Example sentences of "[verb] or [vb infin] such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complexities of this network must be understood , and will be explained more fully in Chapter 7 together with suggestions on ways social workers may help to sustain or develop such a network . |
| 2 | This pagan kingly behaviour ( more reminiscent of ancient kingship rights than orthodox Christian behaviour ) gave rise to criticism from the Church , but no one dared openly to accuse or chastise such a powerful ruler . |
| 3 | ‘ So it did , as it was meant to do , but I did n't expect or want such a drastic test . ’ |
| 4 | It is not enough for the Commission merely to show that the merger will create or strengthen such a market position if the maintenance or development of effective competition would not be likely to be impaired . |
| 5 | At the time , descriptive geology could ignore or deny such a theory , by postulating the existence of land bridges and sea-level changes which permitted the movement of organisms between continents . |
| 6 | It would constitute a typically academic fallacy to believe that analysis on its own — the sheer power of thought — could change or reverse such a situation , but it could well affect it . |
| 7 | Nobody can really comprehend or imagine such a large number , and we just think of this degree of improbability as synonymous with impossible . |
| 8 | This is not faking , however , because waking subjects know perfectly well a child can not write or spell such a sentence . |
| 9 | This is not enough to show that anyone can have authority to introduce or enforce such a scheme . |
| 10 | How could he forgive or forget such a slight ? |