Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank God , Athelstan thought , you are not in such a mood every day . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ While recognising that the allegations are made by a self-confessed IRA terrorist , they are nonetheless of such a serious nature that they demand full investigation . ’ |
| 3 | Later dicta leave it quite uncertain whether A can do so where C 's refusal to deliver up the goods amounts to conversion , and they are decidedly against such a view where C's conduct in obstructing A 's entry does not ; and this , too , even where the goods come on C 's premises without any tort on A's part . |
| 4 | So far as enterprises are concerned , their accounts are now in such a state of confusion that most of them no longer care about increases in their costs . |
| 5 | He was n't sure he wanted to be in on such a dangerous idea . |
| 6 | " Oh never mind , Lord Hulton , they seem to be getting them down the hill now and I 'm not in such a panic this morning , anyway . " |
| 7 | But I 'm not in such a hurry to be rid of you just yet . |
| 8 | From what I learned at the meeting I ca n't see why he thinks I 'm up to such a task , but maybe la bête a ses raisons que la belle ne connaît pas . |
| 9 | There 's no bell saying you all have to be there at such a time . ’ |
| 10 | But the agility and balance that should be there in such a fine-looking coupe are missing . |
| 11 | Hale declared that proof of the emission of seed was unnecessary and , in the nineteenth century , although there was some doubt about this , East expressed himself to be firmly against such a requirement . |
| 12 | If we are indeed in such a digestive , living-with-it , period it would explain something which is otherwise puzzling . |
| 13 | Marx 's abstractions were not of such an order , rather his abstractions were concrete historical ones . |
| 14 | we were n't in such a financial state we 're in now ? |
| 15 | Frankly , if I were n't in such a high-risk position , I 'd want someone a little more cosy as my obstetrician , but Owen is the best for someone like me and at times he can be a dear , so I should n't complain … |
| 16 | Villagers attending the annual parish meeting last week made it clear they were heavily against such a proposal . |
| 17 | It is only with such a system that uneconomic jobs or work types can be identified and stopped for either the fee basis to be renegotiated or the amount of work done reassessed . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it is only in such an environment that the young person will be able to move forward in his/ her search for meaning , value and purpose in life . |
| 19 | Some see this as indicating a constant relegation battle come the winds of March , but I believe it is only from such a lowly position , lulling opponents into a false sense of security , that we can wreak havoc on the rest of the League . |
| 20 | But it is only against such a background , I submit , that the issue of the technological imperative can properly be understood . |
| 21 | As our Prime Minister is away at such an important summit conference — important for the security of the whole of the western world — does my right hon. Friend think it appropriate at this moment to reaffirm the Government 's commitment to that European pillar , the Western European Union ? |
| 22 | Grado Cathedral , built on an island in the lagoon a few miles further south , is similar in design but the workmanship is not of such a high standard . |
| 23 | What you do with someone who is not in such a bad way will depend on your relationship with the young person and on what situation you are in : |
| 24 | He says having been there , the crash is n't over such a wide area as we thought at first . |
| 25 | I mean that church is n't in such a bad state bloody fall on you all the time . |
| 26 | Whither now , at sixty-five , with an agent who sends me postcards from abroad as conscience sops , but never telephones because what work is there for such a one as I ( or is it me ) ? |
| 27 | ( The hankering for a punk-style commotion is precisely for such an illiberalism , a taking of sides , a new order . ) |
| 28 | Everything he did smelt quality , even though he was on for such a short time . ’ |
| 29 | They told me not to bother doing the premises up since it was only for such a short time . |
| 30 | But most was not at such a high level , was concentrated within the last six or seven generations which ( as Peters notably argues ) was the limit of what a contemporary grandfather could tell as ‘ what my grandfather told me ’ , or ‘ what my father told me about his grandfather ’ ( Peters , 1970 ) . |