Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ex-husbands are holding protest meetings , MPs postbags and newspaper columns have been crammed with such cases . |
| 32 | Pat Yot had never been entrusted with such responsibility before but she had become a friend of the family ; to Bernard and Laura loyalty and energy mattered far more than experience . |
| 33 | The Department of Conservation estimated that 60–80 per cent of the dolphin mortalities of the previous 4 years could have been avoided by such restrictions . |
| 34 | Fluorite-barite and base- and precious-metals mineral deposits elsewhere in south-west England are now known to have been deposited from such brines . |
| 35 | To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste . |
| 36 | Important as was the consciousness of self-government , the fueros would not have been defended with such obstinacy had they not conferred substantial economic advantages , designed originally to favour poor frontier provinces . |
| 37 | The Secretary of State 's worries about the control of Soviet nuclear weapons , given the potential breakdown of the Soviet Union , would not then have been based on such mind-boggling perceived dangers . |
| 38 | In such an economy , and also in the earlier phases of primitive agricultural communities , the coast and the larger river valleys provided very rich sources of food for small bands of people ; many Mesolithic sites have been recognised in such areas . |
| 39 | Well over £2 billion has been invested in such assets since the stock market collapse in October 1987 . |
| 40 | A sector which is under pressure from imports may seek voluntary export restraints on the part of the foreign suppliers ( a wide range of Japanese exports to the United States have been affected by such agreements ) . |
| 41 | Never before , or perhaps since , have birds been portrayed with such vitality , dexterity , and accuracy . |
| 42 | It would have been the easiest thing in the world for the softly spoken champ to have been intimidated by such surroundings . |
| 43 | The official New China News agency ( Xinhua ) reported that in the first nine months of the year 11,503 people had been arrested for such crimes . |
| 44 | Whether acting as orgone accumulators or not , light phenomena have certainly been observed in such locations . |
| 45 | Adam Smith had maintained in 1776 that " those laws which have been enacted with such severity against the combinations of servants , labourers and journeymen " were a major weapon in the hands of employers , as were the powers to deal with riot and disorder when frustrated workers began to attack persons or property . |
| 46 | In answer to the second part of my hon. Friend 's question about population planning assistance to the former Soviet Union , although we have not been asked for such help , last week I agreed that £2 million-worth of medical aid should be spent in the republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 47 | Such mutual respect , of course , is one of the fundamental elements of high morale , dependability and efficiency , and I count myself fortunate to have been associated with such people for over a quarter of a century . |
| 48 | Further doubt has been thrown on such findings when validity tests have been included ( Rathus and Siegel , 1980 ) . |
| 49 | They were asked to talk to them and find out for themselves about the families who had been thrown into such torment ; they were asked to talk about the children and about their lives at home . |
| 50 | I am already distraught that you yourself have been put to such pains . ’ |
| 51 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |
| 52 | This has been combined with such measures as the privatization of local housing and other services , central control over local spending and revenue , and forcing local authority direct labour organizations into the market place . |
| 53 | Section 12(1) states : … a person shall be guilty of an offence if , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , he takes any conveyance for his own or another 's use or knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority , drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it . |
| 54 | Section 12(5) provides : … a person who , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , takes a pedal cycle for his own or another 's use , or rides a pedal cycle knowing it to have been taken without such authority , shall … be liable … |
| 55 | We should not consider the need for early detection of localised prostatic cancer until its treatment has been subjected to such assessment . |
| 56 | The Enham material has been discussed at such length because it suggests much about contemporary conditions , and is essential to an understanding of the documents which Wulfstan wrote under Cnut , some of whose actions must have been disapproved . |
| 57 | In particular , attention has been directed to such questions as whether it is being dismantled or whether its frontiers are being narrowed by privatisation . |
| 58 | Our literary canons have largely been constructed on such Renaissance suppositions . |
| 59 | Ten people had been killed in such incidents since December , he said . |
| 60 | In the past year-and-a-half , 2,500 Colombians have been killed by such groups and a further 250 have disappeared after being detained by security forces , according to Amnesty . |