Example sentences of "it [vb -s] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it involves such things as finding new uses for old products or showing how solutions considered impracticable can be made to work . |
| 2 | 1.2 It is tempting at this point to plunge straight into an account of the adjectival system and how it produces such results as those above ; and in fact we should state clearly at this point that readers who prefer to build up the picture piece by piece , assessing the validity of the connexion between data and theory by starting from the evidential end , may pass immediately to Chapter 2 without any disadvantage . |
| 3 | It covers such activities as parachuting , mountaineering , hang-gliding , sub-aqua diving and motor racing . |
| 4 | The element of performance referred to under Dramatic playing occurs as part of a participant 's expression but it has such clarity and selectivity of communication to other participants that it acquires the ‘ adjectival ’ , descriptive characteristic of performing . |
| 5 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 6 | It wants such work halted until a ‘ Human Eugenics Advisory Committee ’ has been set up which includes civil liberties experts and representatives for the disabled . |
| 7 | It features such spots as the Yosemite Valley in spring , the hypostyle hall at Karnak , the Olgas of central Australia , and Blencathra on a January day . |
| 8 | It includes such firms as Fujitsu , Olivetti , Amdahl and ICL . |
| 9 | Paszti-Bott 's Conceptualist roster is impeccable it includes such artists as Hans-Peter Adamski , Peter Bömmels , Walter Dahn , Martin Gostner , Martin Kippenberger and Jürgen Klauke yet selection of works is guided by a rare concern for materials and aesthetic values that flouts the Deconstructive ban on real presences . |
| 10 | In fact , to refuse a parent 's request would not be a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights , even though it requires such convictions to be upheld . |
| 11 | Moreover , it is socially important for the way that it demystifies such manoeuvres . |
| 12 | And the industrialised world often encourages this , because it means such countries continue to be dependent on foreign technicians . |
| 13 | In some respects this is good when it means such topics as non-aqueous solvents are covered , but bad when the reader searches this chapter in vain for information about new solvents . |
| 14 | For the first time the Bill gives galleries powers of disposal , subject to certain conditions — or rather it gives such powers to the Tate and the national portrait gallery , but not to the Wallace collection or the national gallery . |
| 15 | The court office can not refuse to issue proceedings by the process requested by the plaintiff/applicant merely because it considers such process to be inappropriate ( Baker v Thatcher ( 1984 ) 134 NLJ 863 ) . |
| 16 | Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold a hearing , specifying the complaint and the grounds upon which suspension of the licence is sought ; ( b ) the clerk of the board shall give notice of the hearing to the complainer ; ( c ) any person or body mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act may , not less than 7 days before the hearing , lodge notice with the clerk of the board that he or it wishes to be heard in support of suspension of the licence specifying the grounds on which he or it seeks such suspension , an any such notice shall be intimated by such person to the holder of the licence ; ( d ) the board shall not order suspension of a licence without hearing the holder thereof unless after receiving due notice of the hearing the holder fails to appear . |
| 17 | It comprises such things as feeding , washing , lifting , cleaning up for the incontinent , protecting , and comforting . |
| 18 | It comprises such questions as the covert but conscious religious contents of ‘ secular ’ media or media messages . |
| 19 | It evinces such contempt for the principle as to use language which ignores or denies it , and offers no justification for the departure . |
| 20 | And the G M B demands that when the good committee report it makes such behaviour illegal . |
| 21 | In practice , unless you have a 486DX — it does not work quite like that because whenever the program is converting it makes such demands on the whole system that everything else is slowed up . |