Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be [prep] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | A judge should only find a child guilty of contributory negligence if he or she is of such an age as reasonably to be expected to take precautions for his or her own safety ; and then he or she is only to be found guilty if blame should be attached to him or her . |
| 2 | This will be the case where negotiations or discussions are extended to embrace more than a small group of people or where they are at such an advanced stage that the target is reasonably confident that an offer will be made for its shares ; where secrecy can not be maintained ; or if security is breached . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It perplexed us that we were in such a remote spot . |
| 5 | What was the matter with the young of these days that they were in such haste to destroy themselves ? |
| 6 | Er and again I do n't know er it 's only my thoughts that everybody 's in such a hurry today through pressure of this and pressure of that . |
| 7 | But a lot of people would say of course that it is of such importance , that we really ought to be up to date with exactly what 's going on , after all this is happening on our behalf . |
| 8 | Another reason for wanting to retain the inclusion of a relatively poor inner-city area was that it is in such areas that the problems of service provision to dementia sufferers are often at their most acute . |
| 9 | This is hypothetical , of course , but Sweeney Agonistes had demonstrated that it was in such drama , rather than social realism , that his theatrical talents really lay . |
| 10 | v. McAlpine , where vibrations from pile-driving caused structural damage to a large hotel on adjoining land , Astbury J. held it to be a bad plea that the vibrations had this effect only because the hotel was so old as to be abnormally unstable ; but he found also that the evidence did not establish that it was in such a condition . |
| 11 | Education is statutory , but once it is over such youngsters are legally entitled to nothing . |
| 12 | It was believed that this intervention would be aided if the state had control of certain key industries ( eg coal , railways , gas , electricity distribution ) , which were crucial to post-war economic recovery and which were in such a rundown state that it was unlikely that sufficient private capital would materialise to rejuvenate them . |
| 13 | She was n't very coherent … and she was in such a bad state I could n't force her … ’ |
| 14 | Cos she , she said it to me cos she was on such a high you see cos she 'd just come on , did n't you see her last night ? |
| 15 | There were three horses among the four of them and they were in such poor shape that not one could bear a double burden . |
| 16 | And yet , according to Arp , NGC 4319 and Mrk 205 are connected by streamers of material , impossible if they are at such different distances from us . |
| 17 | Many salespeople who , to an outsider , seem naturally quick-witted have developed this skill through careful preparation beforehand , imagining themselves as buyers and thinking of objections that they might raise if they were in such a position . |
| 18 | Since playgrounds give our children so much , it 's a great shame that in many areas , the old playparks are being allowed to run down until they 're in such a bad state that it 's easier and cheaper to knock them down and build a carpark than try to make them safe . |
| 19 | Yeah , and it 's like such a long thing . |
| 20 | He recognised that human society is characterised by extraordinarily complex and rich forms of communication , and it is through such communication that the individual 's self is constructed and the larger group is constructed . |
| 21 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 22 | If the news was really unexpected she would be off balance and it is at such times that people are most likely to speak the truth . |
| 23 | Nevertheless they did issue trade cards and it is from such items and other related mercantile ephemera that we are able to reconstruct a reliable overview of the trade , their connection with other business houses and their livery company affiliations . |
| 24 | Often these objectives are mutually incompatible and it is from such incompatibility , and the misunderstandings that arise from it , that many social and emotional problems experienced by older people arise . |
| 25 | Their lives had been plain and unadorned , and it was in such language that Grainne would address them . |
| 26 | The way in which glacial processes were studied was by investigations in areas including Iceland , Baffin Island , Antarctica , Alaska , Scandinavia , and the European Alps and it was from such research that the understanding and interpretation of past glacial systems was enhanced , as in Scotland by Sissons ( 1967 ) . |
| 27 | Say if it 's in such a secluded place you know if you 're gon na be there for twenty , er for days , there 's no help |
| 28 | If there is indeed any foundation for these fears — which I do not at all suppose , for why should he not have contacted me if he was in such trouble ? — I shall settle the matter at once . |
| 29 | If he was in such a desperate hurry , he could have gone round and gone the other way |
| 30 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |