Example sentences of "[be] [prep] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the trend in the recent past has been for such experiments to get simpler and simpler ( more and more transparent ) in terms of the decision-problems given to the subjects . |
| 2 | The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ . |
| 3 | It is interesting to note that other countries are now copying our know-how funds because they have been of such help to the former Soviet Union and other eastern European countries . |
| 4 | The exposure draft also incorporates substantial revisions to the IAS , including : disclosure of the profit or loss from ordinary activities and extraordinary items on the face of the income statement ; guidance to assist in the identification of extraordinary items ( outside the ordinary activities of an enterprise and of a non-recurring nature ) ; a requirement to disclose the nature and amount of items of income and expense within profit or loss from ordinary activities that are of such size , nature or incidence that their disclosure is relevant to explain the performance of the enterprise for the period ; and additional disclosures in respect of discontinued operations . |
| 5 | ‘ They were all appointed because they are of such standing in the worlds in which their reputations were made that they will never kowtow to proprietors or editors . ’ |
| 6 | The facts of this case are of such gravity that a sentence of general deterrent is necessary , ’ said the judge . |
| 7 | And some companies are of such eminence in the world that , for an appropriate emolument , retired politicians , diplomats and higher civil servants are more than happy to bestow on them the benefits of the business acumen and personal probity for which they are rightly renowned . |
| 8 | A sixteenth-century building with a high saddle-roof , the Chuechlihaus , houses the Heimatmuseum which has a collection of old Langnau pottery products ; it also has exhibits to illustrate the products and tools of the several local timber trades and crafts , which is particularly appropriate in a district where forestry and timber trades are of such importance . |
| 9 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 10 | Although the technology was not microprocessor-based , and the events are now thirty years past , the study 's theoretical approach and empirical findings are of such interest and relevance that it is worth describing them in some detail . |
| 11 | Well I remember Jackie telling me , she came back from sh she came up to meet me in London one day and she came up with the woman , a German woman , who at that time was a buyer for Army and Navy er women 's fashions and this woman said that the model girls who are so thin she said they 're always bursting into tears and crying because they 're under such stress to keep their weight down and their boyfriends do n't like it because the girls are are lovely to have on their arms to take out , you know everybody sort of goggles , you know , lovely slim girl with yellow half way down her back etc. but , in fact , these girls get very , very ratty ! |
| 12 | ‘ Why , my lord , when we were left alone — and I think if they had not been in such haste to move on they would not have left a man of us alive to tell the tale — we first tended the worst hurt , and took counsel , and decided we must take the news on to Ramsey , and also back here to Shrewsbury . |
| 13 | Impressive as its successes have been in such matters as the unravelling of the genetic code , nevertheless they represent only an infinitesimal step towards a complete account in conventional physical terms of even the simplest animal brain . |
| 14 | But Ximena was seized with such fear as if her heart would have broken ; she and her daughters had never been in such fear since the day that they were born . |
| 15 | People who died of cancer were less likely than those dying from other causes to have been in such homes , 7 per cent against 29 per cent . |
| 16 | This question is considered for people who had been in such homes for a year or more . |
| 17 | Findings from the present study suggest that once people had become established in the homes their quality of life , in the opinion of their relatives , was similar to that of other people who died and had never been in such homes . |
| 18 | And if I tell thee that his Guavas , Pawpaws , Ginger and Lime are in such plenty that yearly he makes abundance of wet sweetmeats , of his own growth that serves his table and makes presents to his friends . |
| 19 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 20 | The latest estimates suggest that more than one million dependent children are in such families . |
| 21 | By itself , this approach does not establish a concept of durability since , in the case of perishables , it is self-evident that , if at the time of delivery to the carrier the natural produce are in such peak condition that they are likely to arrive in a deteriorated state , the requirement of merchantability at the time of delivery to the buyer has not been satisfied . |
| 22 | They were to be weighed under water to measure their body density , but plans for vigorous treadmill tests may have to be shelved because their feet are in such pain . |
| 23 | They are in such demand that we have the phenomenon of an industry geared to satisfying a craving for new varieties every year . |
| 24 | Their bodies are in such harmony . |
| 25 | It is precisely because market forces have in the long run caught up with the operation of the CAP , as they inevitably would , that we are in such trouble . |
| 26 | Moreover , while 5 per cent of Afro-Caribbean men and 13 per cent of Asian men are in professional and managerial occupations , 19 per cent of white males are in such jobs ; but it is important to note that the ‘ Asian ’ category conceals significant material differences , with 25 per cent of African Asians being in the professions and managerial employment , and nearly 70 per cent of Bangladeshi workers occupying semi-skilled or unskilled jobs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 27 | What better place than their gloomy underworld could there be for such beliefs ? |
| 28 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 29 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 30 | What possible justification could there be for such coldness ? |