Example sentences of "[modal v] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The important question was how should our great freedom and flexibility be used ? |
2 | Could our grey plovers really have flown all the way from Arctic Siberia ? |
3 | member of the US Congress whom Martin Chuzzlewit meets on board the steamboat returning from Eden , a chauvinistic windbag celebrated for a speech called ‘ the Pogram Defiance ’ which , Martin is informed by another passenger , ‘ defied the world in general to com-pete with our country upon any hook ; and develop 'd our internal resources for making war upon the universal airth ’ . |
4 | How long would our present problems last ? |
5 | If the strength of our involvement were to diminish then so , inevitably , would our inward investment . |
6 | On Dec. 15 , 1989 , Heng Samrin as the KPRP central committee general secretary warned that " [ Cambodia ] must have a unanimous understanding that only if our internal situation is firm and our superior position on the battlefield is firm , will our diplomatic struggle be effective " . |
7 | Will our Christian message be worth leaving for others who come after us ? |
8 | So will our improved I.T . |
9 | How can our fragmented society make itself whole again ? |
10 | How the hell can our national flag be labelled ‘ excessive ’ when almost every High Street in the land is scarred by garish signs for everything from Indian restaurants to American burger joints ? |