Example sentences of "such [noun pl] could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 They showed that such models could start with a big bang , even though the galaxies were no longer always moving directly away from each other , but they claimed that this was still only possible in certain exceptional models in which the galaxies were all moving in just the right way .
2 Such conditions could occur in a very big hydrogen bomb : the physicist John Wheeler once calculated that if one took all the heavy water in all the oceans of the world , one could build a hydrogen bomb that would compress matter at the center so much that a black hole would be created .
3 Interactionists made much of how such variations could lead to a ‘ deviancy amplification spiral ’ : if the public ( informed by the media of rises in the criminal statistics ) believes crime to be on the increase and more of a problem they may be more sensitive to it , report more to the police who will then record more and therefore produce a further rise in recorded crime , which is then fed back to the public by the media , and so on ( see Wilkins , 1964 ; and Young , 1971 ) .
4 Such lords could provide for a number of gentlemen in their direct service , appointing to offices ranging from bailies and sheriffs-depute , procurators-fiscal , and clerks to such minor posts as regality officers and keepers of prisons .
5 However , the use of such supplements could result in a daily intake of fluoride two to six times the recommended dose .
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