Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prime was brought down when to escape a hostile bid from MAI Systems Corp , it agreed to one of the last — and most doomed — leveraged buyouts in the computer industry by a group led by J H Whitney & Co , just before the boom fell on such transactions , which saddled Prime with a debt burden that at the time looked unsustainable — as so it has proved . |
| 2 | ‘ Marge ? ’ offered Ivy , in a frank , open tone , and tea went through such stages as could be managed in those days of austerity . |
| 3 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 4 | In referring to the Kingdom the Old Testament spoke in such terms as ‘ Behold , the days are coming ’ . |
| 5 | The village brook overflowed with such force that cars were washed away , and homes were under feet of water . |
| 6 | More than half of this came from city organisations , largely due to the good connections which members of the appeal committee had with such institutions . |
| 7 | Any conclusion reached after such discussion or debate is likely to be flawed and unsatisfactory . |
| 8 | Benjamin ( 1979b , p. 226 ) wrote of the surrealist movement that ‘ life only seemed worth living where the threshold between waking and sleeping was worn away in everyone as by the steps of multitudinous images flooding back and forth , language only seemed itself where sound and image , image and sound interpenetrated with such felicity that no chink was left for the penny-in-the-slot called ‘ meaning ’ ’ . |
| 9 | Benjamin ( 1979b , p. 226 ) wrote of the surrealist movement that ‘ life only seemed worth living where the threshold between waking and sleeping was worn away in everyone as by the steps of multitudinous images flooding back and forth , language only seemed itself where sound image , image and sound interpenetrated with such felicity that no chink was left for the penny-in. the-slot called ‘ meaning ’ ’ . |
| 10 | The plaintiff wrote for such advice and also for the name of a ‘ good stockbroker . ’ |
| 11 | ( F ) The Absence of a claim or of notice of accident by a Policyholder or other person indemnified by such Policy shall not prevent the operation of this Agreement between the parties hereto . |
| 12 | Belief or the absence of belief that the owner had with such knowledge consented to the appropriation is relevant to the issue of dishonesty , not to the question whether or not there has been an appropriation . |
| 13 | He said , at p. 632 : ‘ Belief or the absence of belief that the owner had with such knowledge consented to the appropriation is relevant to the issue of dishonesty , not to the question whether or not there has been an appropriation . |
| 14 | None of them would necessarily call himself a Daleyite , and Mr Daley would deny that he was creating a Democratic machine anything like the one that his father ran with such effect . |
| 15 | The fear and revulsion felt by such parents has been well documented by the many parents who have initially wanted their child to die , and then gone on to bring up and care for their mentally handicapped child . |
| 16 | The subsequent punch-up led to such headlines as ‘ Go Home Mr. Dors And Take Diana With You ’ . |
| 17 | Whilst its coverage of public affairs ‘ news ’ was not comparable to the Daily Mirror — the amount of space devoted to such news declined between 1927 and 1937 by 59 square inches or 5% — that decline is one of 19% if one assumes that that content should have expanded in line with the expansion of total editorial space . |
| 18 | The Committee would have liked to secure legislation which ensured that at least the existence of every computerised system handling personal information was known : such provisions apply in other Western democracies , but the British tradition of shielding National Security matters even from Parliamentary scrutiny militated against such disclosures here . |
| 19 | In fact , timber felling grew to such proportions that a law was passed restricting it ; anyone found guilty of contravening this law more than three times , could be hung . |
| 20 | The close connections between many padres and the Army has left its shape in the form of the moustache sported by such ministers . |
| 21 | For months , the spin doctors relied on the training imparted at such teaching hospitals as the Downing Street Policy Unit . |
| 22 | ( There was a long correspondence in a camp newspaper about the evil effects which female parts in a play had on such people . ) |
| 23 | However in these years the total area of land devoted to such cash Crops by smallholders was minuscule in relation to the total area in production , and had little impact on the bush/fallow system as it had been traditionally practised . |
| 24 | It provided that the cost of a benefit consisting of the provision of any service or facility which was also provided to the public ( i.e. , in-house benefits ) should be the price which the public paid for such facility or service . |
| 25 | Because the company frowned upon such spare-time enterprise , the trio kept their identities secret … |
| 26 | In casual encounters with neighbourhood police while on the beat , members of the public complained of such things as the life-style of next-door neighbours , noisy traffic , and parked lorries . |
| 27 | The standard agreement which Copeland 's company had with such acts as Caravan , the Climax Blues Band , Wishbone Ash and Squeeze was for a 50–50 split — a worse arrangement than the one Copeland had encouraged Sting to sue Branson over . |
| 28 | The raw material came from such sources as Renaissance sketchbooks , engravings and travel guides and was originally limited to Antique works of art known between 1400 and the conquest of Rome by Charles V in 1527 . |
| 29 | Although Massachusetts , like many states , had a statute which absolved parents who treated their children by spiritual healing from charges of abuse or neglect , the prosecution successfully argued that the statute did not apply in cases where death or serious injury resulted from such action . |