Example sentences of "[be] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivan Klima could be called a lyric author , and the notion of what it is to be such an author is examined in My First Loves , whose gentle and deliberate stories read as if they have been grown and stored before being made public . |
| 2 | There has to be a time , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , laying down the pen , began to type again , there has to be a time when excuses are no longer necessary , will never again be necessary , there has to be such a time in everybody 's life , when too soon and too late no longer mean anything , a time , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , when one starts because one starts and for no other reason . |
| 3 | At all times the angle of climb and the combination of speed and height must be such that a safe recovery can be made if the launch fails . |
| 4 | It can be such a mild disease , and so like other childhood illnesses , you can never be absolutely sure you have had it . |
| 5 | But there never could be such an observer — at least not if his thought-processes were to be analysed in the same way as ours — because his thoughts about the relations of the particulars would themselves be just a succession of particulars whose relations , which give them meaning , were not directly accessible to him . |
| 6 | I have often wondered why it should be such a primitive machine in spite of all its modern gadgets . |
| 7 | The plot , should there be such a thing , thickens as Fleeting has consistently put more cash on the table than his opponent . |
| 8 | This observation again is timeless , and the burden of education must never be such as to place this role at risk . |
| 9 | Reading his letters about dogs , you incubate a silent fury that any intelligent man could be such an idiot . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh Bea , ’ said Lisa affectionately , ‘ Do n't be such a puritan . ’ |
| 11 | It 's so sad because she used to be such a lively and outgoing person . |
| 12 | In the office , he can be such a hard taskmaster that his closest aide , Gabriella Forte , describes his attitude before each new collection as a ‘ rape of the staff ’ . |
| 13 | This does not include the characters themselves , but that would n't now be such a giant leap to take . |
| 14 | In the East , ‘ there could be such a lust for reunification for economic reasons , to get access to the prosperity of West Germany , that it will pressurise all the existing political parties into embracing reunification . ’ |
| 15 | New Times has pondered whether there would be such vehement opposition about sending ‘ our boys ’ abroad again if they were to be sent to fight for Iraq . |
| 16 | ‘ Men that are much fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 17 | That the argument will not do as it stands is , in fact , conceded in the Three Dialogues , where Berkeley allows Hylas to make the point that , although the existence of a sensible thing might consist in its being perceivable ( as in the premiss ) , it does not ( a fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 18 | In the Dialogues Berkeley shows awareness of the possible accusation of unfair dealing : he admits ‘ spiritual substance ; although [ we ] … have no idea of it ’ , while he denies that ‘ there can be such a thing as material substance , because [ we ] … have no notion or idea of it ’ . |
| 19 | Further , the employment of an agent may be such as to give him an authority to contract on behalf of his principal generally with regard to a wider or narrower class of affairs ; and as between the principal and third parties such authority can not be limited by restrictions imposed by the principal , but not known to third parties . |
| 20 | Now that might not be such a bad thing . |
| 21 | Perhaps resting there would not be such a bad thing for a week or two longer ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't be such a mardy-baby . ’ |
| 23 | It would be such a relief to be doing something practical , after all this talk . |
| 24 | Ooh , they are going to be such a treat ! |
| 25 | There used to be such wonderful blackberries ! |
| 26 | This was seen as a slight restriction of the doctrine when it was imposed in Church ( 1966 ) , where the court held that ‘ The unlawful act must be such as all sober and reasonable people would inevitably recognize must subject the other person to , at least , the risk of some harm resulting therefrom , albeit not serious harm . ’ |
| 27 | It is indeed an element of all three offences that the conduct must be such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness , present at the scene , to fear for his personal safety ; and yet it is provided , for each offence , that ‘ no person of reasonable firmness need actually be , or be likely to be , present at the scene ’ . |
| 28 | But that may not be such a bad thing , says Ian Marshall . |
| 29 | Why must you be such a disappointment to me ? ’ |
| 30 | Their reward must be such as may give them that rank in society which so important a trust requires . |