Example sentences of "such [prep] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loaf was very large , flat , brown-crusted , open-textured , a pain de ménage , the real household French bread such as is rarely produced nowadays in restaurants and inns . |
| 2 | Again , the theory of this is straightforward ; it is based on standard probability theory , such as is widely used in other disciplines , notably in the biological sciences , where the sampling of a population is an accepted way of establishing the variety of species in a given area . |
| 3 | He probably tells you that it is all arranged at this end , whereas in point of fact nothing has been laid on except by verbal arrangement with him , and then we have a frightful period such as is now going on . |
| 4 | The new Mamey Abbey had the appropriate symbolism , for ‘ the portal opened to a hall , such as is now rarely found ; with the dais , the screen , the gallery , and buttery-hatch all perfect , and all of carved black oak ’ . |
| 5 | The only way to determine which of these possible readings best explain the behaviour of voters in different localities is through an in-depth study of all the constituencies in England and Wales , such as is currently being undertaken by the History of Parliament Trust . |
| 6 | A delay loop such as is quite likely to fail . |
| 7 | A clause , such as is commonly found in standard terms , providing that the whole of the parties ' obligations are defined by the written agreement may also be caught by s3(2) ( b ) if , in fact , the contract is partly written and partly oral as a result of oral undertakings given alongside the written contract . |
| 8 | Optical scanning devices have become increasingly used for data capture either via some sort of bar coding system such as is commonly found at library issue desks , or by means of equipment able to read pencil markings at specified positions on a sheet of paper ( ‘ mark sensing ’ ) . |
| 9 | The lawyers had told her vaguely that a woman from the village came in to clean — but she had quite expected to find the furniture shrouded in dust-sheets , and a general air of cheerlessness such as is usually associated with empty houses . |