Example sentences of "such [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover she had the real comfort of knowing that her community appreciated what she was doing ; more , her life excited such admiration that after her death the interment had to be delayed for some days for fear of riots . |
| 2 | It is clear from the context of such pairs that in every case where the second speaker responds to a proposition of the first speaker with " you know what I mean ! " or " you know ! " , the second speaker is in fact agreeing with the first . |
| 3 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 4 | And for a moment despair was overwhelmed by something more lively : by a sensation of such disgust that for just that one moment I was almost galvanized into rebellion . |
| 5 | World War I , therefore , came as a terrible blow , but she persevered in keeping alive both the British section of the International Association for Labour Legislation and the World 's Labour Laws — to such effect that in February 1919 it was she who wrote the draft to the Paris commission on the basis of the International Labour Office to be established by the Versailles treaty . |
| 6 | These warriors in the shadows , the Special Air Service , created such havoc that at times a battalion of Iraqis — a thousand men — was chasing a group of just four or six soldiers . |
| 7 | So convinced are such people that to be impaired is to ‘ die ’ that no amount of protestation to the contrary seems to make any difference . |
| 8 | This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain . |
| 9 | In the Victorian era , however , the burden of interest payments resulting from earlier wartime borrowing caused such concern that for some time budget surpluses were run in order to reduce the national debt . |
| 10 | It has embroiled Dr Sandage in such controversy that at times he has almost completely withdrawn from the world . |
| 11 | Twice Richards complained about the ball , each time causing a lengthy hold-up to upset the batsmen 's concentration , and behaving with such arrogance that after the match he apologized to the umpires for it . |
| 12 | The analysis of religion as such shows that in the Christian faith it has received its highest , clearest and fullest expression . |
| 13 | The sinuous yet elegant complex curve was decorative yet was charged with tension and emotion : to such extent that at its best Art Nouveau assumed an organic quality . |
| 14 | And it was one of those such nights that at half past seven I 'd just got most of the fires set and ready to er er just on and going and I 'd half an hour to get everything straightened and ready for eight o'clock opening , and the door at the back went , which was where the office used to be . |
| 15 | Lambert looked at him with such energy that for a moment Killion thought he had discovered a way out of it . |
| 16 | She 'd known he would follow Didi as soon as the ring was found and the American wanted him by her side , but still his words brought such pain that for a moment Luce thought she 'd moaned aloud . |