Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social and political implications of Gandhi 's quest for Truth will also be dealt with in later chapters and for the moment we shall confine ourselves to such questions as how he goes about acquiring glimpses of absolute Truth and how he knows that it is absolute Truth he has actually caught a glimpse of . |
| 2 | By the same token , one wonders what leader , in some of the countries so quick to condemn Smith , would expose himself to such a cross-examination ? ) |
| 3 | Never again would she land herself in such a mess . |
| 4 | Indeed , many carers do n't identify themselves as such , partly because this particular job description has been coined on their behalf and many do n't even know what it means : |
| 5 | In Snowdonia , Snowdon itself could lend itself to such management as could the Glyder and Tryfan mountain block . |
| 6 | In Snowdonia , Snowdon itself could lend itself to such management as could the Glyder and Tryfan mountain block . |
| 7 | One difference is this : Sartre 's aim is the philosophical one of redescribing the location of bodily sensations in a way which does not lend itself to such misunderstandings as that two people could feel the same pain as they can see the same table . |
| 8 | The self-contained social circle of most farmers , commented upon in Chapter 3 , does not particularly lend itself to such empathy , but farmers will ignore the aspirations of the other 97 per cent of the population at their peril — and so , for that matter , will conservationists . |
| 9 | Reverting to my opening discussion of the evolution of the ego and superego , we can readily see the importance of these stages and we can understand why it is that the sexual drive should lend itself to such apparently irrelevant associations as the oral and anal zones . |
| 10 | I have also tried to divide the particular provisions of the precedents into chapters , where appropriate , but I feel that the agreement does not lend itself to such a division , and I have therefore dealt with that in a chapter by itself . |
| 11 | When he had been given to Uncle Farmborough to be his heir and to look after him in his old age , he was considered fortunate — but how could a child reconcile itself to such a strange state of affairs that he had been given away , to the fact that his own father and mother , brother and sister , lived quite near in the village but , as it were , in a different camp ? |
| 12 | ‘ What more can I say , ’ he added , ‘ except — it sounds fine — perhaps , although I would never commit myself at such an early stage , even perfect . ’ |
| 13 | Q. How did you establish yourselves in such a demanding market ? |
| 14 | He had never seen Englishmen get themselves into such a state before ; they looked more like untouchables . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't regard myself as such . |
| 16 | Many will restrict themselves to such magazines and periodicals in which their chosen authors made significant appearances . |
| 17 | Again , contra Lawrence , it is obvious that for Eliot the idea that modern western society should adopt savage customs is seen as ludicrous and reprehensible , since he believed that not even the lowest of civilized people could adapt themselves to such society without deteriorating and frequently also corrupting the natives . |
| 18 | ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation . |
| 19 | Clearly , the extent to which the offeror and its financial advisers can satisfy themselves on such matters before the announcement depends on the co-operation which can be expected from the target 's board . |
| 20 | Besides , Mr. Williams , who would waste themselves on such a miserable wretch ? |
| 21 | He is quite determined to master the art of the coracle , though as Comptroller of the Queen 's Household he need not concern himself with such trivialities . |
| 22 | The men who sat or lay near to him on the floor had watched with a curiosity that a man who was held in the Transit gaol at Pot'ma should concern himself with such a small matter as the pin-sharp biting of the louse . |
| 23 | If Sir John Travers , the British Ambassador to the United States , did indeed find himself in such a situation , he showed no signs of it . |
| 24 | It is perhaps as well that the British Library does not concern itself with such phenomena , but the absence of the raw material means , again , that it can not be studied properly at what is the centre of literary culture par excellence . |
| 25 | It is probably fair to say that very few hotels in all of Italy can pride themselves on such an enviable position as the Hotel Italia . |
| 26 | The Government should address themselves to such wasting of money and not to fictitious ideas about Thomas the Tank Engine . |