Example sentences of "[vb base] to such [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Languages therefore differ widely in the way they are equipped to handle various notions and express various aspects of experience , possibly because they differ in the degree of importance or relevance that they attach to such aspects of experience .
2 And wait to such times as they could pay it back ,
3 But they were as aware as anyone of the variables of timing and electoral fortune which could dictate the succession or lead Tory MPs to ‘ skip a generation ’ and look to such figures as John Major and Chris Patten .
4 C.6.2 if so required by the Vendor in writing within 60 days following it being notified , retain solicitors chosen by the Vendor to proceed on behalf of the Purchaser in accordance with the instructions of the Vendor and give to such solicitors all and every assistance and information as they may require .
5 But even with that clutch of reasons to be glassy-eyed , I 've stayed almost sober for an entire month , sitting miserably at the bar wondering why low-alcohol lager has an after-taste like floor polish , and disturbing old friends with the rapt attention I give to such enquiries as : ‘ Ice and lemon in your tonic water , sir ? ’
6 Following Haldane ( 1932 ) , biologists refer to such acts as ‘ altruistic ’ .
7 Peter Sawyer has suggested that some of the earliest surviving charters of the Anglo Saxon period refer to such estates and hence for some areas in the seventh century the early estate structure can be defined .
8 Since the only distinction between ( 1 , 2 ) and ( 2 , 1 ) is the order in which the numbers 1 and 2 are written down we refer to such pairs of numbers as ordered pairs .
9 For detailed discussion of the distinction between an offer and an invitation to treat readers should turn to standard law textbooks and refer to such cases as Fisher v Bell ( 1961 ) and Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists ( Southern ) Ltd ( 1953 ) .
10 If we refer to such objects as " the same " , this is simply because we " confound the succession with the identity " .
11 Hence we turn to such matters and therefore to the question of vertical restraints .
12 The rules which apply to such cases and can be derived from the cases are summed up in Chitty on Contracts as follows : ( 1 ) If the person receiving the document did not know that there was writing or printing on it , he is not bound .
13 The rules which apply to such flights in various European countries differ quite widely .
14 The statutes may provide that a separate category of shares may , after the expiration of a fixed term , become vested in a foundation or a non-profit making entity and separate rules apply to such shares if they are designed to benefit the employees of the company .
15 Many primary tumours also respond to such drugs by initiating apoptosis and , because myc gene activation is so widespread in human tumours , we have suggested that this is also c-Myc-induced .
16 But why would a man like Ipuky go to such lengths , when , if he felt that Huy was a threat , he could so easily have him killed ?
17 ‘ And that 's why you go to such lengths to ensure you research your subject even down to the fact of their star sign ? ’
18 GARDEN CENTRES Okay for plants and fertiliser , but if you go to such places you will probably be served by a weekend youngster on slave wages , who would n't know a Koi from a goldfish .
19 The reason creditors agree to such arrangements is to give their debtor time to sell assets , usually his stock , without the pressure of a forced sale and so realise a maximum rather than a minimum amount for the benefit of all involved .
20 Although both James and Miller concern themselves with the effects of attaching verbal responses to the cues to be discriminated , there is no reason to restrict the analysis they offer to such responses .
21 They relate to such things as children 's nightdresses , carrycot stands , electric blankets , prams and pushchairs , cosmetics , colour coding of electrical appliances and upholstered furniture .
22 It is not known if any of these birds had escaped from collections , but a number of more recent reports certainly relate to such birds and are , therefore , disregarded .
23 Today , the nearest we come to such exhibitions are to be found in the trade exhibitions mounted at venues such as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre ( SECC ) at Glasgow .
24 Whether or not methodological individualists subscribe to such views , for them , the important point is that the levers of power are to be found in the hands of strategically placed individuals or groups .
25 Such materials are however not part of the plant as defined in the policy exception makes clear that damage to such materials is not covered .
26 And of course I knew that this hierarchical organization offers the possibility of reward and incorporation into the highest ranks to those who conform to such dictates .
27 The research thus seeks to accumulate new information on food choices in Britain and the processes — social , cultural , economic and political — which lead to such choices .
28 Although the physico-chemical changes caused by the ionization of the atoms of living matter occur in a fraction of a second , the processes whereby these changes eventually lead to such changes in living matter as cell death , malignant tumours ( cancer ) , and genetic mutations may take hours , months , or even decades ( Coggle , 1983 ) .
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