Example sentences of "[adv prt] to such " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the negative side , the small shareholder may find himself scaled down to such a small stake that a sizeable portion of profits would be wiped off by share-dealing costs . |
| 2 | This approach thus represents an extension of the hierarchical system and can be considered to simplify down to such a system when each of the superior states are considered in turn . |
| 3 | In doing this you will probably find that you have become concerned , not simply with the particular task they have to carry out , but with their relations with other officers carrying out other tasks or involved with other aspects of the investigation you are writing about , even down to such matters of internal etiquette as how high does an officer have to rank before he can go into the office of a superior without knocking ? |
| 4 | Such rhetoric was backed by a proper concern for the freedom and order of the House , down to such details as a successful motion ( 16 December 1606 ) that the adjournment of a committee on a bill should be announced in the House . |
| 5 | The biggest problem is that when the clean coal technology plants are available , judging by present progress , the British coal industry will be run down to such an extent that it will not be able to meet the demand from the plants . |
| 6 | There was no hint that Waringstown would be kept down to such a moderate total when Shane Harrison and Brian Sturgeon put on 46 for the first wicket . |
| 7 | Schwartzman and Volk reckon that weathering was helped along to such an extent that the Earth is 35°C cooler than it would have been on the lifeless Earth . |
| 8 | It would be unreasonable to expect the reader to believe that so many professional scientists and administrators could be taken in to such an extent as the tale required . |
| 9 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 10 | He or she may be a member of an organization involved with harmonization — the EC Commission , Unidroit , UNCITRAL , for example — or an academic or other outsider who sends a proposal in to such an organization for consideration . |
| 11 | The farsighted and Strong minded PRO will not give in to such pressures and will try to explain the pitfalls of such a course to the powers that be . |
| 12 | More and more money from public taxation has been put in to such services one way or another , yet the services still do not work in a foolproof way , for a number of practical reasons . |
| 13 | She could n't be at all sure that giving in to such an impulse would have the desired effect . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ? |
| 15 | Last week 's starter with Heinz Wolff ( ITV , 13 March ) was all the more impressive for getting off to such a terrible start with the tortuous answer that interviewer Ian Fells elicited to his opener about the meaning of biomedical engineering . |
| 16 | Brian rarely took holidays , but most years Jean went off to such exotic spots as the Maldive Islands , the Seychelles or St Lucia . |
| 17 | In 1861 the statistician and economist Cournot observed that ‘ the belief in philosophic truth has cooled off to such an extent that neither the public nor the academies any longer like to receive or to welcome works of this kind , except as products of pure scholarship or historical curiosity . ’ |
| 18 | It really should not come as a surprise to find Lewis , who continues his professional career tonight against Bradford 's Steve Garber at Hull City Hall , owning up to such an unexpected hobby . |
| 19 | Blackgrass has built up to such levels in some of its traditional heavyland haunts that some cereal growers are now reporting severe problems in controlling it . |
| 20 | Evelyn had wrought herself up to such a pitch that she was utterly unprepared for this turn of events . |
| 21 | Clearly the phrase can mean anything one likes : it would be difficult for anybody to refuse to sign up to such a worthy aim as international understanding . |
| 22 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |
| 23 | The establishment of a new academic library often affords an insight into the way collections measure up to such standards as exist . |
| 24 | He said delicately , ‘ Stock involves quite a lot of ladder work , in the warehouse … ’ as if Anna might not be up to such physical strenuousness . |
| 25 | I was not up to such men . |
| 26 | At later stages the marsh cover becomes denser and deposition is encouraged , until finally the marsh is built up to such an extent that it is only covered at high spring tides . |
| 27 | From what I learned at the meeting I ca n't see why he thinks I 'm up to such a task , but maybe la bête a ses raisons que la belle ne connaît pas . |
| 28 | Obvious care was taken to make these small black and white photographs stand up to such scrutiny as they were immaculately printed on fibre-based paper and mounted on expensive conservation board , also protecting the investment of the potential buyer . |
| 29 | He must keep improving to live up to such expectations , but there was every sign that he is going the right way on his reappearance at Wincanton last month . |
| 30 | The Newsons suggest these associations stand out to such an extent that they ‘ can be fairly assumed to be causative ’ . |