Example sentences of "[modal v] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very least , however , unpalatable though the proposals may at present be , they may prove more acceptable than the alternative already foreshadowed by Sir Adrian Cadbury should his own committee 's voluntary code fail to command compliance — the even more unpalatable prospect of governance by legislation . |
| 2 | Could his same notion of ‘ agitational contemporaneity ’ work for Armchair Theatre as it had worked for North American TV drama ? |
| 3 | Could his intended victim have somehow guessed , from an unguarded look perhaps , that he had been marked for death ? |
| 4 | How could his beautiful champagne based sauce be indicted for murder ? |
| 5 | Would his Imperial Majesty the Shah be so good as to pause in Marrakesh on his way to the US ? |
| 6 | Where would his philosophical attitude be now ? |
| 7 | He felt pangs of doubt : would his fellow canoeist see the flickering torch among the waves before an enemy patrol boat caught sight of it ? |
| 8 | Presumably several people would benefit very substantially from Riddle 's will , but how would his projected marriage have changed that ? |
| 9 | Nor would his evidentiary interest require him to examine past doctrine , trying to chart its place in the law as a whole , in the obsessive way judges do . |
| 10 | ‘ Will His Royal Highness like mutton broth ? ’ wondered Alice doubtfully . |
| 11 | ‘ Where will his precious words be without a pageant cart to spout them on ? ’ |
| 12 | Wallaby skipper Nick Farr-Jones argues the toss with Scottish referee Ken McCartney — but will his competitive instincts see him through a gruelling campaign as the World Champions take on South Africa this summer ? |
| 13 | Nor can his late nights : he often sits till three in the morning watching a film on TV . |
| 14 | Lord Joseph 's family was ‘ minimally observant ’ but ‘ maximally acknowledging ’ of Judaism , and his concern for poverty is , in a way , quintessentially Jewish , underpinned by a sense of charity and a belief that prosperity can be encouraged , as can his favourite condition , embourgeoisement . |
| 15 | As can his older brother Greg , and mates Drustan Ward and Adam Hillier , all swaying and nodding in the back of the lurching van as the dreaded remix of Arrested Development 's ‘ Tennessee ’ begins . |