Example sentences of "such that [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Indeed , the differences are such that to the student weaned on a study of the United States Constitution , the British Constitution is nearly incomprehensible .
2 The scale of physical destruction was such that of 98,000 dwellings administered by the London County Council in 1939 , just 9,250 escaped unscathed .
3 In contrast , the local circumstances are such that for Parkinson the Merseyside experience is one that he may disapprove of in principle but lives with far more readily in practice .
4 Definition 2.6.1 A function ( also called map , mapping , or transformation ) from a non-empty set A to a non-empty set B is a non-empty subset f of A x B such that for each a ε A there exists exactly one b ε B for which ( a , b ) ) ε f .
5 Such relations occur in hierarchies , but for a proportional series all the structuring relations must be ‘ one-to-one ’ , that is to say , each relation must be such that for any element there is just one other element to which it can stand in that relation , and only the first element can stand in that relation to the second .
6 The dominance of the corporate publishing sector is such that for many writers the most available social relations are those of employment in this sense , with the ideas for books coming from new professional intermediaries ( publishers ' editors ) within the market structure , and authors being employed to execute them .
7 From this we can deduce that n = n' and that there is a bijection unc such that for each
8 He opened the door but the dimness inside was such that for a moment he could see little ; then , as his eyes accommodated , he saw Maurice standing , pressed against the far wall as though he wanted to vanish through it .
9 As a hotel increases in size , however , the tasks have to be subdivided into separate areas of work and supervised by section heads ; and in a very large hotel ( Fig. 1.2 ) the volume of work is such that under departmental heads staff specialise in one aspect of the work only and there is little opportunity to relate their individual efforts to the whole operation .
10 Ontological existents are a sub-species of possible topics of discourse , and any topic of discourse , qua topic of discourse , is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " ; with " A " being a descriptive expression of some sort .
11 That a topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as the same is an analytic proposition setting out part of what " topic of discourse " means .
12 Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness .
13 The outcry was such that on Oct. 19 the government postponed part of the closure programme .
14 It is also possible to scale the approaching waves such that at the point of collision , and .
15 It was also pointed out that , for the colinear case , it was convenient to rescale the approaching waves such that at the point of collision .
16 Thus ( 61 ) will be true , on this account , just in case there is some reference time ( say , another event ) prior to CT , such that at that reference time , ( 62 ) would have been true ( while ( 62 ) is in turn true , just in case ( 63 ) would have been true at some point prior to the CT of ( 62 ) ) : ( 6z ) John had seen Mary ( 62 ) John saw Mary ( 63 ) John sees Mary But such M-tenses do not match up simply with L-tenses , for L-tenses nearly always encode additional aspectual and modal features too ( see Comrie , 1976a ; Lyons , 1977a : 703ff , 809ff ) .
17 His success is such that at 45 he has a salary of nearly £1m a year .
18 Her dislike of him was such that during the filming of A Letter to Four Wives , in which she picks up a photograph of a man and reacts with distaste , director Joe Mankiewicz used a photo of Preminger which prompted exactly the right expression from Darnell .
19 Their influence is such that during the stalking season vast areas of Scotland are closed off to hillwalkers .
20 By sweeping back and forth through figures of eight , a Flexifoil will build up speed even when wind strength is such that without movement or being flown as though on a single line , it will just hover with the spar nearly straight .
21 However the constraints are such that without new legislation it is extremely unlikely that this is an option open to the Catholic sector .
22 Although the practical difficulties of time measurement were such that until the middle of the seventeenth century most clocks had but one hand and the dial was divided only into hours and quarters , the abstract framework of uniformly divided time gradually became the new medium of daily existence .
23 The distribution of the wreckage was such that from the position of the outer wing panels more than two kilometres from the main wreckage it was clear that there had been a structural failure of both wings in the air .
24 The relations between the elements must be such that from any three of the elements the fourth can be uniquely determined .
25 His progress was such that by 1783 he had so excelled that he was asked to teach the subject .
26 With the addition of legumes and appropriate management , it is alleged that pasture productivity can be maintained but the grasslands are quickly invaded by inedible weeds such that by 1978 , 20% of the pasture area in Amazonia was degraded .
27 The situation is such that by 2010 , timber supplies might not be able to keep up with demand .
28 The hospital staff have the skills to care for these patients such that after a month or two their behaviour improves and they become suitable for private care .
29 Its great expectations were such that in 1975 it produced what it called a ‘ Reference Programme ’ of future development based on a dramatic growth in electricity demand .
30 On the other hand , there have been problems , such that in 1988 the National Audit Office could argue ( pp. 4–5 ) that there was an urgent need for a fundamental review of the MDC , including consideration of its management , development strategy , the size of its area and the timescale and resources needed to establish the Corporation 's effectiveness ' .
  Next page