Example sentences of "[adj] such [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Nor can it be a matter of the effects he intends to cause in hearers , for one may say something with a definite meaning , with all sorts of different such intentions , and , in any case , the causal theory as advanced by Stevenson is concerned with the actual causal potency of language , not with what is intended . |
2 | But some such efforts can have sympathy , as in those stirrings of national spirit in central Europe before 1914 , when literature , language and music were fuel for Czech , Polish or Hungarian aspirations . |
3 | In fact it is hard to imagine anyone working under demanding conditions who does not need to use some such strategies of damage-limitation . |
4 | While most magistrates are keen to prevent people from serving custodial sentences for minor offences , inevitably some such offenders do end up in prison and the probation service , which has a responsibility to assist and supervise many of these individuals after their discharge from prison , is usually unable to do its job properly because of a lack of appropriate accommodation , and an inability to provide close personal supervision . |
5 | In fact , with the development of deep-litter hen houses and intensive pig culture , some such controls are necessary . |
6 | Some such processes can be found by trial and error or by simply paying attention to only a few pieces . |
7 | Although recognizing some such affinities between subjects , it is more difficult to find an overall order of main classes which suits everybody . |
8 | Some such philosophers say that one notices that something is white through noticing its resemblance to other things . |
9 | In the case of some such biographies the biographer may be concerned with the defence of a dead person , which is sometimes the case with biographies written by loving sons or daughters . |
10 | Some such criteria are already apparent underlying the broadened judicial usage of unreasonableness and fairness . |
11 | The intent of some such guarantees is that the rights of the holder of the shares against the group are the same as those of the holder of preference shares of the parent . |
12 | Animals may also be born with some such rules : for example , a herring gull chick is born with the hypothesis that a thin projection with a spot on it is a parent 's beak ( see p. 77 ) . |
13 | Individuals remain third parties to treaties guaranteeing the protection of human rights , although some such treaties grant individuals procedural rights in international arenas . |
14 | Then there is a group of offences which prohibit sexual activities with young people , whether they appear to consent or not : whilst there is little dispute about the need for some such offences , there is room for disagreement on the proper boundaries of the criminal law and on the role of prosecutorial discretion . |
15 | In some such areas the shops the Boards inherited were known as ‘ showrooms ’ and were precisely that : places where electrical appliances could be shown , but not sold . |
16 | In some such cases specific protection , in the form of import controls , subsidies or state purchasing , may be justified on socialist grounds , for instance if the industry is a struggling ‘ infant ’ with good future prospects ( ‘ good ’ , that is , in respect of the efficient satisfaction of social need ) , or even a struggling ‘ geriatric ’ which stands a good chance of reviving its fortunes through a thorough re-investment programme . |
17 | Some such cases are obvious , as when false is itself one of the booleans , but some are more subtle , as in unc where , in the lefthand process , one of the booleans in the inner IF is always false because of its context . |
18 | She regards these sessions away from the routine work as some of the most interesting aspects of the job and does not think that the mundane elements of a house officer 's post could be ‘ dumped ’ on another person without some such perks to ‘ relieve the boredom . ’ |
19 | Some such groups would become more permanent , establish certain physical and academic territories , begin to call themselves by a common title , and start to defend these against ‘ outsiders ’ with vigour and cunning . |
20 | It would not , after ill , be an extraordinary proposition if there were some such limits or controls . |
21 | Some such services are illegal , and many are against the rules in the toughened regulation . |
22 | We have already seen some such things in the area of natural philosophy , things of which , ‘ by the natural use of our faculties , we can have no knowledge at all ’ . |
23 | While some such questions have featured in this examiner 's papers , many of the questions set attempt to test a breadth of knowledge and understanding across the whole financial accounting syllabus . |
24 | Later chapters indicate how some such questions were answered . |
25 | In some such patients , speech production is not eliminated , but what is said is usually entirely meaningless and incomprehensible ( this syndrome is known as transcortical sensory aphasia ) . |
26 | Some such levels are restricted to the medium , oral or written ; but formal Tamil is used in both writing and formal address or speech making . |
27 | Ultimately the universe in its totality is in some sense perfect , as also are its elements understood as required by the overall nature of that totality , but from the point of view of us who struggle within it things are called good or bad ( or by some such words ) according as to whether they promote our particular struggle to actualise our own nature . |
28 | Some such cars were held up and trapped for up to six hours , for those who could the best option was to leave the car and complete the journey on foot . |
29 | The standard meaning to be attributed to ‘ reasonable grounds for belief ’ is that if the decision-maker has some such grounds his decision will be upheld even though a court might differ . |
30 | We shall meet some such algorithms , but not yet . |