Example sentences of "such a [noun] but [pron] " in BNC.

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1 This is not to say that there is only one right way of making such a choice but it can be helpful to have an insight into your own personal style of decisionmaking , and how this was applied to your career choice .
2 I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over .
3 I went home feeling miserable and ashamed for being such a fool but I did n't have long to indulge my self-pity , for when I entered our house I found my brother Jack and Mum quarrelling loudly .
4 You 'll have a brilliant time , it 's such a laugh but you ca n't drink , that 's the only thing , you ca n't drink inside , they do n't sell alcohol unless you 've got I D and there 's about four people there that are actually eighteen anyway .
5 Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly .
6 observed , almost by way of invitation , at p. 329b : ‘ It may be that the House of Lords will feel able to take such a step but it is my present view that this is a matter for consideration by Parliament . ’
7 The S.D.D. ( Scottish Development department ) had been approached about funding such a project but they had replied saying that the projected cost of such a project would be too high for them to offer financial aid .
8 It was quite traumatic at the time to be sick or unwell in such a situation but you did your very best and succeeded in putting it all right .
9 Incestuous feeling need not always figure in such a situation but there is no doubt that it often does .
10 Yes , I think also how you feel it could be improved would be very relevant and how you would feel in the context of a pensioners meeting , an annual meeting like shareholders have in companies and how you if you have any views on how such a meeting might be managed in relation to the deferred pensioners interests , the existing pensioners interests , the employees interest and obviously the company 's interest being adequately reflected at such a meeting but I think we would welcome that aspect .
11 Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war .
12 The continued success of their beers justifies such an approach but it will be of considerable interest to chart the viability of other beers as the drinking public reacts unconsciously to the character of extracts .
13 Althusser does not attempt such an argument but his sole example — a glancing reference to Foucault 's studies of asylums and clinics — suggests that he might have some sympathy with it .
14 I would go further I am not sure whether my Hon. Friends presented such an amendment but it was not called and ask that such a consultative committee comprise a large number of women bus users .
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