Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent estimates have suggested that up to 40 per cent of the deputies favour such an option , with 30 per cent undecided . |
| 2 | Thus it has been observed that ‘ it remains unclear whether the abolition of corporal punishment in schools results from a spread of child-centred views or not : references to parents ' rather than children 's rights to decide school policies make such interpretation doubtful ’ . |
| 3 | Not all selected settlement policies propose such a stark categorization of villages . |
| 4 | But experts say such a proposal would not be technically feasible . |
| 5 | Safety experts say such cars should have their engines regulated to make it impossible for them to travel at speeds far above legal limits . |
| 6 | To what extent its reproductive strategies emphasize such altruism depends on the pay-off of such strategies in terms of inclusive fitness . |
| 7 | It is thought that therapeutic operations provide such a social benefit by the psychological benefit . |
| 8 | He must endeavour to secure that the parties make such admissions and agreements as are reasonable . |
| 9 | Does he agree that when Opposition parties advocate such bodies they do so with the entirely cynical objective of maintaining the over-representation of Scotland in this House in the aftermath of the dog 's breakfast called devolution ? |
| 10 | Will he confirm , therefore , that the present system is greatly superior to what existed under the previous Labour Government , whose supporters make such hypocritical remarks about their concern for old people ? |
| 11 | The reluctance of some Labour leaders , most notably Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden , to be too closely associated with the dispute gave the impression that the Labour Party was not fully behind the strikers — although the records of most local Labour parties deny such an impression . |
| 12 | The reason these worries pose such a problem in marriage relationships is that if we feel insignificant we assume we are unworthy of love and are afraid of the vulnerability that comes with complete openness and honesty . |
| 13 | Furthermore , spontaneous speech , even in the most articulate speakers , is filled with hesitations ( during which speakers say such things as ‘ er ’ and ‘ um ’ , or repeat a word or syllable ) and silences . |
| 14 | Pluralists and some Marxists expect such institutions to indoctrinate policy-influentials with the need to perform their organizationally defined roles . |
| 15 | Sessions cover such topics as living on a pension , investments , income tax ; staying healthy and active in retirement ; assessment of local community services ; employment prospects for paid or voluntary work ; accommodation and the pros and cons of moving house after retirement . |
| 16 | It is hoped that the inclusion of these items will give you , the public , the opportunity to understand why and how craftsmen create such beautiful and , in some cases , controversial items . |
| 17 | We must again try to understand not only the instinctive bases of people 's understanding of politics and the state , but the way in which this is constructed by social relations , including the class relations to which Marxists give such prominence and the relations between governments and people emphasised by Weberians . |
| 18 | They are just as real as the class relations to which Marxists give such prominence or to the state bureaucracies which Weberians emphasise . |
| 19 | Several organizations run such courses and also teach their methods ( see pp. 144–146 ) . |
| 20 | Far more subtle , long-term ethnographic research has to be undertaken to establish how subjects negotiate such teaching and how subjectivities are recomposed in different contexts . |
| 21 | Typesetting methods produce such characters by combining typesetting codes ( e.g. q is produced by £Gg , e by $e ) . |
| 22 | Few animals inspire such extremes of love and hate as the fox , and this may go some way towards explaining why so much nonsense is written and talked about them . |
| 23 | Some books become such classics that they run on into innumerable editions and impressions , with the original so much extended , altered and corrected that there is scarcely a vestige of it left . |
| 24 | The insectivorous bats use such an intricate system of echolocation that they can pluck flying insects out of the air in total darkness . |
| 25 | Of course , being liked , accepted and defining one 's role within a social group are important features of life at any age , but because peers play such an important role in the lives of adolescents , social acceptance is an urgent concern for most young people . |
| 26 | But if , indeed , higher returns on retirement can be bought at the expense of derisory returns on death , how is it that terminal bonuses play such an important part in the ultimate returns . |
| 27 | It opens with pen-pics of the players , obituaries , a summary of the season and various other articles including tributes to Peter Roebuck and Jimmy Cook whose retirements leave such a void for 1992 — only Gimblett and Richards have scored more hundreds for Somerset than either of them . |
| 28 | Although the points made in extract ( 11 ) could have been expressed objectively as statements that certain buildings in certain locations are more beautiful since restoration , both speakers relate such statements to personal experience . |
| 29 | Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 . |
| 30 | Most other top trainers avoid such events . |