Example sentences of "[modal v] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think a person told , who apologises is n't really an apology but I thought there must a reason why you did n't . |
| 2 | So why should a man more used to glamorous roles want to play a mean old miser ? |
| 3 | Should a student not complete or withdraw from a programme of studies he/she will , after an interval of one year , be issued with a record of achievement listing the areas of study successfully completed . |
| 4 | It was thus agreed that redemption , to the sun of £100 only ( 4 x £25 bonds ) , be drawn for and should a bondholder so drawn insist on taking his money then the Bolney Syndicate would , if necessary , buy the bonds so saving the Club 's strained resources . |
| 5 | Why should a politician not peddle policies for which an electorate might wish to vote ? |
| 6 | These results are quite acceptable , but a picture at the blackout level should not show whole areas ON , nor should a picture more than two or three above the blackout point be black and neither of these happens . |
| 7 | Should a phase generally be gratifying he will successfully pass through that one to the next ; should it be frustrating he will remain fixated at this stage and as an adult manifest a particular personality constellation , such as the ‘ oral character ’ , distinguished by such features as excessive dependence , passivity and ‘ mouth habits ’ . |
| 8 | Nor should a gentlemen ever discuss that most unfashionable subject religion , lest some fanatic ‘ cause him bodily injury ’ ( still good advice in Delhi today ) . |
| 9 | it might a cable off somewhere . |
| 10 | But think of it , emotional charity from a couple of eight-year-olds — how low could a person possibly get ? |
| 11 | So how could a species slowly and randomly evolve the ability not to be killed outright ? |
| 12 | It is indeed true that balance of payments deficits can be sustained for longer than they could a generation ago ; we would have never got this far without a much worse sterling crisis if that were not the case . |
| 13 | If there was a swell on the east side where the the grating but there was also a gully landing which you get into the gully but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully and there was a derrick there er you could a crane there that you could take everything out of the boat but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully . |
| 14 | There has to be human purpose behind art , and how could a computer ever have that ? |
| 15 | What more could a girl possibly want ? |
| 16 | And yet how could a man so beset fail to hold it against him ? |
| 17 | How could a man so constitutionally unsuited to parliamentary life lead his party to power through parliament ? |
| 18 | How could a man so intelligent in every other way be so obtuse when it came to ordinary everyday living ? |
| 19 | How could a creature so specialized as a mosquito ever evolve ? |
| 20 | Held , that in the opinion of the court , ( 1 ) a stay for delay or any other reason was to be imposed only in exceptional circumstances ; that , even where delay could be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay was to be the exception rather than the rule ; and that even more rarely could a stay properly be imposed in the absence of fault on the part of the complainant or the prosecution , and never where the delay was due merely to the complexity of the case or contributed to by the defendant 's actions ( post , pp. 18H — 19A ) . |
| 21 | Learning it type is a full business and I for one need a bit more to keep me interested . |
| 22 | MIPS is preening itself for getting the R4400 upgrade out in the timeframe it predicted it would a year ago . |
| 23 | If one person 's on duty , you would a situation where really that was a bit of risk quite often , and er , it 's not an acceptable thing but er , I totally agree we need to agree very carefully if one 's wise to whether the initial staffing is adequate or whether it is case a of people not having |
| 24 | You would a Bosnia immediately , it would break up , send the U N in , look what it 's done in Bosnia . |
| 25 | In what sense can a curator responsibly sign the acquisition declaration knowing full well that there is no guarantee that a floppy disc or tape will be readable in a few years even if pampered with executive class conservation treatment — acid-free packing , humidity- and temperature-controlled environment , and low ambient light levels ? |
| 26 | To ask , for instance , ‘ Why can a person not doubt who , or what , he meant ? ’ ( 7 , 27 ) , is to exhibit one 's fascination by a few , favoured language games and one 's wish to assimilate others to them . |
| 27 | If one parent can do such a thing , can a child really accept that his mother will not disappear with equal suddenness tomorrow ? |
| 28 | It 's the cause of the divisive broad band streaming which I think some comprehensives have been persuaded to use , and I 'm forced to say how can a child really value himself or herself if they are placed in the bottom band of such a school throughout the time when they are at that comprehensive ? |
| 29 | With the effective removal of a huge percentage of licensed venues in the United Kingdom from the list of places where royalties were once automatically eligible for collection , how can a composer now feel that his rights are ‘ adequately protected ’ ? |
| 30 | ‘ So , can a lie similarly become the truth ? ’ |