Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] such [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 In the face of such evidence it was a little difficult for at least some of the non-poor to accept that such conditions should continue and that free enterprise could bring them to an end largely unassisted .
2 It is easy to assume that such skills will be picked up incidentally , as they will usually be by fully sighted children , who often copy what they see other children doing , especially if a teacher 's directions are unclear to them .
3 whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked .
4 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ .
5 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ .
6 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
7 It seemed reasonable to suppose that such benefits could be applied to other districts of the city without necessarily designating housing improvement schemes .
8 The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge was incorrect to hold that such evidence should be excluded .
9 What with the amateur incompetence of the Diocesan authorities and the deliberate reclusiveness of the priestly Society , it was almost hopeless to suppose that such information might be recovered .
10 The court held that the practice of making first offers of work to a selected group of people who had declared themselves available , and the practice of declaring oneself available to ensure that such offers would be made , whilst an arrangement " of mutual advantage " to the parties , was not one involving contractual commitments or mutual obligation .
11 It is ridiculous to suppose that such promises could be binding .
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