Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , the reasons for regarding the idea of numerical identity and that of numerical diversity as significant are not such as might enable us to decide unequivocally whether something observed on one occasion is numerically the same as something else observed on a different occasion , or how many ontological objects are involved in a given case . |
| 2 | He carries no bag , such as might hold a towel and swimsuit . |
| 3 | In this respect the Planning Department preferred the ‘ permanent ’ use offered by conversion to rented housing to a transitory use , such as might result from re-use of the building as , say , a carpet sales warehouse . |
| 4 | Further , because the public interest is the root of corporate legitimacy demands for responsibility need not be confined to the avoidance of obvious forms of social harm , such as might result from pollution , dangerous products , or false advertising , but potentially embrace all exercises of social decision-making power by companies , the manifestations of which were considered earlier . |
| 5 | Any error as a result of variation in the proportion of active and inactive tissue between patients ( such as might result if one patient 's mucosa was atrophic ) should be alleviated by measuring glutamine metabolism in adjacent biopsy specimens and examining the ratio of butyrate/ glutamine metabolised . |
| 6 | Free chlorine in small amount ( 0.1–0.2 p.p.m. ) , such as might come from water sterilization , is not likely to be troublesome , but , if in excess of this , it could be objectionable . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal detected " underlying transactions of a solicitorial nature " and determined that on the expert evidence ( inter alia from a former President of the Law Society ) which had been presented the undertakings given were such as might come within the usual course of a solicitor 's business . |
| 8 | Only such a crisis , of almost inconceivably devastating proportions — such as might follow a major war — could so undermine and destroy the existing pluralist political structures that a new form of fascist-style charismatic leadership might appear to sizeable proportions of the population to be a viable and attractive solution . |
| 9 | Putt tried to reply but the result was a sound such as might escape from the lips of a choking man . |
| 10 | He sat at the head of the table and was served by kneeling courtiers such as might have attended a real prince . |
| 11 | Further , the Webbs ' gross failure of comprehension is complemented by their advocacy of an apparatus of state and municipal ownership , and of a bureaucratic management such as might have been deliberately designed not to maximise those chances . |
| 12 | Layered bodies of rock , such as might have come from a succession of lava flows , are rare on the Moon , and those observed might be the result of other processes , such as impacts . |
| 13 | An entirely polyphonic passage ( such as might occur in an orchestral fugue , for instance ) . |
| 14 | He reminded those who felt such concern that " since the war , Japan has dedicated itself to a purely defensive posture under our peace constitution and vowed never again to become a military power such as might pose a threat to other countries " . |
| 15 | The steps of which particulars are given must be such as would justify an order for substituted service of a bankruptcy petition ( r 6.11(5) and ( 6 ) ) . |
| 16 | That this should have happened , within a period of a few generations for example , and therefore in evolutionary terms , immediately , is palpably unlikely , for the mental development which heralded the beginnings of civilisation could have started long before man 's activities were such as would leave archaeological evidence . |
| 17 | For example , there are no clays , no carbonates , no carbon compounds , and the presence of tiny particles of metallic iron in the lunar samples shows that the amount of free oxygen , such as would arise from the photodissociation of CO 2 , has always been negligible . |
| 18 | The generous and charitable Spirit that appeared in her was exerted upon all Occasions to the utmost of her Ability , and was such as would have been ornamental in a much higher Sphere , to which in all Probability , if it had pleased God to spare her Life , her own Merit would have raised her |
| 19 | After dinner , it being light at that time until midnight , we took our friend into the hotel garden and , for possible use in the film , recorded him shouting German wheel and engine-room orders such as would have been used by Prien during the mission . |
| 20 | This allows borrowers more scope to time issues so as to take advantage of temporarily favourable patterns of interest rates such as would permit profitable swaps . |
| 21 | The general idea underlying this discretion seems to be that a court should not award a judicial review remedy if to do so would cause ( query , serious ) damage to the ‘ public interest ’ such as would outweigh the injury which the applicant would suffer as a result of refusal of a remedy . |
| 22 | It is indeed an element of all three offences that the conduct must be such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness , present at the scene , to fear for his personal safety ; and yet it is provided , for each offence , that ‘ no person of reasonable firmness need actually be , or be likely to be , present at the scene ’ . |
| 23 | " Where I , or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them ( taken together ) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety , each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot . " |
| 24 | " Where three or more persons who are present together , use or threaten unlawful violence and the conduct of them ( taken together ) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety , each of the persons using or threatening violence is guilty of violent disorder . " |
| 25 | This is intended to penalise fighting in that " a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . " |
| 26 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . ’ |
| 27 | Such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for his personal safety |
| 28 | There may also be differences in stress or intonation , but not such as would cause a change in meaning . |
| 29 | Many accents of English also differ noticeably in intonation without the difference being such as would cause a difference in meaning ; some Welsh accents , for example , have a tendency for unstressed syllables to be higher in pitch than stressed syllables . |
| 30 | ( Do I make it sound like a paradise , a utopia , a socialist state such as would delight Shelley 's and your father 's hearts ? |