Example sentences of "[modal v] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why should a future leader of the Liberal Party throw up that possibility in order to be a curate , whose work in popular mythology ( and sometimes in reality ) consists in having cups of tea with elderly women ? |
| 32 | If ministers behave improperly in failing to inform Parliament , should a civil servant take the initiative and attempt to repair the omission ? |
| 33 | How many cases should a personal injury lawyer have ? |
| 34 | Why should a multi-plant corporation close one plant rather than another ? |
| 35 | How then , in summary , should a better walking environment be created ? |
| 36 | Western countries led by France were said in some reports to be fearful of the destabilization of Morocco should a UN-organized vote go against King Hassan II 's claim to Western Sahara . |
| 37 | Merck has concluded a similar arrangement with the New York Botanical Gardens : botanists there pass on potentially-useful plants to Merck , which has agreed to give royalties to the country of origin should a marketable drug result . |
| 38 | Why should a potential person have the rights of a person ? |
| 39 | So what things should a potential greenhouse buyer consider before making the purchase ? |
| 40 | Firstly , why should a voluntary arrangement have to mimic an Administration Order ? |
| 41 | But when should a quick throw-in from touch . |
| 42 | But when should a quick throw-in be allowed and when may it be stopped ? |
| 43 | And here lies a fundamental difference of opinion — how should a National Park operate ? |
| 44 | So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving . |
| 45 | Should a wayward tsar stray too far from the path approved by the nobility , he could be replaced . |
| 46 | Should a basic rent be reserved ? |
| 47 | Frequent dunging may also occur , in order to lighten the horse 's bodyweight should a speedy escape be required . |
| 48 | Within what limits should a social worker operate ? |
| 49 | In addition , where an odour arises from a works on which many people rely for employment the decision whether to complain or not is influenced by the realisation that should a local authority press their employer to take costly steps to abate the odour , it could result in closure of the works with consequent loss of employment . |
| 50 | It is not at all incongruous that Wilson , who thus insisted on Eliot 's Americanness , should a few years later , in his pioneering classic Axel 's Castle ( 1931 ) , insist on Eliot 's Frenchness , thus giving substance and weight to Untermeyer 's too glib acknowledgement of ‘ the Laforgue mechanism ’ . |
| 51 | Should a nuclear bomb ever fall on Norfolk , the handful of bureaucrats , policemen and soldiers scrambling into the underground bunker will be joined by a mustard manufacturer . |
| 52 | Should a statutory liquidity ratio be imposed on the banks , or should the banks be allowed to choose whatever ratio they consider to be prudent ? |
| 53 | But , as ambient water temperature falls , they will need food that is easily digestible so that , should a sudden cold snap occur , there will be little or no waste matter to decay in their gut . |
| 54 | Why should a public body operate in a secret way . |
| 55 | Warburton 's next aim is to set up a fund to help users should a particular company go into liquidation . |
| 56 | How should a submersible pump be fixed ? |
| 57 | This debate can be taken as something of a dry-run of the political battle should a formal request for really massive aid be delivered . |
| 58 | At no time should a true satyāgrahi or a brahmacārin seek to avoid the company of women , but whether this justifies him in openly seeking the company of women in order to prove the strength of his brahmacārya vow , as Gandhi himself occasionally did , is a highly debatable point . |
| 59 | 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 " . |
| 60 | Instead of only seeing Angelica Kauffman 's history paintings as part of a neoclassical revival and a feature of 18th century history painting , might a psychoanalytical-cum-anthropological approach allow us to see a pattern of latent meanings , around themes of abandonment , grief , mourning or see her dramatisation of women 's complex relations to emotional and civic loyalties ? |