Example sentences of "[be] [verb] such [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum .
2 The thousands of children who are born every year , we do n't even know in this country how many there are , because the figures the ca n't be kept , er er and these tend to be children erm born of er , anonymous donors and and I think that as a society we are wreaking such problems for the future , we 're creating secrets for families , and I would really like to hear from my fellow women here about that .
3 This is one way in which rural housing departments can attempt to overcome certain of their problems , and it seems that at least some councils are adopting such procedures of ‘ positive ’ transfer management .
4 Not only textbook writers are utilising such methods .
5 The reaction of governments has been to resist such initiatives and view them as threats .
6 It is interesting to notice that the Association for Science Education ( 1979 ) policy statement in Britain and the proposals on school physics coming from the Institute for Science Education ( IPN ) in Kiel are advocating such changes .
7 ‘ But I 've been recommending such improvements for years . ’
8 Finally we are offered such topics as Landscape-Movement ( Joan Eardley , W.G. Gilles , John Minton and Ivon Hitchens ) and Landscape-Space , with last but not least an Elizabeth Blackadder still life and Edward Middleditch 's panoramic vision of sea and rocks .
9 But Decca has been releasing such goodies since 1950 , EMI adopting a wait-and-see policy .
10 Here are ranged such organizations as the National Association of Language in Education Centres ( NALEC , 1985 ) on the one hand , whose membership commands direct access through professional development teachers and initial training lectures to classroom teachers and who take the predominantly phenomenological approach to language of ‘ reading through real books ’ .
11 We should be using such systems within the Horticultural Education course , since future employers of Garden students will increasingly demand familiarity with such systems in future .
12 On the economic side it is a fair bet that there will be a public spending squeeze ( sooner rather than later ) , with defence and social security reviews ( though neither will be given such titles ) .
13 As is to be expected such loans are liquid and generate income .
14 Such an attitude derives from a centuries-old idea that the people of this country are not free and independent individuals whose rights are inborn , but vassals of the Crown , to be granted such privileges as their rulers see fit .
15 We need to be developing such systems within the next five years , and we need to purchase the necessary hardware and software soon , so as to begin the evaluation and development phases .
16 Authors like to be told such things .
17 For strict conventionalism gives only the negative advice that judges must not pretend to be deciding such cases on legal grounds .
18 JEWKES : I wo n't be called such names , I 'll assure you .
19 English teachers need to be ready to give careful introductions and support when using texts which might otherwise cause offence to some groups ; for example , if a character with racist attitudes is portrayed , even though the author may not be supporting such attitudes .
20 In terms of the effect on potential parties , an argument advanced by the petitioners was that the notion of ‘ involuntary agency ’ was an established part of the lex fori , and to disapply it in the case of foreign defendants would be to give such defendants an advantage denied to their domestic counterparts .
21 Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one 's chest at the dinner table . ’
22 Other women would doubtless be wearing such dresses , but none , Jane thought , would dare to wear one without any petticoat as she herself intended .
23 The Regional Resource Centre at Exeter University Institute of Education hopes to build further upon the network possibilities in this respect , making the teachers ' centres the teacher-entry points to an informal organization of schools , colleges , polytechnics , the university and other agencies , including individuals in the community ( Walton and Ruck 1975 ) , and we shall be examining such possibilities in closer detail in a later chapter .
24 A new entrant into a creative department can expect to be doing such jobs .
25 Most people around are totally unaware that the person is likely to be having such thoughts , who in turn feels they would be deeply shocked if they knew .
26 A well-brought-up young lady and a virgin to boot should n't be having such thoughts .
27 The analyst will be asking such questions as :
28 ‘ They 'll be asked such things as — Is quality your responsibility or that of your manager ?
29 Nail clippers , combs , toothpaste and toothbrushes , razors and washbags are neatly laid out on tables in the cells to await the arrival of inmates , many of whom will not be carrying such items because they may not have expected to be remanded in custody .
30 There is a marked reluctance to arguing why people should be accorded such rights — " It just is so and things work better if you accept it — racism for example causes instability and prejudice and violence , so it must go " .
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