Example sentences of "such [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus its name , number , the fact that its liability is limited ( if such be the case ) and the address of its registered office must be stated on all business letters or order forms .
2 If such be the case , what may be said about the Muftiliks of Molla Yegan and Molla Fenari ?
3 Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case .
4 ( 2 ) If there are two or more causes of action and a payment in satisfaction is made for each separately , the notice must in respect of each cause of action identify it and give the figure applicable to it " stating " nil " if such be the case ( Ord 11 , r 1(5) ) .
5 Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much .
6 If such were the case the difference between east and south is related to geology and not to any differences in the societies or their subsistence .
7 This does not entail however , as Hirtle 1975 seems to suggest , that the infinitive must represent an event as referred to some point in time prior to its realization : if such were the case , it would be impossible to explain why to is needed in some contexts but not in others .
8 Such were the conducteur des ambassadeurs and maître des cérémonies in France , the conductor de los embajadores in Spain , and the master of ceremonies in England .
9 Such is the variety of expression that people use that no definitive grammar of English exists .
10 To see it , is another matter — such is the hold on us of the myth of mental processes .
11 Such is the wealth of information that analysis could easily become a complex statistical exercise .
12 Such is the wealth of historical literature that it has been difficult to decide what to give in notes in this chapter .
13 Such is the entertainment value of working out your own routes that I remain baffled by those who think the West Highland Way is a good idea .
14 Such is the relief of producing the final report that there is a great temptation to sit back and wait for congratulations .
15 Such is the frailty of most of our natures that once we take a toe off the straight and narrow we tend to slide off it altogether .
16 In all our inns we have plenty of ale , beer and sundry kinds of wine and such is the capacity of some of these that they are able to lodge two hundred or three hundred persons and their horses .
17 Such is the experience of most of us when we go to bed late : we might sleep slightly later than usual but rarely long enough to compensate completely for the late night .
18 Any disagreements between members of the two Houses and the official records are carefully looked into and such is the integrity of the record that any attempt to alter it , except for errors , would undoubtedly result in a national scandal .
19 Such is the size of Lough Erne that the contestants should experience good , uninterrupted winds .
20 Yet such is the skill of the writing that you will forget the strangeness of the language after the first couple of paragraphs .
21 But such is the skill of the production that in the end you just suspend disbelief , accept that you are absorbing a different way of looking at the world and take whatever comes .
22 Such is the skill of the rhythmic pacing however , that the final chord seemed poised to continue .
23 But , such is the pace of development , that an idiot 's guide to many of the most recent and fast-moving technological marvels , which often bristle with abbreviations , is not to be despised .
24 Here , such is the pace of change , it seems rather that wholesale chaos occasionally results in selective progress .
25 SUCH is the glamour of television that when the BBC 's news department wanted a new science correspondent for TV , the corporation 's advertisements produced nearly 400 applicants .
26 Such is the glamour of my lifestyle . ’
27 Perish that one might be polite or circumspect — such is the mark of the aesthete .
28 On first impression it looks like the builders have managed to enclose Malham Cove , such is the scale of this set up .
29 The subject continues to invest itself in cultural forms , identifying , for example , with sports , cinema , clothing , a political line , or certain relationships ; but such is the scale of modern society that the same individual may become absurdly overextended into essentially superficial relationships , none of which augments his or her being , and yet simultaneously , may have nothing at all in common with another overextended individual who has selected entirely different areas of the surrounding culture .
30 In this case , however , the performer is Patricia Routledge , and such is the assurance of her grasp that the occasion is a masterclass in theatrical craft .
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