Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] such [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grainne felt her heart thudding with such a fierceness that she could almost imagine he would hear it . |
| 2 | He looked up from his reading and the beard parted in such a way as to suggest that there might be an affable grimace lying some way behind it . |
| 3 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 4 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 5 | I have never before had the privilege to work for such an environmentally-conscious , safe , dynamic and forward-thinking company . |
| 6 | Referring to the English essayists , he says : ‘ A sentence was written to have only one meaning ’ : and the writer 's ‘ task was now to create autonomous text to write in such a manner that the sentence was an adequate , explicit representation of the meaning , relying on no implicit premises or personal interpretations ’ ( 1977 , p. 268 ) . |
| 7 | He made it clear that the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , was not prepared to see Community action in the field of industrial relations and that Community legislation should not push up labour costs in such a way as to reduce the ability of business to compete in world markets . |
| 8 | The specific term used for such an exercise is ‘ one-step semi-free sparring ’ . |
| 9 | If the roof blows off such a lavatory , of course one will expect to be annoyed . |
| 10 | The following morning her child was delivered stillborn and her condition deteriorated to such an extent that , but for her expressed wishes , a blood transfusion would have been given . |
| 11 | To put it another way , if the principal element is an E , then the complex produced by such an extension remains an E ; and if the main element is a P , then the complex is a P. Qualification has the effect of indicating that the subordinate element is to be used in the identification of a single entity or of a single property corresponding to the complex as a whole . |
| 12 | In his statement of claim the plaintiff admitted that since termination of the contract he had by reason of continuing to work within the insurance industry acted in such a way that , if the contract were still subsisting , he would have been in breach of clause 9A . |
| 13 | In the end , her uncertainty grew to such a pitch that she expressed it . |
| 14 | The freshening dominates in such a way as to suppress convective water mass formation . |
| 15 | The move followed the decision in September 1989 to affirm Slovenia 's sovereignty and its right of secession from the SFRY [ see pp. 36899-90 ] , and the consequent election in May 1990 of a centre-right coalition campaigning on such a platform [ see p. 37463 ] ; on this occasion , however , no mention was made of secession . |
| 16 | When would the fourth pall-bearer arrive , because , although the labouring side of his assignment was being carried out , he was the first to be called by Alan to say a few words , and also why was the organist playing in such a muted fashion ? |
| 17 | But , if that 's the case , why was the deal handled in such a sly and back-handed manner ? |
| 18 | Sperber and Wilson suggest that the effect achieved by such an utterance can be termed a poetic effect . |
| 19 | With the great flood rising fast , Noah slammed the door of the ark shut in such a hurry that he accidentally severed the cat 's fine bushy tail . |
| 20 | The second exception is where an agent receives a commission or discount from a third party and it is the usual practice of the business in which the agent operates for such a commission or discount to be paid . |
| 21 | However , while the journalist , or the politician for that matter , tends only to select things which are in accord with some preconceived view or set of values , sociologists try to go beyond this by using clearly defined theoretical concepts , representative samples and writing research reports in such a way that they can be examined , tested and , perhaps , modified by others . |
| 22 | In the ordinary case , the law applicable to a decision made by such a body is the general law of the land . |
| 23 | Was the original purchase made with such a money-making end in mind ? |
| 24 | Diffusion of responsibility occurs to such a degree in Japan that outright blame is not easily assigned . |
| 25 | The social worker whose aim is to effect change in response to some cry for help , will try to ensure that the change occurs in such a way that it is manageable for the system as a whole . |
| 26 | Although concerned to embed his ideas in practices Bourdieu is not himself especially concerned with defining the role of the artefact , but it is clear how his work contributes to such a task . |
| 27 | The board assessed his compensation at a substantially lower figure than he would have been awarded by an industrial tribunal had he been able in law to appeal to such a tribunal . |
| 28 | I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man , |
| 29 | It would be premature to conclude , however , that the transfer seen in such an experiment depends on the acquisition of distinctiveness by the critical cues as a consequence of phase-one discrimination training . |
| 30 | Sean Walsh would never know how often she and Benny bemoaned their fate living in such a small town which had the worst characteristic any town could have : it was actually within striking distance of Dublin . |