Example sentences of "was such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the publicity giving the facts surrounding the transmission of the disease , ignorance was such that they became afraid of normal social contact . |
| 2 | Despite the publicity giving the facts surrounding the transmission of the disease , ignorance was such that they became afraid of normal social interaction . |
| 3 | Despite the publicity on transmission of the disease , ignorance was such that they became afraid to even visit me . |
| 4 | Leonard 's mind was such that he always had several ironies in his fire at any one time , even when he was seeking to demythologise some of them ! |
| 5 | Turn-a-Round will doubtless take some interest therefore in our continuing production turning competition , which was such a success last year . |
| 6 | The strength of the recovery was such that the Great Western was the first part of InterCity to move into profit . |
| 7 | By 1988 the morning-peak load was such as to necessitate a fifteen-minute clockface interval service from Swindon to Paddington between 06.30 and 09.00 ; additionally two services passed through Swindon without stopping . |
| 8 | Their promised availability and utilisation was such that one new vehicle was expected to replace two old ones , and thus considerable cost savings were ensured . |
| 9 | Yet the choreography is by a Russian who studied among the Spanish peasants and worked out his design with the help of a particular peasant , a natural dancer , whose passion for dance was such that his life ended tragically when he found he was not to perform in the ballet . |
| 10 | Electrical and communications technology at this time was such that induction coils were thought to allow faster working than batteries . |
| 11 | His reputation as a right-hand batsman , a strong on-side player , and deceptive medium-pace bowler was such that he was early earmarked for advancement by both his county and country , being twelfth man twice for England in 1938 , appearing as Hammond 's vice-captain in the 1946-47 tour of Australia before succeeding to the England captaincy in 1947 , then succeeding Brian Sellers as Yorkshire 's captain the following year . |
| 12 | It is not difficult to understand why Berlioz was such an admirer of this opulently scored work . |
| 13 | The quality of the recipes was such that it was difficult to choose which to publish . |
| 14 | In many cases , this form of guaranteed sales is running at barely half that of 1989 , when the boom was such that the government was forced to drop limits on subscriptions , which it claimed were forced upon it by lack of newsprint . |
| 15 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 16 | Thatcher 's image of being tough and decisive was the least predictable — not , of course , because these two labels seemed inappropriate but because there was such general agreement that they were appropriate . |
| 17 | Even though substantial orders were placed well in advance with the trade for some of these items the general pressure of demand was such that deliveries to RAFAMACS were delayed . |
| 18 | Arthur Ramsey was found with his injuries and in a state of shock and muttering , ‘ It was such a little thing , I was just trying to put my coat right . ’ |
| 19 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | He was such a fixture that no one noticed him any more . |
| 22 | The tension was such that she felt sudden relief as they went out of the small room into the air . |
| 23 | His fascination with these systematic orderings of society by kinship was such that he undertook a massive comparison and classification of as many systems of kinship terms as he could find from around the world , terms such as ‘ cousin ’ , ‘ uncle ’ , etc . |
| 24 | Yet people acted as though there was such a thing and this illusion was essential both for the working of capitalism and for the acceptability of the exploitation on which capitalism was based . |
| 25 | At the time of his trip he was such a novelty that he was featured in several Reykjavik newspapers , and treated with great hospitality wherever he went . |
| 26 | There was such loneliness . |
| 27 | It was evident , from conversations with him at the Kolbitar , that Lewis was such a man , and in version of his Lay of Leithian , the story of how the mortal Beren , returning from the wars , through the forests of Neldoreth , encounters the elfish maiden Luthien and falls in love with her . |
| 28 | It is a phenomenal compendium of lightly worn , deeply read learning , and in every page we see why Lewis was such an inspired teacher . |
| 29 | He was such a nice man , very quiet and reserved . |
| 30 | My mother was a great inspiration ; she was such a lovely jolly little lady , with precious little to be jolly about . |