Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] [conj] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was argued that such covenants are often contained in conveyances , leases and mortgages , and that they had never been subject to the doctrine of restraint of trade and consequently the test of reasonableness . |
| 2 | It was believed that such measures would stimulate industry and increase employment in the short-term until Britain 's economic markets were restored by the revival of world trade and increasing cost-effective output : |
| 3 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
| 4 | Both Soviet and British spheres of influence should be discouraged as far as possible , though it was accepted that such spheres would be among the inescapable facts of contemporary life . |
| 5 | This section has paused long on the views held by some librarians on the nature of their role , and that of their collections , in the educational process because it was felt that such views were not as widely known among educators as perhaps they should be . |
| 6 | In view of the widespread publicity given to Peter Wright 's book " Spycatcher " it was felt that such damage could not now be established and the injunction against publication was discharged . |
| 7 | It was felt that such speed limits were not practical over the wide area that was to be covered by the experiment , and that it would be better to scrap such treatment of individual streets and instead integrate such areas into a widespread system of 30 km/h streets . |
| 8 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |
| 9 | It was envisaged that such animal hospitals would be opened in all the principal towns of the kingdom . |
| 10 | This illustrates the need for effective skills training , but it was agreed that such training had to be voluntary and should provide some incentive to encourage unemployed people to take it up . |
| 11 | By 1679 it was estimated that such payments were six or seven years in arrears ; and in the 1690s English diplomats were still very often paid merely in Exchequer tallies which could be cashed only after long delay and at ruinous discounts to their face value . |
| 12 | Austria was so totally defeated by Prussia at the battle of Sadowa in July 1866 that any attempt at mediation by France would have been rejected out of hand at Berlin , where it was known that such mediation would be a paper exercise with no military back-up . |
| 13 | He was paid as such down to 1287 and in 1290 was still in possession of a key to the Jewish treasury , but it is doubtful whether he actually acted as a justice for most of this period , since in February 1283 he was appointed to the full-time position of escheator of England south of Trent . |