Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Military strategists noted that should a JSP-led coalition come to office and implement its stated defence policy ( particularly the application of the nuclear prohibition to US forces stationed in Japan ) , the effect on the balance of power in the region would be " incalculable " . |
| 2 | So how much would a week 's holiday for two cost you ? |
| 3 | If six jars of pickle cost £3.18 , how much will a single jar cost ? |
| 4 | How much will a rucksack hold ? |
| 5 | ‘ How much can a man stand ? ’ he implored . |
| 6 | Neither could a man who was in debt . |
| 7 | When I eventually crossed the wall correctly , my second could not retrieve the runner ; neither could a party which came up behind him . |
| 8 | But what after all should a biochemistry of memory be about , and how would one know if one was discovered — that is , what sort of biochemical answer might prove convincing to both biochemists and to psychologists ? |
| 9 | How many can a man have at a time ? |
| 10 | What more could a child ask for ? |
| 11 | Deadly snakes , dangerous jungle and swollen rivers — what more could a humble daredevil want ? |
| 12 | What more could a man want , than this … |
| 13 | He smiled , ‘ What more could a girl want ? ’ |
| 14 | What more could a normal and healthy man want ? |
| 15 | What more could a climber ask for ? |
| 16 | What more could a girl possibly want ? |
| 17 | ‘ What more could a man want ? ’ |
| 18 | What more could a girl want ? |
| 19 | And how many of those would a level two child have to get ? |
| 20 | How much more would a black hole , occasionally passing through or on the outskirts of the Oort Cloud , affect the comets ? |
| 21 | He did n't , of course : and if he did not understand the rationale behind the process-approach , how much less would a primary teacher ? |
| 22 | Neither would a test ban stop the spread of nuclear weapons . |
| 23 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
| 24 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |