Example sentences of "such a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figure 6a illustrates such a mitotic cell in which the normal X is inactive and is seen as being shorter than normal ( the X is normally the fifth longest chromosome ) and darker staining than the other chromosomes . |
| 2 | Where will you find in any of them so much Nature , Sweetness , Simplicity and Ease , and such a judicious Choice of new and enlivening Epithets ? |
| 3 | On April 3 , 1915 , Stoddart shot himself through the head — the saddest of ends for such a famous cricketer who had brought much brilliance to the game . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was the hope that preservation would be justified , and there was doubtless great reluctance to cut up such a famous engine . |
| 5 | But it is such a famous story that we all mistake it for our own . ’ |
| 6 | All this … such a famous person , and no-one to ask for your autograph . |
| 7 | He 's got such a famous face , ’ says Miss Horton , an economics lecturer at Kingston Polytechnic , who may struggle to dent Nicholas Scott 's 13,319 majority . |
| 8 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |
| 9 | A painstaking job , needing a steady hand , especially on such a famous trophy . |
| 10 | Such a religious position alone , I shall suggest , is compatible with feminism . |
| 11 | Such a religious patterning of small communities reveals a ‘ Christendom fixed at the state of development suitable to a simple agricultural and piscatorial society ’ , and so imperfectly suited to the more complicated organization of modern society . |
| 12 | Such a religious focus perhaps indicates the primary function at these sites , in contrast to those where the temple occupies a somewhat subsidiary location in the known plan . |
| 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 | She 's probably lived such a repressed life she goes berserk when she comes out to the West Indies . |
| 15 | Ice-climbing is n't such a technique-intensive business as its rockier counterpart . |
| 16 | The team inside the car , three of them , would occasionally turn on the engine and try to warm themselves , but he knew they 'd feel the cold after such a freezing night . |
| 17 | And he wondered whether it was in such a disorientating limbo of time , listening to the ever-restless sea , that the previous owners of Martyr 's Cottage had chosen their text . |
| 18 | They were happy , I think , that I had found such a good friend , and did everything they could to make him feel at home . |
| 19 | Alexander was grieved to lose such a good friend , and built the city Bucephalia in memory of him . |
| 20 | She watched the two playing so happily together and wished that she , too , had such a good friend . |
| 21 | But I have such a good friend here in Madame Rodet . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm such a good friend . |
| 23 | In another Latin poem , for instance , called Mansus , written to a distinguished old man and patron of the arts , that he met in Italy , Giovanni Battista Manso , a friend of Tasso and Marini , Milton hopes that he too in his turn may find such a good friend and patron . |
| 24 | I was proud of getting accepted , particularly at St Martin 's because it was such a good art school , but Fine Art seemed a fast road to nowhere What kind of job can you get at the end of that ? |
| 25 | Huh , I think I had such a good night , you know what you 've bloody well done he said you 've got up he said before you was ready he said , you knew you wanted to get on he said , and you 've got up he said with the intentions he said , you had them bloody cakes he said before you had breakfast , well I had to with her coming |
| 26 | Choosing a field some distance upwind on the other hand , is not such a good idea . |
| 27 | lifting off suddenly in mid-bend is n't such a good idea either — in short you just have to be aware all the time of how much power you have in so little car . |
| 28 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , shaking her head , ‘ I do n't think that was such a good idea now . |
| 29 | Ideal in good weather ; not such a good idea when rough . |
| 30 | I think taking the Bookman away is n't such a good idea . |