Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [vb pp] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents had attended such feasts when thousands , entering in relays , gorged on raw meat , hacked in turn from the bleeding carcases of oxen carried on poles past rows of squatting men . |
| 2 | Her own parents had played such a game , but in their case it was her father who had played the mild , the foolish role . |
| 3 | But only about 170 Arabs had claimed such compensation in five years ; making a claim in the Israeli courts means recognising the state of Israel . |
| 4 | Harry slipped the book into his pocket , wondering as he did so which previous patron of the Skein of Geese had handed such a thing on to Heather . |
| 5 | Only a small minority ( 5 per cent ) of all temporary workers had taken such jobs because they were tied to a course of training , and most of these were young adults . |
| 6 | Its distinguished pupils over the years had included such famous names in German cultural life as Klopstock , Fichte , Ranke , and Friedrich Schlegel ; and not the least of its products was a series of remarkable classical scholars , beginning with Ernesti in the early eighteenth century and proceeding through Bottiger , Thiersch , Doederlein , Dissen , Meineke , Otto Jahn , Nauck , Breitenbach , Bonitz and Wachsmuth to the illustrious Wilamowitz , four years Nietzsche 's junior . |
| 7 | In an analysis of the 1987 accounts of 470 banks the Commission had found that the three major banks had used such reserves to cover up losses , and that 46 out of 65 banks , which in fact made a loss in 1987 , had reported profits . |
| 8 | Indeed , while some laptop devices had emerged such as the Cornucopia and the Dynabook , it seemed unlikely that handheld CD-ROM technology of any kind would make much impact in world markets for some years . |
| 9 | But it seems unlikely that many GLC councillors had foreseen such a public debate between different lesbian and gay ‘ communities of interest ’ , when they approved the funding for the centre . |
| 10 | The old oak girders had taken such a clouting |
| 11 | Vacations had proved such a strain that she stopped going home at all in the end , applying for any holiday jobs which offered accommodation . |
| 12 | As newspaper costs escalated and as the nature of the commodity changed politicians and political parties saw their financial grip over newspapers being prised open ; by the late 19th century , newspapers had become such costly ventures that they were beyond the reach of politicians . |
| 13 | Since the ladies had expressed such interest in the mountain of Massis , then perhaps … |
| 14 | If the abolition of the B Specials and the other limited interventions had brought such plaudits on the mainland and from Irish republicans , how much more would result from the abolition of the government and parliament of Northern Ireland ! |
| 15 | Before the match the Aussies had established such a reputation that people began to believe they were unbeatable . |