Example sentences of "such [prep] [vb mod] [vb infin] a " in BNC.

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1 He carries no bag , such as might hold a towel and swimsuit .
2 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 .
3 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 " .
4 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 ) ) .
5 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 ’ .
6 " 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 . "
7 " 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 . "
8 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 . "
9 ‘ ( 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 . ’
10 Such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for his personal safety
11 There may also be differences in stress or intonation , but not such as would cause a change in meaning .
12 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 .
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