Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] such [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child may appear before a hearing for reasons other than offences ; and he will have a disposal tailored to his needs for care rather than to the seriousness of the offence ; and a child may not only be put under a supervision requirement for reasons other than an offence , but he may remain under such a requirement for a period of years for reasons completely unconnected with breaches of the criminal law . |
| 2 | Whatever one may think of such a position , it at least had the merit of being internally consistent . |
| 3 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
| 4 | Sceptics may baulk at such an idea , but given the attested presence of such equally implausible-sounding objects as a block of portable eighteenth-century soup ( ex Captain Cook ) , Inuit seal-gut underwear , African cobweb hats and other equally exotic objects , the concept of dressed fleas may seem more acceptable . |
| 5 | The only persons who may appeal against such a decision are the applicant and the licence-holder . |
| 6 | We accept then that , responsibility or no responsibility , commission or no commission , prices may behave in such a way that profits rise faster than a certain rate , that rate being the rate at which incomes other than profits — or perhaps incomes including profits ? — are increasing . |
| 7 | All the voting members must approve of such a resolution . |
| 8 | If the defendants should succeed in such an application , upon the ground that a verdict and judgment for libel in favour of the council , as a local government authority , would constitute a breach of article 10 , it would be for this country to decide whether to leave the law as it would , on that hypothesis , have been declared to be , or to change it to avoid the risk of repetition . |
| 9 | In order to accommodate its growing occupant , the shell must enlarge in such a way as to preserve its original form . |
| 10 | Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah well , it was not meant that I should work in such a parish , ’ said Randolph . |
| 12 | Robyn smiled to herself as she charged down the motorway and imagined how she must look in such a battered , ramshackle old thing . |
| 13 | There seems to be a struggle , which Milton perhaps did not intend , between the reader 's response to Satan as a powerful and convincing character and the way in which one should react to such a malevolent force . |
| 14 | Then I began to foresee our mutual embarrassment if events should develop in such a way which would force me to reveal my professional identity . |
| 15 | It seemed to me shocking that they should engage in such a crude , almost obscene activity in public , and I would watch them with fascinated repulsion . |
| 16 | By 1972 party leaders and Nyerere himself became disillusioned with the lack of progress in implementing ujamaa on a voluntary basis , and in a dramatic switch of policy in 1973 it was decreed that all Tanzanians should live in such a village by 1976 . |
| 17 | Dear God , what had he done that things should come to such a pass as this ? |
| 18 | That 's what I 'd like to know said Gwendoline smugly , six buttons all ripped off I 'm putting them on for Mary Lou because I 'm so sorry any one should play at such a dirty trick . |
| 19 | A local authority can make its own arrangements to arrest defaulters , which can include the use of bailiffs , and the defaulter must comply with such a warrant from the court . |
| 20 | It seems essential that the school should operate in such a way that all staff , including non-teaching staff , have the opportunity to think together about its work in a way that deepens understanding of aims and moves towards genuinely shared values . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , we 're just going out to have one , ’ said Penelope , thinking how typical it was that Ianthe should long for such a dull and essentially English thing as a cup of tea . |
| 22 | Or : Can you think of any other reason why he should kill with such a frenzy of violence ? |
| 23 | Only it may feel like such a disaster that , that they feel they ca n't do anything about it , er but you 're saying that that is n't , is n't necessarily the case ? |
| 24 | They 'll jump at such an offer ! |
| 25 | As one might expect of such an assembly of talent , Sahara Blue is a stately , tasteful listen , but only at its best captures the poet 's urgency and potency . |
| 26 | Though his tone was less strident , as one might expect from such a diffident traveller , Colin Thubron 's message to Sunday Telegraph readers was as plain : ‘ In any biography the relationship of author to subject forms a haunting subtext , and that of Molly Izzard to Freya Stark remains a question-mark to the book 's end . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , provided that it is possible to make informed assumptions about the likely shapes and sizes of buildings at particular periods , a computer can be programmed to search for particular configurations of post-holes that might result from such a structure and ‘ peel them off ’ , to reveal a simplified picture of earlier building phases . |
| 28 | At the door McNab paused and said with a smile : " I 'm sure he 'll rally with such a fine young woman to care for him . " |
| 29 | The difficulties that a Martian or child might have with such a system are neatly illustrated in the following Yiddish story : A melamed [ Hebrew teacher ] discovering that he had left his comfortable slippers back in the house , sent a student after them with a note for his wife . |
| 30 | The state might impinge upon such a business through taxation , import duties etc. , but not in the actual production process and the creation of surplus-value . |