such praise as

[suprunp]

He reserved such praise as he was willing to accord his contemporaries to those who wrote in a foreign tongue.
(W.S. Maugham; The Social Sense)

Can I say here "He reserved such praise that he was willing to accord..."?

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

He reserved such praise as he was willing to accord his contemporaries to those who wrote in a foreign tongue.
(W.S. Maugham; The Social Sense)

Can I say here "He reserved such praise that he was willing to accord..."?

Thanks.

It doesn't work for me.