Example sentences of "it is [adv] such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not such a perverse idea , because a lot of people have recently become interested in that noble beverage . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not such a huge change of direction ’ he said , pointing out his familiarity ‘ with analysis and environmental science ’ . |
| 3 | In such circumstances , it is not such a blow to have lost the confession . |
| 4 | Indeed it is not such a great tragedy to discover that a pet cat is deaf , although there is a sad weakening of the intimate communication system that cat owners and their cats enjoy sharing . |
| 5 | It is not such a mystery really , as the Treasury admitted after Mr Lamont had finished his speech that next year they plan to borrow £44 billion . |
| 6 | While this is good news for millions of borrowers and mortgage holders , it is not such a rosy picture for those people who have come to expect a healthy return from their savings accounts . |
| 7 | ‘ It is not such a terrible one . ’ |
| 8 | But it is not such a quantum leap to understand two cooking media as it is to grasp the principles of some multi-task ovens which appear to have nearly as many functions as the ubiquitous Swiss army knife . |
| 9 | The OAPA is a mess but surely it is not such a mess . |
| 10 | Nothing in the Code seeks to prevent a suspect volunteering a statement after charge otherwise than in response to questioning , but it is presumably such an infrequent occurrence that it was not thought necessary to spell out the procedure for doing so . |
| 11 | It is n't such a large service after all . " |
| 12 | But now , if I do it in spring , it is n't such a big job . |
| 13 | It is just such a spirit that would be wanted to animate the fertility of the earth and ensure the continuance of increase and plenty in the plants and animals that a browsing existence depends upon . |
| 14 | But it is just such a view that could be said to lie at the heart of a second major theory of social stratification that has emerged more recently in sociology : the functionalist theory of stratification . |
| 15 | And it is just such an occasion , referred to later , which is the oldest living golfing memory of the Henley club . |
| 16 | It is perhaps less easy to see how someone from a privileged background can be led to seek emptiness as a physical state , when it is obviously such an unpleasant , even painful , one . |
| 17 | It is always such a wonderful event , a kind of message of hope at the start of the year . |
| 18 | As we shall see , though , it is precisely such a set of conceptual tools that more recent structuralism has attempted to supply . |
| 19 | It is precisely such a person who can be brought lowest by the hateful things that may be reported about him in a court of law . |