Example sentences of "such a [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal for such a register had been endorsed at the G-7 summit of leading industrialized countries in London in July [ see p. 38321-22 ] . |
| 2 | This is the first time that such a service has been available at a tennis event . |
| 3 | No one has yet argued that the attitudes of nineteenth-century working class wives ‘ modernised ’ , although such a case has been made for both young , single working class women and middle class wives . |
| 4 | In fact such a test has been performed to challenge Merton 's contention that there was a puritan majority among its early members . |
| 5 | The suggestions of homosexuality are , however , only one aspect of the attempt to discover some " mystery " which he wished to conceal ; and , in fact , the belief that there is such a secret has been largely provoked by the innate secretiveness of his own temperament . |
| 6 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 7 | The fact that such a relationship has been established in a difficult but rewarding area is of significance to all staff . |
| 8 | The solicitors for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council , which paid out £15,000 compensation to Veronica Bland , have confirmed that reports in the media may have given the false impression that such a relationship has been established . |
| 9 | True , they had not suited each other , but supposing the chemistry had been right , should such a relationship have been ruined by the wretched man-made social system ? |
| 10 | One can not write of ‘ the real world ’ till such a question has been answered . |
| 11 | It was an enormous tunnelling problem , and detractors called it both dangerous and impractical , because nothing on such a scale had been attempted before . |
| 12 | There are lots of charity shops in the High Street , but this is the first time such a venture has been launched in the art world of London . |
| 13 | Statutory exemptions are provided in section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and , inter alia , allow a person to drive without a licence or cause or permit another to do so if the driver has held or is entitled to obtain a licence for that class of vehicle and an application for such a licence has been received including in it the date he was driving . |
| 14 | BGS has been working on this problem for many years , and this year enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 15 | This year BGS enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site on Triassic sandstones where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 16 | Where there was evidence to show that such a decision had been taken for reasons of national security , this would be accepted to ‘ preclude judicial investigation of [ the ] particular … grievance ’ . |
| 17 | It is ironic that the British government should have gone through so many contortions over local government tax , finally to arrive at a system whereby the bulk of tax is raised centrally and distributed to the local authorities , while such a system has been the norm in Germany for decades . |
| 18 | Such a system has been discussed further by the author . |
| 19 | Until such a system has been produced the question of how such systems should integrate with syntactic processing remains very much within the area of theoretical linguistics . |
| 20 | Nevertheless the third party and his advisers seem to have acted as if such a direction had been given , for a document expressed to be a defence and counterclaim of the third party has been served . |
| 21 | Such a direction has been issued , for example , in respect of a large-scale retail shopping development . |
| 22 | Secondly , the epistemological problems that such a reformulation generates are confronted without creating a division between ‘ science ’ and ‘ ideology ’ or ‘ true ’ and ‘ false ’ consciousness . |
| 23 | Such a configuration has been achieved using a special wind-tunnel with graded heated elements and flow resistance grids at its entry . |
| 24 | Now such a centre has been established and is staffed by specially trained CAB workers . |
| 25 | The need for such a centre has been recognised for some time . |
| 26 | We might expect such a king to have been beatified upon his death ( his ancestor had been St Arnulf ) but Charles ' indifference to Christian morality prevented this . |
| 27 | perhaps the best-known attempt to make such a link has been by Peter Hall . |
| 28 | Once such a framework has been established , the emphasis is on finding new methods of dating finds and ways of refining existing methods to increase accuracy . |
| 29 | Such a payment has been treated as a gift : see Maskell v. Horner [ 1915 ] 3 K.B . |
| 30 | Christian leaders who had been contemplating such a move have been backing off . |