Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb -s] [be] such " in BNC.

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1 There has been such a growth in direct dealing that fish is only getting sent to Billingsgate when no one else wants it . ’
2 This is when there has been such heavy use that the pile eventually flattens or there is excessive ‘ tracking ’ in a doorway .
3 There has been such an enormous increase in mobility in work and recreation .
4 I do not think there has ever been a period in history when there has been such a violent and irreversible change in the political and social order ( unless it be the long-term consequences of the Russian Revolution ) .
5 Dwyer , who guided the Aussies to World Cup victory last year , insists : ‘ There has been such an improvement in Welsh rugby it could be us who go in as underdogs . ’
6 If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 .
7 The extent to which there has been such a departure is well shown by the fact that , when the World Council of Churches was originally formed in 1948 , the basis of that Council ( to which churches which wanted to join must subscribe ) read : ‘ The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which accept our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour . ’
8 Further , the fact that there has been such a steep rise in the number of divorces , combined with a fairly high rate of remarriage , means that a rising proportion of all marriages are of people marrying for at least the second time .
9 Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each .
10 Thirdly , if there has been such a form of duress leading to a contract for consideration , I think that contract is a voidable one which can be avoided and the excess money paid under it recovered .
11 This is why there has been such a rapid growth of organic foods and mineral waters .
12 It is not surprising that there has been such growth in the south-east .
13 It is all too clear why there has been such an unremitting broadside from Ministers against our tax and national insurance proposals .
14 There has been such a reaction around the world that there may be some hope .
15 In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here .
16 I ask the Chancellor to explain why there has been such a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister .
17 Now I ask the Chancellor to explain why there has been such a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister ; herself the inventor of the Madrid conditions , and now their arch destroyer .
18 Since then there 's been such winners as ‘ B-A-B-Y ’ ( Carla Thomas , 1966 and Rachel Sweet , 1978 ) , ‘ Baby , Baby ’ ( Eighth Wonder , 1988 ) and ‘ Baby ’ ( Halo James , 1990 ) , the Mechanical Copyright people announcing a year ago that their database , at that point , contained 81 songs called ‘ Baby , Baby ’ , 22 titled ‘ Baby , Baby , Baby ’ and even one called ‘ Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby ’ !
19 So the current position is that there 's been substantial progress er in Greater York , and I think its testimony to the willingness of the Greater York authorities to work together there that there 's been such a level of agreement I think probably er never before achieved in the Greater York area as to the direction that Greater York erm er should take .
20 There 's been such a lot of faff about so
21 Cos there 's been such a timetable mess up this year .
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