Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] such [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The currency convertability restrictions threaten to wipe out the country 's domestic base of small resellers unless suppliers opt to extend credit facilities further , but to date there has been no indication that suppliers are prepared to take such steps . |
| 2 | Unless we , as legislators , are prepared to treat such circumstances with that degree of seriousness , rather than allowing fines even in the low thousands to be imposed , we are unlikely to secure the safety culture to which North sea workers are , sadly , not accustomed but are certainly entitled . |
| 3 | The Democrats in Congress had then been willing to accept such measures provided that the President would agree to more federal funding for local law enforcement and controls on the sale of assault weapons . |
| 4 | In the past , sociologists have been content to dismiss such claims as unworthy of serious consideration for a variety of reasons , some of which have already been examined . |
| 5 | People are quick to articulate such criticisms in gossip but even here there are constraints . |
| 6 | Philip Joseph , chairman of Books Etc , waged a campaign against this practice — or more accurately against the fact that UK booksellers have been unable to stock such books when airport bookshops can — over several years . |
| 7 | Several animals are able to withstand such stings and actually feed on various portions of wasps , bees and their nests . |
| 8 | As chairman of probably the oldest and certainly the noisiest of the Institute 's technical committees , I am able to reassure such doubters ; indeed , the Technical Advisory Committee 's advice is still the foundation of most Institute responses on accounting and auditing matters . |
| 9 | More conservative views of the ‘ corporate bias ’ in liberal democracies ( Middlemas , 1979 ) are happy to see such arrangements integrate and discipline the working class , but disturbed if labour movements are better able to redistribute income in their favour or to create disruption in economic life . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , if pragmatics is to be considered a component within linguistic theory ( a question to which we shall return ) , it may be that to include such principles is indeed to include too much . |
| 11 | However , it should be possible to identify such specimens to genus and often to species from the remaining characters . |
| 12 | It may be possible to find such books in your office , or to arrange to borrow them from a public library . |
| 13 | It 's not that I wo n't be prepared to face such conditions , it 's just that I realise what could happen . |
| 14 | Few people would be prepared to pay such fees and BGQs would virtually disappear ( arguably a benefit to RBG ! ) . |
| 15 | If it is found to be impossible to reconcile such differences then the public interest and the maintenance of professional standards must be the primary considerations . |
| 16 | If it is found to be impossible to reconcile such differences then the public interest and the maintenance of professional standards must be the primary consideration . |
| 17 | Yet it would be dangerous to regard such divisions as being in any way rigid . |
| 18 | It is submitted that it would be ill-advised to treat such statements made in one House after the Bill had completed its passage in the other House as an expression of the intention of , in the words of Lord Browne-Wilkinson , ‘ Parliament as a whole ’ . |
| 19 | As he himself said , it would be pointless to study such peoples with a questionnaire , since they do not write , and , while he certainly gained a great deal of essential information from conversation and discussion , it would have been quite futile to try to conduct any kind of interview until he had gained their trust and confidence , and until he had some idea of what kinds of questions he should be asking . |
| 20 | While this would be possible , it would be hard to protect such rights in any great detail through , for example , some form of constitutional entrenchment since the standard of these rights depends very much on the state of the economy and on demographic factors such as the numbers of elderly in the population ( currently increasing greatly ) and the number of children and the size of the working population . |
| 21 | It would , however , be encouraging to see such chapters included in nursing textbooks published in UK . |
| 22 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 23 | Most people would be only to happy to be able to enjoy such surroundings . |
| 24 | In order to participate in ordinary language usage , one must be able to make such calculations , both in production and interpretation . |
| 25 | We are able to effect an introduction for you to the Firm 's Bank who may be able to make such funds available . |
| 26 | I 'm sure he 'll be able to prepare such things as chicken and ham , coleslaw and other things the day before . |
| 27 | And stashed away too , was her new fear that she might never , ever be able to recreate such pictures in her mind again . |
| 28 | The Agriculture Departments should be able to offer such payments only with NCC advice and agreement that conservation objectives would be realised . |
| 29 | By covering the marginal costs of making our facilities available to visting EC researchers we will be able to provide such visitors with access to an internationally important resource of equipment , resources , and scientific staff . |
| 30 | Will the new community care scheme be able to provide such packages of care in the community ? |