Example sentences of "be [prep] such [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indeed , the trend in the recent past has been for such experiments to get simpler and simpler ( more and more transparent ) in terms of the decision-problems given to the subjects . |
| 2 | Impressive as its successes have been in such matters as the unravelling of the genetic code , nevertheless they represent only an infinitesimal step towards a complete account in conventional physical terms of even the simplest animal brain . |
| 3 | People who died of cancer were less likely than those dying from other causes to have been in such homes , 7 per cent against 29 per cent . |
| 4 | This question is considered for people who had been in such homes for a year or more . |
| 5 | Findings from the present study suggest that once people had become established in the homes their quality of life , in the opinion of their relatives , was similar to that of other people who died and had never been in such homes . |
| 6 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 7 | The latest estimates suggest that more than one million dependent children are in such families . |
| 8 | Moreover , while 5 per cent of Afro-Caribbean men and 13 per cent of Asian men are in professional and managerial occupations , 19 per cent of white males are in such jobs ; but it is important to note that the ‘ Asian ’ category conceals significant material differences , with 25 per cent of African Asians being in the professions and managerial employment , and nearly 70 per cent of Bangladeshi workers occupying semi-skilled or unskilled jobs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | What better place than their gloomy underworld could there be for such beliefs ? |
| 10 | ‘ To be near such poets and part of that adventure ! ’ |
| 11 | Within this trickle of a song , Morrissey defends his much maligned plagiarism with a comical air of one who considers himself , quite rightly , to be above such charges . |
| 12 | I 'm only sorry it had to be in such circumstances of stress . |
| 13 | Indeed no one yet knows what a ‘ natural ’ or ‘ equilibrium ’ level of fertility may be in such societies . |
| 14 | those with difficulty looking after themselves , the confused , the incontinent , the blind , the deaf , and the bad tempered were more likely to be in such homes than others . |
| 15 | In his cycle for Unicorn-Kanchana , Peter Hill has shown how effective a softer palette can be in such pieces . |
| 16 | Extraordinarily enough for a couple who were supposed to be at such odds , they seem to have no problem over their conversation . |
| 17 | In Lindsey ( Eagles 1979 , pp. 177–8 ) it has been shown that 11 per cent are on such boundaries and 18 per cent within 500 feet . |
| 18 | It is important that those who are on such diets long term take care to ensure an adequate intake of essential nutrients . |
| 19 | In previous centuries needs were recognized reluctantly , if at all , when social problems were of such proportions they could no longer be ignored . |
| 20 | Matthew stumbled a bit on this question , trying to remember what the prevailing feminist attitudes were towards such things as parenting and families . |
| 21 | Even if one were to concede to McDowell that there could be traffic in simple message types before the Gricean hump , I wish to maintain that one would have to be over the hump ( or at least capable of being in such states as are involved in the hump ) before one 's language could evolve syntactic structure of the kind yielding infinite generative capacity . |
| 22 | Already , in that year , there were 1,145 comprehensive schools , and 32 per cent of all secondary pupils were in such schools . |
| 23 | At the same time the council in England believed that the king 's familiares were exercising undue influence over him : the unity which Edward had been at such pains to build up in 1337 was on the point of fracturing . |
| 24 | On the one hand this expansion offered for the first time a substantial number of teaching posts which together formed a fully-integrated career structure , and on the other it considerably lessened the security of both the " historical " and " critical " paradigms for which Bateson had been at such pains to seek some form of mutual accommodation . |
| 25 | It is certainly not true of Arab public opinion which has long ago accepted the ‘ linkage ’ that Washington has been at such pains to discount . |
| 26 | He had been at such pains . |
| 27 | This book is about such events : a cultural catastrophe which has gathered pace and which , if not addressed by those in power , could do irreparable damage to our nation 's literary heritage . |
| 28 | Similarly , the reason why we want hospitals is for such aims as the preservation of life or the improvement of health or peace of mind . |
| 29 | It is for such customers that we have listed the properties of Matroc 's more widely used materials . |
| 30 | It is for such customers that we have listed the properties of Matroc 's more widely used materials . |