Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] such [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Goldsmiths ' College Certificate offers such a chance . |
| 2 | Nevertheless I could not believe that Parliament intended such a construction because it will produce what I regard as such unfair and absurd results . |
| 3 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff against an order made under subsection ( 4 ) above or against a refusal of a licensing board to cancel such an order . |
| 4 | The traditional career patterns followed in this country have not produced ministers or civil servants with either the skills or the experience to perform such a task ; and , moreover , business leaders would not welcome the loss of the freedom to run their affairs as they think best . |
| 5 | Here again , provided the driver has such an opportunity , I can see nothing in the language of the statute which would justify a procedural requirement that the driver be invited to express his own preference for giving blood or urine , either before a constable indicates which specimen he will require or at all . |
| 6 | FOREIGNERS must wonder — and this year more than usual — why the British budget causes such a fuss . |
| 7 | Papert explains that Reagan 's election in 1980 put paid to any hopes of obtaining public money to establish such a centre in the United states . |
| 8 | The new element is that both the Serbs and the Croats have , for the first time , shown a general willingness to accept such a force . |
| 9 | Any internal disciplinary measure to contain such an account is much less likely to become of public concern in the way that the Clive Ponting or the Cathy Massiter prosecutions became notorious causes célèbres . |
| 10 | Would a mere slap from an enraged mistress send such a woman fleeing from the shelter of Gloucester Castle ? |
| 11 | An attempt to include such a ban sank the last effort at constitutional reform , made by Congress in 1989 . |
| 12 | Former Moderator Dr Godfrey Brown is regarded by some as an ideal figure to perform such a role . |
| 13 | There may well be long-term effects which will be felt in any subsequent attempt to float such a project . |
| 14 | Common Law would treat a provision in a contract as to time as being ‘ of the essence of the contract ’ , meaning that if a certain act was not done by one party within a certain stipulated time , he should lose all rights under the contract ; Equity treated such a provision in general as not being of the essence of the contract , but as giving a right only to damages . |
| 15 | In an attempt to secure such a reduction , national guide-lines were issued in October 1990 , which identified a number of offence-specific factors that would justify a committal , but only where a magistrates ' court feels that its sentencing powers are insufficient . |
| 16 | Since the CTP is so flawed as an explanation of the mind and since its apparent attractions are apparent rather than real , how does the claim of that science to advance our understanding of the mind command such a following ? |
| 17 | An attempt to provide such a strategy was made by the Royal Commission on Legal Services , which reported in 1979 . |
| 18 | The point is that the idea of criteria is itself in need of elucidation , and an attempt to provide such an elucidation presupposes a basic understanding of the concept whose explanation is being sought . |
| 19 | Possibly early balloon counterpulsation to offset the expected deterioration in renal function might be a more worthwhile approach to management than later in an attempt to reverse such a deterioration in renal state . |
| 20 | A presidential decree of June 12 instructed the Defence Committee to implement measures establishing a republican National Guard — the third attempt to create such a force , according to an article in Moskovskiye novosti of June 26 . |
| 21 | He opened the window a crack , but the wind made such a noise that he immediately closed it again . |
| 22 | We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined . |
| 23 | I ca n't begin to try to explain what is in someone 's mind to do such a thing . |
| 24 | Dementia and/or confusion was by far the most common condition requiring such a move ( 50% ) . |
| 25 | However , if one tries to envelop the noun phrase and the adjective in a single question , then , on the one hand , the result will usually or always be grammatical , because the verbs occurring in this construction can of course stand as ordinary transitive verbs , but , on the other , the question form will naturally be taken as related to the ordinary transitive verb with a simple noun phrase object — with a corresponding alteration in the meaning expressed ; ( 23 ) is an attempt to put such a question : ( 23 ) his sister set the owl free what did his sister set ? to which suitable answers could include the mousetrap or the first four questions . |
| 26 | He would not have reckoned on their single liaison having such an outcome , and he would be blaming her for failing to have taken precautions . |
| 27 | The first Plan identified the need to achieve a long term strategy for speed enforcement and to commission a study to determine such a strategy involving enforcement activities , new technology and publicity . |
| 28 | An application for a permanent transfer is an application under Part II of the Act , and it follows that there has to be compliance with the relevant provisions on the part of an applicant making such an application and the licensing board in considering it . |
| 29 | In 1918 Sanders thought he had a chance to become Chief Secretary for Ireland , but was soon reduced to considering himself as a possible Speaker ; in 1921 he was passed over for Chief Whip because it did not suit the coalition to have such a partisan in so sensitive a post . |
| 30 | An employee denied such a statement may refer the matter to a tribunal which will determine the particulars which should have been included and referred to in such a statement . |