Example sentences of "at such " in BNC.
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| 1 | The well-born and the well-off have been apt at such times to turn , for diversion and instruction , to foreigners and to members of the working class . |
| 2 | It is quite clear that Rome did not have a policy on catholic schooling at this time , and certainly not one requiring attendance at such schools as a religious duty . |
| 3 | However , it is doubtful whether this really has much effect , because in the tail-down position at such low speeds , the tail can not develop much , if any , down-load . |
| 4 | The family celebration , at his grandmother 's house where they frequently met , was enjoyable — to a point , but the loss of his father could only be exacerbated at such a time . |
| 5 | His guitar was his companion , its music his soul-mate , not only at such professional expressions as these but everywhere . |
| 6 | Was Leonard aware , even at such a tender age , of the sense of grief his father had , not only in his life being shortened but with it his usefulness ? |
| 7 | At such meetings he kept himself in touch with the constantly changing scene of poetry , the new faces which appeared , the old names which disappeared . |
| 8 | ‘ You can not have expected such a satisfactory development for the World at such a late stage in the debate . ’ |
| 9 | Psychologists of vision , for example , have to think in terms of levels of representation that the nervous system computes and not to do so would be to render unintelligible the processes that occur between the transducing of light-rays into electrical impulses at the retina and the cortex recording the object as ( say ) a rigid cylinder rotating at such and such a distance from the viewing point . |
| 10 | Severe winter conditions create much hardship for the isolated Settle–Carlisle line and the railway provides the only reliable form of transport at such times . |
| 11 | I scoffed at such nonsense , and leapt up the beach , lanyard in hand , only to fall flat in the surf , as the waves turned sand from firm to quick . |
| 12 | At such moments we come as close as it is possible to get to the spirit of Crime and Punishment . |
| 13 | It 's not easy to say what the narrating ‘ I ’ is doing at such a scene . |
| 14 | Is our imagination at such a low ebb ? |
| 15 | At such meetings he was valued . |
| 16 | Archbishop Fisher did not approve of his fellow-archbishop being prominent in such company at such a moment of history . |
| 17 | It would be wrong not to draw attention to the grave problem which is being created for the future by the production of large numbers of council houses at such rents that , if a fall occurs in building cost , difficulty will be experienced in letting them , despite the subsidy . |
| 18 | Praising Durkheim , Eliot had written about and summarized Max Müller 's attitude ( largely based on Sanskrit philology ) , which looked at primitive religion chiefly through its myths , finding in primitive deities personifications of larger forces of nature and seeing in the primitive mind a sentiment of wonder at such forces , a basic intuition of the ‘ infinite ’ . |
| 19 | These words were used specifically of Whitman 's writing about lilacs or the mocking-bird , and revealing that at such moments his theories and beliefs dropped away like needless pretexts . |
| 20 | General hints at fertility ceremonies may be present , demonstrating another continuity in theme between this and earlier poetry ; but it is important to see that , though its death and rebirth are also related , Christianity is presented by Eliot as an escape from Frazerian cycles of fertility ( in the way that the Buddhist ‘ Shantih shantih shantih ’ hinted at such an escape ) , not as its mere continuation . |
| 21 | One of these tunnels , which seemed awesomely long , black and terrifying , was , with gumption and at such times as the brook was not in full spate , explorable . |
| 22 | At such moments the narcissistic dimension of relating to otherness becomes apparent . |
| 23 | At such moments he may be most culpable vis-à-vis a responsible sexual politics ( lesbian , gay , and feminist ) , but most revealing about the ‘ nature ’ of sexual desire . |
| 24 | The King assured the Prime Minister that , remaining at his post , his position and reputation would be much more enhanced than if he surrendered the government of the country at such a crisis . |
| 25 | Rachel allowed herself a brief smile at such youthfulness . |
| 26 | Nor is Roddick fearful that she will be unable to ensure that the most suitable people are recruited to join The Body Shop as it continues to grow at such a fast pace . |
| 27 | At such a point , the system implied by the technology of production — the kinship system , the system of property allocation , the political system , and the State — come into contradiction with each other , and in this way lead to the end of one stage and the appearance of another . |
| 28 | I do n't think they should learn about these things at such an early age . |
| 29 | Also there had been a note of incredulity in Vigo 's voice as if he marvelled at such an old goose begetting a swan . |
| 30 | The impulse which made Lewis transcribe the dialogue at such length was something which could have been directed into comic fiction . |