Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witness could not say how much help in this a girl would need from the men because it varied so much , but she did not think it amounted to much , and no special men workers were employed for it " Lifting is therefore not denied , but its importance is distinctly minimized when a woman is speaking , maximized when a man is . |
| 2 | To achieve this a user can reference the next approved version of a module in anticipation of that module 's approval . |
| 3 | Under this a corporation could be required to , say , build a new hospital , or pay for a motorway , school , nursery , or library . |
| 4 | It is one of the unappetizing features of politics that often when things go wrong a minister can find himself entirely isolated and without friends . |
| 5 | Under section 224 a company may at any time before the end of nine months from the date of its incorporation give notice to the Registrar specifying what its accounting reference date is to be . |
| 6 | Now equations ( 9.92 ) and ( 9.93 ) show that an open or short-circuited line of length less than half a wavelength can provide any desired reactance or susceptance . |
| 7 | ‘ I often advise women that an extra half a stone will benefit their hair , ’ says Glenn . |
| 8 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
| 9 | I often wonder about this er a demijohn would imply that 's half a john would n't it ? |
| 10 | Without some clear thinking about what Europeans and Americans still need from one another , the transatlantic partnership that has kept Europe safe for half a century will break apart . |
| 11 | ‘ The thought of being in one for a week and unconscious for half a day would n't have appealed to me very much . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , half a bitter would be fine . ’ |
| 13 | Any judge with even half a brain would surely concede that however inappropriately the Duchess of York might have behaved in the past year , even she has yet to acquire such a proven track record on rearing maladjusted children as Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 14 | ‘ But you make me so angry , ’ she said on a short laugh , ‘ when anyone with half a brain can see what is going on ! ’ |
| 15 | At the end of a short service of prayer , she wanted to know why half a lady should want to materialise in her kitchen . |
| 16 | Also , half a capful might have been rather a lot , weight for weight . |
| 17 | A lurcher has all the necessary speed to catch and seize any speeding rabbit or even hare , but in truth virtually any dog that 's half a dog can catch a bolting rabbit during ferreting . |
| 18 | Er , half a pound will do , no give me a pound , I 'll put them in the freezer and |
| 19 | Half a sale would pay |
| 20 | you ca n't sink half a ship can you ? |
| 21 | Oh you 'll want half a tin wo n't you ? |
| 22 | I mean er , I did n't like er that Friday night it were hor horrible shift , cos half the time you used to turn up , only half a team would turn up and you 'd be expected to do |
| 23 | With effect from 1 April 1993 a dwelling will be subject to the Council Tax and the full amount is payable where there are two or more adult residents . |
| 24 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4·6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 25 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4.6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 26 | ( One of the main findings of the pilot phase was that too detailed a specification could lead to impractical or excessive assessment regimes . ) |
| 27 | Between T 1 and T 2 a respondent will have grown older , possibly more tired , more hungry , etc . |
| 28 | So if a forty percent deduction is made on category two , then somebody receiving thirty one pounds forty a week would actually , it would actually be reduced by twelve pounds fifty five . |
| 29 | b By the age of 12 years old a child will have eaten about half a pound weight of coal-tar in the form of food colouring and dye . |
| 30 | How do you mean when I was young , Douglas , I 'm not old now , not so old a dog could n't teach a young pup like you a few new tricks . |