Example sentences of "[vb infin] such [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can you even consider such a scheme ? ’ |
| 2 | Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action . |
| 3 | Only the enemy and both of their readers could possibly consider such a question . |
| 4 | Let us consider such a chain of consequence , spanning small to large . |
| 5 | Egypt 's pioneering efforts in regard to peacemaking are well established and respected , and I do not consider such a line of questioning helpful . |
| 6 | She all but yelled the words at him , incensed beyond reason that he could even consider such a thing . |
| 7 | ‘ I could not possibly consider such a commission for less than five hundred roubles . ’ |
| 8 | Never , never would he consider such an event so insupportable as to … ’ |
| 9 | Let us consider such an ethnographer as an invisible witness to a particular speech event . |
| 10 | I do n't know how many other nations could survive such a history — land being taken off us , our buffalo being killed . |
| 11 | In practice instruments could not survive such a journey ; they would be torn apart by the increasing gravitational field gradients . |
| 12 | Investigators , astounded that the four could survive such an ordeal in the southern hemisphere winter , are puzzled by a number of details . |
| 13 | If at the time of the first Red Flag Act anyone had prophesied that within 100 years horseless carriages would be careering around by the million , they would have been thought dangerously deluded ; no one would have believed that society would survive such an onslaught . |
| 14 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 15 | It was hard to credit that a British Cabinet would pursue such a policy but , then , there were plenty of hard men in the Government . |
| 16 | Although it is by no means certain that the courts would uphold such a contention , groups should nevertheless exercise care in this area . |
| 17 | A full 40 per cent believed he should introduce such a measure in his Budget speech , with 44 per cent disagreeing . |
| 18 | It is preposterous for the Opposition to claim that they can introduce such a tax and then complain about the Government 's introducing a new tax in 1993 . |
| 19 | Even if scientists could demonstrate such a correlation , it would still be difficult to be certain whether the effect were the result of social or genetic transmission . |
| 20 | The Institute expects that all members will demonstrate such a commitment to CPE based on these guidelines . |
| 21 | 3 ) The question was asked do we really need such a statement when our ‘ creed ’ is already explained in the earlier leaflet ‘ The Task of Christian Aid ’ . |
| 22 | But does the book need such an ending ? |
| 23 | Who can trust such a Government when they pledge to improve the working of the economy ? |
| 24 | Social reform might assist such a victory , but it had to be of a kind which the Lords would not reject . |
| 25 | With that , careless of his obvious amazement that someone of her slender weight could not only pack such a punch but dare to do so , she spun rapidly round and raced back the way she had come . |
| 26 | ‘ Do we know such a person ? ’ |
| 27 | Harry turned quickly to Joe and cried excitedly , ‘ Did you ever know such a brother as mine , spending his money on something he hates ! ’ |
| 28 | Howard cocked an eyebrow , intrigued that a newcomer could know such a thing , but the Doctor did n't notice as he continued : ‘ In the city , it 'll be complete chaos . |
| 29 | An unreliable horseman on the Stuart side , witnessing the first charge of the clans on the Cumberland army , believed no troop could withstand such an onslaught , and he rode south to Edinburgh declaring victory , causing the Jacobites of the city to dance and sing . |
| 30 | Mrs V Hawkins will display such a record at the Annual General Meeting . |