Example sentences of "in such [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The man 's mind is in such a state that it might unhinge him completely . |
| 32 | ‘ any premises ( in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , , . |
| 33 | The Popplewells told Mr Smith that they would continue with the show but as the country was in such a state of uncertainty they would not be able to pay the Girls ’ wages ! |
| 34 | With regard to the national economy in such a state of affairs , the principal slogan was not concern for its lasting restoration … but the immediate securing of produce , even at the cost of undermining the productive forces . |
| 35 | Daddy 's in such a state . ’ |
| 36 | Once all work on the system has been completed , then the ground must be tidied up and left in such a state that it is easy to assess at a later date what rabbits have been left behind . |
| 37 | In such a state understandable anxiety sets in and the situation deteriorates . |
| 38 | ‘ And there I was waiting for you , in such a state ever since Kukrit came back late from the airport and said he 'd missed you , ’ Jeremy replies , suggesting with automatic but irrelevant chivalry that they are lovers separated from their tryst with one another . |
| 39 | I was in such a state that I stupidly paid the £40 bill and stormed out . ’ |
| 40 | I could n't even go out because I was in such a state . |
| 41 | Given the chance to try something , they 'll be in such a state that their fingers turn into bananas and confirm to all those pretending to be interested that they are indeed crap ! |
| 42 | This depression , however , could not be engaged with because the belief was that to be in such a state was to be not mentally healthy . |
| 43 | She even told Sybil that the frog in the school pond was enchanted , and poor Sybil was in such a state that I thought someone ought to teach Mildred a lesson . ‘ |
| 44 | Liza , distraught at the news , came home on compassionate leave , which she spent in such a state of shock and distress that Harriet began to feel that the sooner she returned to her duties the better . |
| 45 | Finch disapproved of Flynn coming to work in such a state , but when drunken Flynn caused chaos on the set , Finch knew that the fading swashbuckler was incapable of filming for that day , so he would join Flynn for a drink and a sing-song . |
| 46 | He was in such a state that I literally had to drag him back to the main road . |
| 47 | Louise , however , was in such a state of excitement that initially she did not notice anything wrong . |
| 48 | I HARDLY know how to begin this , I am in such a state . |
| 49 | Bedside ‘ Robin was in such a state of shock . |
| 50 | It 's obviously disappointing that the rights of way network is in such a state . |
| 51 | In such a state , he knew , he could make judgments which were almost too pure , too unrelenting . |
| 52 | I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first . |
| 53 | Preston was in such a state of arousal that he stopped worrying about the rug . |
| 54 | ‘ They reckoned it was haunted and no one would buy it , and in the end it got in such a state they got the council to pull it down . |
| 55 | One of the places we used was in such a state of unrepair that every time it rained we had to put out buckets everywhere just to keep our feet dry . ’ |
| 56 | Never seen her in such a state . |
| 57 | It was in such a state of mind , suffering from malaria in the Moluccas , that Wallace had his vision . |
| 58 | ( Example : Julian Symons 's widely anthologised short story as if By Magic , about a murder on the pier in which the killer is bound to have horribly bloodied his jacket but where no one can be seen in such a state . |
| 59 | The castle was in such a state of disrepair that they decided not to spend money on it , and eventually it was demolished . |
| 60 | He 's got me in such a state that I 'm as useless as he says I am . " |