Example sentences of "were such [that] it " in BNC.

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1 Plato wrote that the potentially subversive qualities of music were such that it would not be permitted in the perfect state .
2 The authority made an assessment , but did not consider that the boy 's needs were such that it should determine in a statement the special educational provision that should be made for him .
3 First , he proposed that , since the functions of the state were such that it was no longer possible to impose a unified direction of society from the centre , there was a need for a territorial decentralization of power .
4 At the same time American global responsibilities were such that it was not feasible to give an unlimited guarantee to south Korea .
5 This reflected the view that the uncertainties then facing financial markets were such that it would be better for the chips to be cashed in — thereby realising a useful profit — rather than to bank on better times in the ensuing two to three months .
6 If undue influence in the full sense is not made out but the element of pressure , surprise , misrepresentation or some or one of them combine with or cause a misunderstanding or failure to understand the documents or transaction , the final question must be whether the grounds upon which the creditor believed that the document was fairly obtained and executed by a woman sufficiently understanding its purport and effect were such that it would be inequitable to fix the creditor with the consequences of the husband 's improper or unfair dealing with his wife .
7 ‘ the final question [ is ] whether the grounds upon which the creditor believed the document was fairly obtained and executed by a woman sufficiently understanding its purport and effect were such that it would be inequitable to fix the creditor with the consequences of the husband 's improper and unfair dealing with his wife .
8 … then , without any question of resort to a court of equity , there might have been a defence in a court of law on the ground that any money recoverable on the note by the plaintiffs was recoverable by them merely as trustees for Sir Richard Temple , and that , under the circumstances disclosed by the correspondence , the relations between the father and son were such that it was impossible to suppose that the father wished to insist on payment of the note by the son .
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