Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vi had heard about such things . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've heard about such people , of course … ’ |
| 3 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 4 | This sample is being traced through such sources as the Registrar of Births and Deaths , and was identified again in 1981 . |
| 5 | Further , when acting for the buyer of a leasehold property there will probably be a covenant in the lease to register all transfers , mortgages and other dispositions with the lessor 's solicitors and to pay them a fee prescribed for such registration . |
| 6 | If they are and this kind of tragedy occurs then they must be punished for such behaviour . ’ |
| 7 | Moreover , far from ‘ planning out ’ non-conforming industry ( which was a worthy planning aim in earlier years ) such industry ‘ substantially eases the problems of starting and maintaining small scale businesses if permission can be given for such uses to be established in redundant buildings such as disused agricultural buildings , industrial , warehouse , or commercial premises , on derelict sites , or in unsuitable housing ’ . |
| 8 | Various methods of analysis have been developed for such data . |
| 9 | Unfortunately handwriting is often too poorly formed for such techniques to work reliably . |
| 10 | However , figures disaggregated by sex on the numbers of claimants who have had their benefit withdrawn for such reasons are not readily available . |
| 11 | This offence , with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , encompasses two classes of weapon : first , an article made or adapted for use as a weapon ; and second , any article intended for such use . |
| 12 | For instance , treatments are listed for such conditions as suppurative pneumonia , cerebral oedema and purulent nephritis , obviously requiring highly skilled veterinary care and sometimes remedies at the highest potencies . |
| 13 | Persons who are unable to satisfy the conditions for enrolment at the appropriate time , being the time laid down by the Senate under Section 3 , may at the discretion of the Senate be provisionally enrolled for such period not exceeding three months as may be authorised by or on behalf of the Senate . |
| 14 | There are of course many questions which have not been addressed about such experiences . |
| 15 | In theory , you can convert a road shoe to cross-country shoe or vice versa , but as midsoles and uppers are not designed for such changes , it would not always to wise to try to . |
| 16 | Vincente Minnelli , a director of the old school and greatly renowned and respected for such classics as The Band Wagon and An American in Paris , was looking for a touch of modernism to attract a young audience to a rather old-fashioned film called On a Clear Day You Can See Forever . |
| 17 | EUROPEAN funding for the Highlands worth £20 million a year could cover health initiatives — the first time that spending on health has been considered for such grant aid . |
| 18 | Briefly ( leaving out much detail ) , the oral world-view is encoded through such characteristics as the embedding of music in everyday life ; direct , often improvisatory , unreflective composition ; use of traditional repeated units ; prevalence of monophony ; prevalence of pentatonic tonality ( which encodes social mutuality ) ; inflected pitch relationships ; ‘ dirty ’ timbres ; and irregular rhythmic patterning , often stressing rhythmic interplay . |
| 19 | Their conclusion — that chemotherapy should be recommended for such patients — is at variance with current practice in many centres , so we need to consider whether it is reasonable . |
| 20 | The Finer Report ( 1974 ) on one-parent families found that the system discriminated against such families because they gained points for only one adult , not two . |
| 21 | This was so severe a problem that in the early twentieth century a petitioner to the asantehene protested against such death duties and said they had |
| 22 | It is typical of Richard that he accepted the task with alacrity and succeeded with such brilliance that almost overnight he became recognized as a famous warrior . |
| 23 | The last four lines of this sonnet are seldom quoted , but to me they represent Shakespeare at his best , that intimate tone and unforced style of which Angel Day 's account of the personal letter is so apt a description : ‘ the familiar and mutuall talke of one absent friend to another … simple , plaine , and of the lowest and meanest stile ’ — yet how expressive : It is rare , even in his poetry , to find traditional tropes reanimated with such freshness and simplicity . |
| 24 | However , the rest of the shoal will not be disturbed too much anyhow , for in spite of what I used to believe , and what many anglers still believe , that big bream are too shy to be caught with such tactics , they will ignore almost anything if you have fed them correctly . |
| 25 | The problem of will lies in our recurring temptation to apply the will of the second realm to those portions of life which will not only not comply , but that will become distorted under such coercion . |
| 26 | Iron stemming rods were tipped with such metals but even then explosions still occurred . |
| 27 | ‘ Since you 're having Suzie 's trail pursued with such vigour , perhaps it would be sensible to stay on until my hotel reservation lapses . ’ |
| 28 | This is merely the latest example of the home office overturning policies earlier pursued with such vigour . |
| 29 | The young woman lay across the floor of her spotless kitchen , her skull smashed with such force that the brain was exposed . |
| 30 | Past values and beliefs are transmitted to new members through formal induction programmes and informal working practices epitomised in such phrases as : ‘ We do things this way in this office ’ . |