Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [modal v] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sanity might be preserved , but wherein would its value lie ? |
| 2 | What can be said about the outcomes of the Minor Project , and how might its effectiveness be weighed against the expensive Major scheme ? |
| 3 | How might your boss react if you turned up to work in your best disco gear ? |
| 4 | How might your life be different if you expressed these seven qualities ? |
| 5 | The questions which our proposal can usefully address are : ( i ) Will it lead to any discriminating predictions about observable data which differ from what would be expected under the assumption that postnominals are simply normal attributive adjectives ? ( ii ) How might our claim relate to the characteristics of postnominal attributives discussed in Sections 3.5 to 3.7 ? ( iii ) Can it cast any light in particular on the fact that only a subset of adjectives can occur as postnominal attributives ? |
| 6 | How could their daughter know all this ? |
| 7 | When Liz came downstairs again to her party , after a ritual exchange ( how could her sister bear such intercourse ? how could it go on ? ) she found that she had lost her velocity . |
| 8 | How could her father have failed to recognize God , His eternal design , and its essential goodness ? |
| 9 | How could his enthusiasm not have been aroused by so inspiring a personality ? |
| 10 | How could his kidnappers be so cruel and not explain their reasons why ? |
| 11 | How could his role , safe on the surface with the women , be compared with theirs ? |
| 12 | How could his son become a priest if he read such books ? |
| 13 | Besides , how could she crew efficiently when she did n't have the faintest idea of what she was supposed to do ? |
| 14 | How could my dream have produced such madness ? |
| 15 | ‘ How could my kid brother appreciate a woman like you ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But how could my medicine get into a brandy bottle ? ’ asked my sister . |
| 17 | ‘ How could my father leave ? ’ she breathed , her face shining . |
| 18 | How dare her mother give these away without even asking her , Alice ? |
| 19 | How dare you blaspheme before your own father ? ’ |
| 20 | How dare your boss , your customers , life in general , deal you such a blow ? |
| 21 | HOW dare your reader criticise the American Democratic candidate Bill Clinton for having a smile like a used car salesman ? |
| 22 | ‘ So how shall your time be filled in at the barbecue ? ’ he queried with an unmistakable edge to his voice . |
| 23 | How would her intelligence survive hoeing cabbages ? ’ |
| 24 | How would her father recognise her , beyond the name ? |
| 25 | How would her grandfather respond to that ? |
| 26 | How would her mother have taken it if she had been alive ? |
| 27 | How would her mother get on with Fen ? |
| 28 | ‘ How would your mum put it , for instance ? ’ |
| 29 | Well the other thing you put on the end of that is after saying how do you feel about that , how would your wife feel about that . |
| 30 | How would your life be different if you were your own best friend — if you loved yourself unconditionally ? |