Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] such a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the infrastructural level , the highways and transport system of Israel , Gaza and the West Bank were developed in such a way that it became increasingly easy to drive from Israel direct to one of the West Bank Jewish settlements without passing through Arab population centres . |
| 2 | Articles of government were altered in such a way as to increase the range of governors ' overall responsibilities . |
| 3 | Lieberman and Michaels ( 1962 ) found that they could get reasonably accurate recognition of attitudes using short recording of sentences spoken in different ways , but that when the recordings were distorted in such a way that most acoustic information was removed ( e.g. the speech sounds , voice quality , loudness variations etc. ) leaving only the pitch information — that part traditionally equated with intonation — listeners ' ability to recognise the attitudes was seriously reduced . |
| 4 | The five oligonucleotides shown in Fig. 5 were designed in such a way that the two motifs GGGCCC and AAAAA are differentially separated . |
| 5 | The keys were organised in such a way to prevent the typist from typing too quickly and thereby prevent the mechanically-operated rods of the typewriter from sticking . |
| 6 | The problem is that the early lists of historic buildings were done at such a pace that they had to be assessed largely on the basis of their exteriors . |
| 7 | Unfortunately at the press conference our careful recommendations about the importance of Standard English were presented in such a way that many journalists came away with the false impression that we did not mind if children spoke dialect rather than Standard English . |
| 8 | The groups were selected in such a way that each should contain a fairly equal proportion of aristocrats , diplomats , artists , men of letters and distinguished academics . |
| 9 | Skilfully applied , these cuts were made in such a way as to protect the sectors ' long-term business-base stability . |
| 10 | Donna glanced at the other visitors , noticing how diverse an audience were drawn to such a building . |
| 11 | It was at one time said that statutes were drafted in such a way as to be intelligible only to lawyers . |
| 12 | Plus , the majority of the numbers were rigged in such a way that , what with lighting effects and special effects , they had to be the same length . |
| 13 | Seeing his ideas — which were greeted with such a chill at first — take off , was a tremendous boost to the Prince of Wales . |
| 14 | However , to lay claim to the land , settlers were compelled in such a milieu to be seen to clear it of trees , so the result was ecologically undesirable . |
| 15 | Under the terms of this formula resources in the NHS were distributed in such a way as to favour areas of the country traditionally under-provided with services , such as the Trent region in the Midlands . |
| 16 | Later research showed that they were in fact storehouses and workshops , attached to hut-dwelling communities during the first and second centuries AD : quernstones were found in such a cellar at Barns of Airlie , and a chamber in a Carlungie souterrain seems to have been used for both stone and metal working . |
| 17 | Wars were never cheap , but they were fought over such a span that they became progressively more costly . |
| 18 | It proved impossible ; her senses were heightened to such a degree that she could hear every move he made . |
| 19 | One common criticism of the UK government during the 1950s and 1960s was that fiscal and monetary policy were conducted in such a way that these policies ultimately exerted their full influence at the wrong time . |
| 20 | Along the way Aileen told people all about the charity and the work they do for children with terminal or life threatening illnesses , she also explained just what the charity had done for her family when they were faced with such a situation . |
| 21 | Other women writers were read in such a way as to assimilate them to reigning categories . |
| 22 | Fieldworkers used list A as a basis and the other two as a back-up resource ; B and C were ordered in such a way that if researchers failed to record an interview at , for example , household number 4 on list A , household number 4 of lists B and C would be of a similar type in the same locale . |
| 23 | We can make a pretty fair guess as to how much the ship 's crew were paid on such a trip as this : a surviving Schedule ‘ A ’ Crew Agreement for the same ship four years later reveals that a seaman could expect to earn £2 per month , the cook and steward slightly more , the carpenter £5 10s. , and the first and second mates £6 and £4 10s. respectively . |