Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some few may write a Declaration , others may sign it , but they are stating what has been God 's law from the beginning , ‘ That all men are created equal … that … ’ ’ he paused and consulted his watch again , opening and closing the engraved case with a brisk snap . |
| 2 | To some this may seem a trifle over-zealous . |
| 3 | In year groups of 200 students some 10–30 might undertake a work-experience with little preparation , follow-up or curriculum related activity . |
| 4 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 5 | Most are no larger than the palm of a man 's hand , but even spiders this small can have a deadly poisonous bite . |
| 6 | no , eat by the seventh so what 's today 's date the sixth , tomorrow 's the seventh there 's no hold on sixth today seventh eighth is Sunday , no it must be the ninth , oh god I 'm totally out of date I do n't even know what date it is let's have one of these that 'll make a change |
| 7 | The men are now looking forward to Saturday when the first Challenger tanks arrive ; it 's these that 'll play a key role in any ground battles should war become unavoidable . |
| 8 | In time these three will form a screen so that I can arrange for a complete change of scenery on either side . |
| 9 | The twelve before were marvellous , of course , but that thirteenth would have a special niche in the Aherne gallery of household goods . |
| 10 | Silky hat all that could make a baby purr . |
| 11 | All this may seem a curious way for a species to handle its genes . |
| 12 | All this may seem a little behind the times to the modern generation and to feminists , but I recognize that it was the way of my mother 's and father 's world . |
| 13 | All this can produce a kind of madness . " |
| 14 | To many this might seem a dry and rather dusty concern ; but those who have watched the progress of AD can hardly fail to ask if the person they once knew is still somehow trapped within the body and mind of the sufferer . |
| 15 | A shoal of small bream that runs into many hundreds will cover a lot of lake bed , possibly as much as fifty yards . |
| 16 | All these can cause a stress on the body and if they are stronger than the body 's power to withstand them , then imbalances will be caused , initially at the level under stress . |
| 17 | How many twelfths would make a sixth ? |
| 18 | and how many twelfths would make a sixth ? |
| 19 | Now a tricky one how many twelfths would make a third ? |
| 20 | The beauty with a scalable operating system , believes Gregory , is that Ready can take a single technology and adopt it to suit any requirements . |