Example sentences of "of [verb] such [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Officially a commemoration of the Great Exhibition of 1851 , to demonstrate British achievement in arts , sciences and design , its chief impact was one of surprise that in these depressing times the government should be capable of sponsoring such a fling .
2 If a right to conscientious tax diversion can be established in this way , then , if it is to mean anything at all , it must be proof against standard utilitarian objections , for example , those relating to the cost of administering such a scheme .
3 However , in the right circumstances a Court Scheme can be more attractive ; those circumstances are examined , and the advantages and disadvantages of using such a scheme and the procedures involved are explained below .
4 It is necessary to win over the negotiators to the idea of using such a computer model , and resistance is likely to focus on the idea that negotiating is a matter of judgement and can not be mechanised .
5 The motivation and advantage of using such a method as a research tool is that it finds a middle way between idiosyncratic subjectivism and claims to objectivity that have been increasingly questioned in the past twenty or so years ( by writers from Derrida ( 1975 ) to Lakoff ( 1987 ) ) .
6 Before writing the report , the school librarian will have to consider certain factors involved in its compilation and also the consequences of submitting such a report .
7 A second and possibly overlapping category might be those who want to be free from the worries of maintaining such a holiday home .
8 If some components have to be physically larger than the space provided or require other " upstream " or " downstream " components to be modified as well , then the consequences of pursuing such a concept must be similarly recognized at an early stage .
9 The difficulties of pursuing such a methodology are immediately evident .
10 We have tried to obtain glassfibre moulds in the past , have not succeeded and would be grateful if you could advise us on any way that is known to you of building such a craft .
11 Needless to say , the generals , stolid landowners to a man , never had any intention of allowing such a thing to happen .
12 Twenty-five years ago , that team of scientists and electronics engineers charged with the awesome task of producing such a piece of equipment , included a thirty-seven year old Texan electronics engineer , whose star was rapidly rising in another quarter .
13 What is the point of producing such an utterance ?
14 One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production .
15 The laibon still could not understand the point of hanging such a man .
16 " It being desirable and natural that the Association should be governed solely by bona fide deaf members , it was felt that it would be an act of selfishness to ignore those " hearing friends " who took real interest in the cause and welfare of the deaf ; yet apprehensions were felt as to the wisdom of adopting such a course .
17 He would n't dream of adopting such a persona in his own business world , and I knew it .
18 When you consider the relentless quest for the luxury that has gone into each and every one , the cost of purchasing such a lodge does not seem excessive .
19 It takes so long for another type to convince the B t 's that it is z = 0 , that any long run benefit from this is outweighed by the cost , of acquiring such a reputation .
20 If that fell down Hearn might think of staging such a fight in France .
21 Although most teachers would recognize the desirability of appraising their classroom practice in terms of questions like those listed above , the difficulty of applying such a process to one 's own discourse should not be underestimated .
22 Malvolio 's treatment , in Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night , when he was supposed to be mad explains the desirability of keeping such an affliction quiet .
23 The two brothers were very close and no writer I can think of has such a hatred of death as Canetti .
24 It was shown that the cost of not exercising quality control was far in excess of the cost of operating such a system .
25 Reactions have varied — some were in favour of operating such a scheme , while others either doubted its feasibility or were unable to participate .
26 Another method would be to look at the Automobile Association 's figures on the cost of running a motor car of that engine capacity or at the cost of hiring such a car .
27 Lord Goff stated that where the unconsciousness was temporary , the doctor may not proceed contrary to the stated interests of the patient , provided the patient was rationally capable of forming such a wish .
28 All I have claimed is that consent to obey is recognized , and with reason , as one way of expressing such an attitude .
29 The disadvantage of AMS is the high cost of establishing such a facility ( around a million pounds sterling , nearly two million dollars ) and of running it .
30 The radical translator is faced with the task of writing such a manual on whatever evidence he can glean ; roughly , on the evidence of sentences uttered or assented to by the ‘ natives ’ and the circumstances of those utterances and assents .
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