Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun sg] [prep] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report , to be discussed by tomorrow 's social services committee , says : ‘ The children migration schemes has in very many cases resulted in severe emotional trauma for those who were victim of such policies . |
| 2 | Written by two RAF officers this 127pp book provides an interesting ans well illustrated history of this airfield which was opened in 1938 , and which was home to such units as 14 OTU , 1668 HCU as well as various squadrons of Canberras , Victors and Vulcans . |
| 3 | When in 1953 Wyndham Lewis suggested a further campaign to release Pound from confinement , Eliot at first advised against any precipitate step : a number of proposals were being considered — including a letter to President Eisenhower — but he was wary of doing anything from England without being sure that there was approval for such moves in America . |
| 4 | It never was matter for such fear to me that I must have tried to silence him . |
| 5 | My dim recollection was that there was discussion of such questions in Mary Shelley 's novel . |
| 6 | One man , of course , Winchelsey , was proof against such cajolery , but his proposed excommunication of those who violated the rights of the church and collected the levy was barred by a writ of prohibition . |
| 7 | There was power in such Matter — great power . |