Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in such " in BNC.
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| 1 | To indicate the causal relation between two notions , a compound was formed in such a way as to suggest that it is natural to begin with the effect and trace it back to its cause . |
| 2 | The Scottish Education Department undertook to review all of the adopted courses for FE85 approval by Mid-March and it is to the credit of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate that the task was undertaken in such a short timescale . |
| 3 | The reason is that the recognition network was arranged in such a way that acoustic similarities were minimized . |
| 4 | She talked about Florence Smith , an elderly constituent of hers , and how she was caught in such a gap . |
| 5 | It is impossible to know the extent to which this knowledge had a reactive effect in the field , although the research was designed in such a way as to try to establish , as well as one ever could , whether there was a mask behind which respondents were concealing their true behaviour and feelings . |
| 6 | The Panopticon was designed in such a way that prisoners were under constant surveillance by inspectors in a central observa-tion tower . |
| 7 | It was threaded in such a way as to twirl and twist hand-spun wool into a twisted string which would then be used for the saddle bags she made . |
| 8 | So Honey 's owner decided to get a helper to hold a bucket of oats and alfalfa chaff for Honey to eat while she herself mounted her , and this was done in such a relaxed and calm fashion that Honey also remained calm and went on eating . |
| 9 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 10 | It was said in such a way that it was difficult to refuse , and Stephen felt obliged to sit next to her , smiling awkwardly into the camera , whilst Christina looked on , unable to prevent a suspicion that the whole scene had been orchestrated by the two Americans . |
| 11 | Indeed the adjustable peg system was operated in such a way that the exchange rate was rarely used as a means of adjustment , and import restrictions were not allowed under the Bretton Woods agreement . |
| 12 | Esparto was grown in such places as Spain and Algeria , imported and transported from either the South Wales Railway , via Woolaston Station , or the diminutive wharf at Cone Pill . |
| 13 | Even the payment of players was regulated in such a way as to prevent clubs competing in a free market for talent . |
| 14 | It was written in such haste that only the violin part was copied out for the performance ; Mozart played his part from memory . |
| 15 | What gives tonight 's meeting added spice is that the original fixture between the teams last month was postponed in such controversial circumstances . |
| 16 | The General Staff was left with unenviable task of deploying a smaller army than was needed in such a way as to reduce the risks of the Sandys Reformation . |
| 17 | was interpreted in such a way as to exclude the rules unless : ( a ) the decision being taken affected an individual 's legal rights ; ( b ) the decision was being taken by a body which had a duty to act judicially . |
| 18 | A system that had been designed to exclude the poor 's income from the payment of tax , was reshaped in such a way that , although the poor continued to enjoy exemption on their low income , the same privilege was extended to similar bands of income for all other taxpayers . |
| 19 | The Labour policy of ‘ ensuring that lesbianism and gayness are treated positively in the curriculum ’ was raised in such a way as to play on parents ' fears for the safety of their children . |
| 20 | And maybe then you would like to see society move towards a situation in which the role of women was recognised in such a way that it was possible for them to leave their babies in creches , would you , or |
| 21 | No press release was made and I experienced extraordinary difficulties in trying to obtain the 1985 échelle des crus , Quite why this historic event was clothed in such secrecy is a mystery . |
| 22 | On top of that he was pictured in such chic situations as the bar of the Metropolitan Opera House confiding such pearls of worldly wisdom as ‘ A punctilious barman ( or butler ) will always serve you Schweppes Club Soda for highballs ’ . |
| 23 | It was almost the language of the papal chancery itself , but it was asked in such a manner that the pope could not concede . |
| 24 | A.Q. Morton , in his book Literary Detection records how stylometric evidence was admitted in such a case in 1974 . |
| 25 | Alejandro , fed up with Raimundo 's laziness and his exorbitant whining demands , was put in such a good mood when he saw the black eye that he agreed that Perdita could take over the breaking of little Tero . |
| 26 | In January and February 1788 a subscription was promoted in such papers as the Lincoln , Rutland and Stamford Mercury and Williamson 's Liverpool Advertiser . |
| 27 | As John Stubbs has written , " that backbench activism was centred in such an essentially non-landed element of the Conservative Party tends to confirm the view that the party 's centre of gravity was increasingly urbanised , commercialised and industrialised " . |
| 28 | If the whole garden was covered in such a layer of rubbish , she would be mad to dig it . |
| 29 | It was constructed in such a way that the information will not break down into stylization or gesture nor found to be synthetic — or false . |
| 30 | If the sampling frame was constructed in such a way that the population members are listed in random order , then systematic sampling is equivalent to simple random sampling . |