Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] such matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | These observations on human language learning , coupled with evolutionary speculations make one realise just what a formidable accomplishment it would be if apes could be taught the use of a communication system remotely approximating a natural language in creativity , recursiveness , and the extreme conventionality revealed in such matters as reference to spatio-temporally remote items or counterfactual conditionalising or universal generalisation about an unsurveyed domain . |
| 2 | of contraceptives , and the distribution of any literature informing on such matters . |
| 3 | The test of obscenity still required proof that the matter was ‘ utterly without redeeming social value ’ , but it was not long before social value was claimed for sex , a Californian judge declaring himself unable to find such lack of social value in a film which ‘ appeals to the normal interest in sex and nudity which the average person has in such matters ’ . |
| 4 | Is it really appropriate for policy to deal with such matters as classroom display , layout , grouping and teaching methods , to take four by now familiar examples ? |
| 5 | Were he alive today , and in any position to dictate on such matters , I 'm quite sure he would ban all detectorists from the environs of Harrogate , his favourite English watering place . |
| 6 | The carer may be under too much stress , both physically and mentally , to cope with paperwork relating to such matters as the patient 's sick pay from work , relevant insurance claims , or simply organizing payment of the normal household bills . |
| 7 | He hardly had time to dwell on such matters , however . |
| 8 | Let's concentrate on the important , serious issues and spend less time worrying about such matters as the quality of the beer . |
| 9 | The documentation for this type of arrangement should be drawn up by a solicitor experienced in such matters . |
| 10 | He had not had much time or energy to expend on such matters , and was quite happy to cover familiar , or at least already prepared , ground . |