drew such a quelling look from Maggie that he went quiet .
7 The board says it needs such a store in any case in the 1990s because there may be a shortage of reprocessing capacity at British Nuclear Fuels ' Sellafield plant ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 289 ) .
8 The verb to love is difficult to define as it covers such a range of emotion .
9 It is a singularity of the book that it contains such a wealth of excellent and dramatic illustrations and deals with such titanic forces and events , but written in such a flat style .
10 And Geoff , she said Geoff come round last night he said she is in such a muddle and it wants such a lot doing to it !
11 If either kind of conjecture fails an observational or experimental test it will be falsified , while if it passes such a test we will say it is confirmed .
12 It seemed such a pity your room should be so dark and cold , Mr Stevens , when it 's such bright sunshine outside .
13 It seemed such a waste to be driving back to England and leaving it all behind .
14 But it seemed such a peach of a way out of trouble .
15 It seemed such a shame to wake you , but I knew you 'd be really cross if you did n't get some studying done . ’
16 So I had opened the shutters on what is called complementary medicine with a slightly heavy heart for it seemed such an indictment of our present specialized , technological society when all medicine must simply be ‘ healing . ’
17 That suppressed anger has had its volcanic eruptions in many aspects of popular culture , but never has it had such a lava flow in the realm of rock'n'roll .
18 Either this plaster board holes or whatever the house well the trouble is it costs such a lot of money
19 I used to look forward to commentary on a Sat. afternoon , but it seems such a tie as Ipswich at home can not even produce a goal never mind a win .
20 On the other hand , it seems such a shame not to enjoy the outdoor life in summer .
21 It seems such a shame , that dear old place going to ruin .
22 but , it seems such a shame cos er big double gates you went in , you know , it was lovely , erm where did Keith go to school then ?
23 And it seems such a shame after all , yes .
24 You know and I mean it seems such a shame to cut it I mean they 're living things are n't they ?
25 There 's some valuable work gone on there , and you can , and if and if we 're going to deny these people , the opportunity of of achieving anything like their potential , I mean , it seems such a shame , when we , you know , when we are succeeding in the rest of the programme .
26 It seems such a waste to throw Christmas cards away after Twelfth Night .
27 I 'm horribly rich — it seems such a waste … ’
28 Well er you know it seems such a mystery er to me , conker not shy .
29 It should n't be simply out of guilt or duty — if you already have a good relationship it helps such a lot .
30 It meant such a transformation in his life , a whole new community and way of living . "
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