Example sentences of "[prep] such a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one could believe this had happened to us at Lyneham especially after such a long period of accident-free flying |
| 2 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 3 | This research is designed to investigate this flow of information to see how well the public is being informed about such a major piece of legislation . |
| 4 | Not only can marked variation in embryonic development be observed even within litters but , during such a dynamic phase of morphogenetic change , embryos only a few hours apart in age may be significantly different in their developmental state . |
| 5 | For giving moral support to Robert of Artois , who had been condemned by the French as a traitor and a declared enemy of the king of France , Edward III could be regarded as having acted against his oath of fealty through such a serious act of defiance . |
| 6 | I do n't believe she will ever go through such a dramatic period of life again . ’ |
| 7 | Apple , however , were unhappy with their reliance on an external supplier for such a crucial part of their system . |
| 8 | This " touched Booth more deeply than any lavish endowment " but lie was loathe for his officer to deny himself for such a long stretch of time . |
| 9 | The absence of a member of staff for such a long period of time has , expectedly , resulted in some ‘ slippage ’ in the area of curriculum development . |
| 10 | There is no way they should be allowed the only attractive soft landscape area left , especially for such a paltry amount of coal . ’ |
| 11 | But his new slant sent waves of horrified shock through many of his contemporaries who had valued the fresh ad radical air of Dialectical Theology , but were scarcely prepared for such a wholesale repristination of — of all things ! — the doctrine of the Trinity . |
| 12 | And for such a leisurely means of travel , a day could be astonishingly full . |
| 13 | Teachers and parents have come to realise that the education of children is a joint responsibility , particularly as children are at school for such a small proportion of their waking lives . |
| 14 | So , as you can see for such a small number of people , we cover a large area , also some very diverse subjects . |
| 15 | Detectives say they 're horrified at the level of violence for such a small sum of money . |
| 16 | For such a ubiquitous group of organisms this is something of a paradox , especially with today 's interest in biological control of insect and other arthropod pests . |
| 17 | That relics of them should have survived for such a vast period of time seemed even more difficult to believe . |
| 18 | This is not to say that Marx was unaware of the need for such a proportional distribution of labour , but this was not directly discussed in his own exposition of the schemas of reproduction . |
| 19 | Clearly no government can legislate for such a wide array of circumstances , let alone attempt to enforce such legislation . |
| 20 | Some general explanation is surely needed for such a wide distribution of such a unique facies during a comparatively short period of geological time . |
| 21 | Respectable England did not have the stomach for such a drastic curtailment of civil liberties , however , and although fearful of how to absorb the most noxious criminal elements back into society without the option of packing them off to the colonies , the deliberations of the mid-1850s bogged down in suggestions for more effective surveillance of ‘ ticket-of-leave ’ men , together with some wishful thinking about reviving transportation in some form or another . |
| 22 | His pride in being able to cook three hot meals a day for two of us , on just one litre of meths in six days , was shattered when one pensioner told us that two weeks was more her time scale for such a luxurious amount of fuel . |
| 23 | Three , we fail to understand why it is necessary or desirable for such a large proportion of this subscription to go out of our institute to County and National Funds . |
| 24 | Such a short statement for such a large change of policy does , however , raise some questions of political aptitude . |
| 25 | Held , allowing the appeal , the judge had referred to Cavendish ( 1961 ) 45 Cr.App.R. 374 in ruling that it was open to a jury to infer from all the circumstances that there must have been prior arrangement with the occupier for such a large quantity of burglary proceeds to arrive so quickly at the premises . |
| 26 | Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented ? |
| 27 | With only six grades for such a large group of staff , it was not felt sensible , however , to use a system which apparently stated that a post scoring x points was clearly in one grade and yet a post scoring x 5 points was , equally clearly , in a different grade ( all possible scores were multiples of 5 and the range of possible scores was approximately 135 to 1500 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ This crisis takes two forms : the size of the prison population ’ ( combined with the lack of prison places and the running expenses of locking up and catering for such a large number of prisoners ) ‘ and the demands on the probation and after-care service ’ ( Bottoms , 1990a : 5 ) . |
| 29 | It was immediately evident to the Doctor that , accustomed as they were to successful action , the Chelonians were ill prepared for such a large number of casualties . |
| 30 | Euravia does not at present have the resources for such a large volume of work . |