Example sentences of "be [conj] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may like to think that such changes enable the organisation to be more efficient and effective in achieving its goals and yet it may well be that such changes arise as a result of trying to satisfy an individual 's political ambitions or to undercut the ambitions of a rival . |
| 2 | It may also be that such service would be regarded as valid on the ground that it amounted to service on the defendant in accordance with the law of the country in which service is effected . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it may well be that such birds are conditioned to this colour and it has been shown that nectar quality can overcome colour prejudice . |
| 4 | It may be that such moves towards a willingness to detach comment from political allegiance and dogma is a passing fad but it does also suggest that many journalists are uneasy about blind , albeit volunteered , political commitment . |
| 5 | It may also be that such employers were , at least in the early 1970s , less prepared to make the organizational adjustments which make it feasible for mothers to combine paid work with responsibility for young children . |
| 6 | The question in the DBQ refers specifically to multi-level car parks , the assumption here seems to be that such memory failures are particularly likely in this context because of the similarity in appearance of different floors in such a car park , however , there has been some work looking at memory for car parking in situations where more information is available . |
| 7 | The universal feeling used to be that such books belonged in the libraries they came from . |
| 8 | If there is any iron law of bureaucracy it must be that such organizations will not willingly do anything that may be against the organization 's perceived long-term interests and that , on occasions , this will lead the organization to ignore its nominal masters . |
| 9 | A third view could be that such investment is not an element in a zero-sum game : investment abroad is not a simple net loss to UK plants but , instead , creates productive facilities which complement and are integrated with UK production . |
| 10 | Although it has rarely been the subject of judicial pronouncement the conceptual basis of the " conventional " sums awarded by the courts in respect of non-pecuniary losses appears to be that such sums are what are considered fair and reasonable compensation in the social , economic and industrial conditions which prevail in England and Wales . |
| 11 | It could be that such pupil cultures were sexist ; but an interesting dilemma emerges . |
| 12 | But LFF evidence tends to corroborate suggestions that this may be because such film-making is just not very good at the moment . |
| 13 | What the rhetorical approach points out is that such dialogue expresses the contrary themes of cultural and ideological life . |
| 14 | My understanding of the meaning of the requirement that ‘ consideration must move from the promisee ’ is that such consideration must be provided by the promisee , or arise out of his contractual relationship with the promisor . |
| 15 | A drawback here is that such processes are limited in terms of the power of the grammars they permit . |
| 16 | The prime reason for this is that such warehouses have become machines and will only operate correctly if the logic for their function has been meticulously thought out , checked and rechecked . |
| 17 | Each of these has changed substantially in the post-war period , but the central argument of this chapter is that such changes can not be seen as the result only of changes within the UK . |
| 18 | The major television stations , in looking towards a mass audience , will inevitably focus on more dramatic events and issues in their depiction of the subject , and one 's only hope is that such depictions will be balanced and sensitively written . |
| 19 | The reason is that such sentences do not somehow occur alone , in limbo ; they occur as part of a more general theory . |
| 20 | What creates the difficulty is that such act or omission preceded and was , therefore , separated in point of time from the birth of the plaintiff in her injured condition . |
| 21 | The main concept , which goes against much traditional thinking about language , is that such change is a natural and inevitable process . |
| 22 | The fact is that such breakages are very uncommon , and that the quoted figure of 2,000 tank-related accidents a year includes things like ruptures and hernias while trying to lift them … |
| 23 | The intimation is that such giants would likewise be serviced by global finance houses . |
| 24 | What is essential , he feels , is that such skills become a natural part of a player 's working life — not that the children are given a ‘ treatment ’ as the result of a dislocated training package directed by those who do not really understand a musician 's mind or motivation . |
| 25 | One is that such policies produce an extension of economic freedom and , thereby , political freedom . |
| 26 | A fundamental disadvantage with the conception of the British schemes is that such compensation is neither considered nor provided . |
| 27 | The rationale is that such behaviour may make life intolerable ; and that , if indeed it does , the offended partner is entitled to say that the marriage has broken down . |
| 28 | Writing about the passage of the Bill through Parliament , Nigel Warner suggests that the net result of the fact that Abse 's Bill merely amended earlier legislation prohibiting homosexual behaviour , rather than repealing it , is that such behaviour remains unlawful , except for the circumstances included in the new Act , and he quotes Norman St John Stevas ' recognition of this fact . |
| 29 | For present purposes the point is that such passages , which because of the name ‘ Anchises ’ may seem Virgilian , are nothing of the kind . |
| 30 | The problem is that such transformations are seldom perceived whilst they are occurring ; they are usually identified long after the event . |