Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] such [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our study was retrospective and because the quality of general practitioners ' records varies and most records are destroyed after a patient dies , it was not possible to include such patients in our study . |
| 2 | It may be possible to find such books in your office , or to arrange to borrow them from a public library . |
| 3 | Unless we , as legislators , are prepared to treat such circumstances with that degree of seriousness , rather than allowing fines even in the low thousands to be imposed , we are unlikely to secure the safety culture to which North sea workers are , sadly , not accustomed but are certainly entitled . |
| 4 | Sometimes it is acceptable to treat such words or concepts as equivalent to one another , but on other occasions it is important to differentiate between them . |
| 5 | The regents were not prepared to accept such returns . |
| 6 | The Democrats in Congress had then been willing to accept such measures provided that the President would agree to more federal funding for local law enforcement and controls on the sale of assault weapons . |
| 7 | This is in line with a long tradition and there may be more established composers willing to accept such commissions than is realised . |
| 8 | For reasons we shall see in a moment , discount houses are always prepared to buy such bills . |
| 9 | Whilst recognising the need to introduce measures that would make Colleges more self-supporting , it was considered unrealistic to expect such measures to be effective immediately . |
| 10 | If the private decision-makers require a large risk premium , or on average a high expected return , before being willing to assume such risks , why should society demand any less ? |
| 11 | On the whole , I was surprised at the extent to which the Moonies were willing to discuss such questions with me . |
| 12 | These varieties are complex and changeable : at times of rapid social restructuring such changes are also more rapid . |
| 13 | It is wrong to extend such concepts to explain the wholesale replacement of large groups of animals by others . |
| 14 | The number of residents of voluntary and private homes ( and to a lesser extent of local authority homes ) has increased , and the increase is almost entirely due to the numbers of very old entering such homes ( ibid. : 133 ) . |
| 15 | Few people would be prepared to pay such fees and BGQs would virtually disappear ( arguably a benefit to RBG ! ) . |
| 16 | It 's not that I wo n't be prepared to face such conditions , it 's just that I realise what could happen . |
| 17 | The currency convertability restrictions threaten to wipe out the country 's domestic base of small resellers unless suppliers opt to extend credit facilities further , but to date there has been no indication that suppliers are prepared to take such steps . |
| 18 | The Landrat of Ebermannstadt in Upper Franconia , frank as usual in his comment , reported that people in his area Were too careful to say such things as ‘ Hitler will give us no peace till everything has had it ’ , but said instead ‘ there wo n't be any peace before … ’ , and meant the same thing . |
| 19 | The burden of war was thus more manageable , but large sums still had to be raised by parliamentary grants and the commons were seldom disposed to make such grants unconditionally . |
| 20 | The jurists were already prepared to supplement such wordings in order to render the disposition valid . |
| 21 | You were wrong to want such things … . |
| 22 | The French handle such operations rather differently . |
| 23 | Symptoms of rust disease are shown as small , reddish-brown , raised spots on the leaf under-surface , and as control is difficult , it is preferable to destroy such plants including the roots , and to plant new specimens in a different place . |
| 24 | It is submitted that it would be ill-advised to treat such statements made in one House after the Bill had completed its passage in the other House as an expression of the intention of , in the words of Lord Browne-Wilkinson , ‘ Parliament as a whole ’ . |
| 25 | Fortunately it is usually easy to spot such intruders . |
| 26 | It is easy to blur such distinctions . |
| 27 | The Royal Botanic Garden Library is always delighted to accept such gifts . |
| 28 | It is impossible to write such criteria . |
| 29 | Through trial and error they learn how and where it is appropriate to express such feelings and when they will be effective . |
| 30 | As he himself said , it would be pointless to study such peoples with a questionnaire , since they do not write , and , while he certainly gained a great deal of essential information from conversation and discussion , it would have been quite futile to try to conduct any kind of interview until he had gained their trust and confidence , and until he had some idea of what kinds of questions he should be asking . |