Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Innes McInnes was taller than I 'd expected , but then how tall should a millionaire be ? |
2 | Only after three months unclaimed would a package be taken off the shelves and opened , for disposal if it could not be identified . |
3 | So how much would a week 's holiday for two cost you ? |
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 | And how better would a kidnapper do such a thing than to send a letter by his Majesty 's Mail . |
10 | How many can a man have at a time ? |
11 | What more could a child ask for ? |
12 | He smiled , ‘ What more could a girl want ? ’ |
13 | What more could a girl possibly want ? |
14 | What more could a girl want ? |
15 | What more could a climber ask for ? |
16 | What more could a man want , than this … |
17 | ‘ What more could a man want ? ’ |
18 | And how many of those would a level two child have to get ? |
19 | Neither would a test ban stop the spread of nuclear weapons . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | She had survived this morning ; how difficult would a repeat performance be ? |
22 | How remote should a target be ? |
23 | He can impose his choice because the president is elected not by the voters but by the National Assembly , where the Motherland party still has an ample majority : it holds 290 seats out of 450 Should a party which , judging by the latest test at the polls , is supported by only one voter in five choose the head of state ? |
24 | This figure would increase to 1,232,750 should a density of 100 persons per acre be adopted for the central area . |
25 | Indeed , I suppose , I even want to raise in passing the thought how single-minded should a poet be . |
26 | How secure would a job be with this company ? |