Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] such [noun pl] as " in BNC.

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1 Although it is possible to use such languages as problem-solving ‘ tools ’ , they suffer from the limitation that considerable expertise is needed to use them freely and effectively .
2 To the extent that it is possible to separate such ideas as surplus value they seem to me totally uninteresting .
3 It is easy to dismiss such claims as aspirational and self-fulfilling .
4 It is natural to borrow such words as " reproduce " and " generation " , which have associations with living things , because living things are the main examples we know of things that participate in cumulative selection .
5 It is difficult to characterize such relations as ‘ capitalist ’ , or to regard them as oppressive : most of the rich men of the Zuwaya managed their businesses in this way , getting a good return on money laid out , but creating wealth for poorer fellow tribesmen and a few others in the process .
6 In order to establish how police work is accomplished , therefore , it is necessary to examine such things as the common-sense notions ordinary policemen and women have about their role , what they consider to be the essence of police work , what typifications and categorizations infuse the practical reasoning they employ to accomplish policing tasks , and what ‘ recipes ’ or guide-lines they adopt in undertaking the various aspects of their job .
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