Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] such " in BNC.
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| 31 | Before Charles could give an order to his platoon , in which he could identify himself with them in such a disagreeable manoeuvre , the new Company Commander continued to pursue the military solecism of humiliating an officer in front of his own command . |
| 32 | Reluctantly , Charlotte agreed , even though she was sure he would already have been in touch with them in such an event . |
| 33 | The ‘ gaudy seed bearer ’ will have his sex life disrupted by Blanche living with them in such a small flat . |
| 34 | He had n't realized she was allowing her feelings to run away with her to such an extent and he was worried about the situation . |
| 35 | ‘ Offensive weapon means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him , or by some other person , per section 1(4) Prevention Of Crime Act 1953 as amended by the Public Order Act 1986 Schedule 2 paragraph 2 . |
| 36 | A weapon of offence is defined in s.10(1) ( b ) as " any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person or intended by the person having it with him for such use " . |
| 37 | Before this speech he had carried Neville Chamberlain with him in such rejection , but a week later , when there had already been a period of some pressure against the pound in the foreign exchange markets , Chamberlain thought that events would ‘ beat down Baldwin 's native instinct against coalition ’ . ’ |
| 38 | The abrupt challenge was distracted because she was struggling to contend with an unexpectedly physical reaction to finding herself alone with him in such a confined space . |
| 39 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 40 | Should I part with it at such a price , the weavers would rise upon the very shop . |
| 41 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 42 | In a sense it 's this , the unexpected , we all hope to bring back with us from such trips . |
| 43 | It would be possible to have a society in which it was everyone 's personal rule to refuse all help to the needy , but as someone who might be needy myself I can not truly will that all should turn their back upon me in such a situation . |
| 44 | Radical sects like the Quakers , the Shakers and the Methodists all encouraged the faithful to feel the divine in tangible forms ; some Pentecostal sects would speak in tongues , hear voices or experience powerful feelings which came upon them with such force that they were believed to come from God . |
| 45 | Both features resembled their names to a baffling degree but , despite this , Abu was moved to expound upon them with such fervent body language that we nearly plunged into the ravine and terminated our lives at the very lip of the sacred symbol of where we had begun it . |
| 46 | Many of the characteristic properties of metals arise from the existence in them of such ‘ electron gases ’ , and therefore the term ‘ metallic hydrogen ’ is appropriate . |
| 47 | And erm should you go round them in such a way that erm is making it more difficult for you and more difficult for other people ? |
| 48 | It is quite obviously a twentieth century excrescence , however good it may be in itself as such . |
| 49 | No longer does he cling on to the status that he wrested from him with such arrogance and cruelty . |
| 50 | She scuttled over to the far side of the room and had managed to read quite a lot of the letter before Julius came charging after her , taking the paper back from her with such force that it almost ripped in half . |
| 51 | Implicit in Paul 's description of another student is the idea that , although the student did n't do what was required , he got round it in such a clever and ingenious way , that he still deserved to do well in it ; indeed , Paul said that ‘ there is less understanding in lab work than there is ingenuity ’ . |
| 52 | And Hewlett-Packard has shown itself willing to make regular infilling acquisitions as it has grown — the company was heavily castigated for the price it paid for Apollo Computer Inc , but without Apollo , it would not be in anything like such a strong position today . |
| 53 | Section 17(10) defines children in need as follows : a child shall be taken to be in need if : ( a ) he is unlikely to achieve or maintain , or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining , a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of services by a local authority under [ Part III of the Act ] ; ( b ) his health or development is likely to be significantly impaired , without the provision for him of such services ; or ( c ) he is disabled . |
| 54 | ‘ Songs were specially composed for her by such distinguished musicians as WSGwynn Williams and Meirion Williams , and she was often referred to as ‘ the second Katherine Ferrier ’ , ’ he said . |
| 55 | They must have known if proceedings were taken for penalties it would be open to them in such proceedings to raise the question as to whether the duties were payable or not , as they did , in fact , in 1906 . |
| 56 | And I 'm going to suggest , without going into great detail , that the media will actually help you promote your products , your organization , your services , your views , the information you need to share with the public , if in fact you can actually present it to them in such a way that they can use it . |
| 57 | But where they 've gone on to have parish councils , you 've had the typical triangular structure and when I talk to people and listen to what they say , they , they do n't express it to me as such , but the felling you get over is that 's the sort of structure they 're used to , because the structure of the church is built in anyway , and the whole structure of the church |
| 58 | clings to me with such a perfume |
| 59 | Given its urgency , I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not write to me about such a detailed case , which would have enabled me to deal with it earlier . |
| 60 | I include it here because at no point was it ever put to me in such bald and comprehensible terms . |