Example sentences of "such a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a purely technical point of view , this may not have been the standard performance , but in a place almost completely lacking in a tradition of classical dance , it is a delight to watch native talent channelled so joyously and with such a spirit of challenge to the myth that we exist only from the neck upwards . |
| 2 | Since Vietnam and Kampuchea are heavily dependent politically and militarily on external sponsors such a concept of ‘ non-alignment ’ involves a very different emphasis to that of neutrality or neutralisation . |
| 3 | When news of the wonderful changes brought about in Kidderminster at this time spread , it won the approval of Anabaptists and Independents who hardly believed it possible that such a work of God could take place through the ministry of a parish church . |
| 4 | If this is the decision , then such a way of life can be specified as Godly and incorporated into the Created God for as long as a consensus desires it . |
| 5 | In this case , time needs to be given to establishing such a way of thinking , so that we can see that our very purpose as Christians is. to grow to be more like Christ . |
| 6 | In such a way of thinking , war was regarded as an invitation for divine intervention , carried out through the divine instrument , the soldier . |
| 7 | By 1356 such a way of approaching the problem had clearly failed . |
| 8 | Indeed one could say that , in that Jesus had particularities , such a way of thinking would allow one to celebrate the particularity of each human being . |
| 9 | One of the areas that has to be considered on the question of harm is impairment of intellectual development and on the evidence , if he was absent for another three months with a travelling fair , there is considerable likelihood of his education not taking place with consequent impairment of his intellectual development , if indeed there were no other risks attendant upon such a way of passing his time . |
| 10 | When I 'm being beastly to him , he has such a way of looking sorry for himself that I begin to hate myself . |
| 11 | Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it , but scant progress has been made in that direction . |
| 12 | Not since Brian Hayes at his peak have we heard such a master of the phone-in put-down . |
| 13 | Such a standard of care ensures an Approved Used BMW is in perfect running order . |
| 14 | Nor did the fact that the defendants had a direct financial interest in securing a sale of Vertigo constitute a breach of fiduciary duty since the contract of agency envisaged that they might have such a conflict of interest . |
| 15 | Such a conflict of conversational goals is the domain of pragmatics and will be dealt with later , but its seriousness is strongly implied by Anderson 's very flawed linguistic performance even as he resorts to a higher lexical register to excuse his actions . |
| 16 | There are far fewer species in the oceans than on land , however , because there are no marine equivalents of the forest trees ; and it is the trees that provide such a myriad of habitats for land-based creatures . |
| 17 | Yet could such a nest of vipers have been left to writhe and breed unstirred ? |
| 18 | His exclamation endorsed her suspicion , but why should he be regarding her with such a look of furious triumph on his face ? |
| 19 | She took them with such sweetness , and grace , with such a look of affectionate gratitude and pleasure , that Gabriel felt like the Wise Man who presented frankincense to the Virgin Mary . |
| 20 | And there was such a look of stark relief in his eyes that his beloved cousin was safe , after all , that , just for a moment , to hide her own pain , Ronni had to drop her gaze away . |
| 21 | They are Chinese , family-run empires whose aged founders remain at the helm , creating inevitable speculation about succession squabbles and , more importantly , about whether such a style of management will continue to work for billion-dollar conglomerates with international ambitions . |
| 22 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
| 23 | When you think of the adverts for tampons and towels , you can see why girls feel such a mixture of pride and shame . |
| 24 | Such a requirement of unanimous voting gives the individual Member States , represented in the Council , more power than a requirement of majority voting , which opens the possibility of the views of one or more Member States being overridden by a majority of the others . |
| 25 | There is great emphasis on the Church in this Gospel and time must be allowed for such a development of the Church to have taken place ( especially Matt. |
| 26 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 27 | It is worrying if people are being deterred from obtaining such a certificate of qualification by prohibitive costs . |
| 28 | To clear up any doubt , therefore , Notaries Public in Scotland are advised that while they may take and duly sign a solemn declaration of good repute , etc , they can not issue as such a certificate of good repute and of no previous bankruptcy . |
| 29 | Such a widening of perspectives obviously leaves no place for the by now out-dated claim concerning the objective nature of linguistic analysis , but it opens up a whole range of stimulating opportunities for the exploration of the ways texts function in society . |
| 30 | A human family would never return to such a scene of grisly death , but the owls just took it all calmly . |