Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The obvious problem here is that to provide such sight lines would |
| 2 | Symptoms of rust disease are shown as small , reddish-brown , raised spots on the leaf under-surface , and as control is difficult , it is preferable to destroy such plants including the roots , and to plant new specimens in a different place . |
| 3 | Although it is possible to use such languages as problem-solving ‘ tools ’ , they suffer from the limitation that considerable expertise is needed to use them freely and effectively . |
| 4 | It is possible to use such changes of form to escape from existing snares . |
| 5 | Although our eyes can not detect variations in reflectance in the near-infrared band it is possible to measure such variations using appropriate instruments . |
| 6 | To the extent that it is possible to separate such ideas as surplus value they seem to me totally uninteresting . |
| 7 | It is possible to make such objects invisible to readers if they are irrelevant to the hypertext side . |
| 8 | I should have thought that it would be common ground that it is right to review such organisations from time to time to establish whether they are achieving their objectives . |
| 9 | An alternative , which operated in the UK from 1925 — 31 , is that the central bank is not prepared to convert banknotes into gold for domestic residents but is willing to convert such paper into gold for foreigners . |
| 10 | She says if they think a big firm is prepared to print such picture it may encorage them . |
| 11 | He is also keen for the company to become known as a specialist in project management — he is prepared to undertake such work either alone or with third parties . |
| 12 | Sometimes it is acceptable to treat such words or concepts as equivalent to one another , but on other occasions it is important to differentiate between them . |
| 13 | It is wrong to extend such concepts to explain the wholesale replacement of large groups of animals by others . |
| 14 | Stunned by Hartmann 's catalogue of crimes committed in the name of ‘ family planning ’ , it 's easy to forget such people exist . |
| 15 | It is impossible to exclude such liability in a consumer deal and in any non-consumer deal the clause is subject to the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 16 | It is impossible to write such criteria . |
| 17 | It is easy to dismiss such claims as aspirational and self-fulfilling . |
| 18 | However , because fatty foods contain lots of calories in a small space , it is easy to eat such foods quickly , and potentially to put on weight . |
| 19 | It is easy to blur such distinctions . |
| 20 | Through trial and error they learn how and where it is appropriate to express such feelings and when they will be effective . |
| 21 | Some say this is merely cartoon aggression but some susceptible kiddies could believe that it 's okay to copy such actions because they have no serious effect when Macaulay does them . |
| 22 | we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . |
| 23 | ‘ even in these days when affrays , riotous behaviour and other disturbances happen ill too frequently , we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . ’ |
| 24 | The reader will probably have some ideas about why this might be , but it is hard to test such ideas . |
| 25 | Besides — and in the way the French Army of those days functioned it is hard to believe such considerations did not pass through Joffre 's mind — if things went badly wrong henceforth at Verdun , the Generalissimo 's responsibility would now be shared by another . |
| 26 | It is natural to borrow such words as " reproduce " and " generation " , which have associations with living things , because living things are the main examples we know of things that participate in cumulative selection . |
| 27 | It is helpful to have such guidelines concerning the types , range and number of concepts to be indexed in any indexing situation , although precise guidelines are not always drafted and the choice of concepts to include may be left to the discretion of the indexer . |
| 28 | The question in the last sentence can not be answered , of course ; it is imponderable and we can go no further with it than to agree that it is useful to expose such uncertainties now and then . |
| 29 | Weigh up the pros and cons ; decide if it is better to accept such invitations or to spend the time doing your own thing , perhaps sharing a mutual interest with one friend . |
| 30 | A prospective Labour government is unlikely to oppose such moves for fear of being dubbed ‘ the pornographer 's friend ’ . |