Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was questioned by members of the parish council ; if the area behind the post office is to be used for staff parking , should not a separate planning application to this effect be made ? |
| 2 | Why should not a little boy with a feminine side play dollies with the girls ? |
| 3 | Therefore , why should n't a rational person be able to head a company , just the same as a figures man , who is also a rational person ? ’ |
| 4 | Others have been suggested : to prevent the conduct of government business being unduly hampered and delayed by ‘ excessive ’ litigation ; to reduce the risk that civil servants will behave in over-cautious and unhelpful ways in dealing with citizens for fear of being sued if things go wrong ; to ration scarce judicial resources ; to ensure that the argument on the merits is presented in the best possible way , by a person with a real interest in presenting it ( but quality of presentation and personal interest do not always go together ) ; to ensure that people do not meddle paternalistically in the affairs of others ( query : can representative applicants be accused of this ? ) ; to ensure that the applicant has a personal interest not just an ideological concern in the outcome ( but , query , may not a genuine concern for the interests of others be neither purely personal nor purely ideological ? ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Why may not a whole estate be thrown into a kind of garden ? ’ asked Joseph Addison in 1712 . |
| 6 | Yeah might just a little banker ! |
| 7 | Might n't a European Treaty Organisation , either in NATO or in place of it , be able one day to do the protection-cum-deterrence job that America does today ? |
| 8 | ‘ Might n't a lacy bra or sheer stockings have erotic appeal less because they are symbols of female powerlessness and more because they are familiar symbols of female sexuality ? ’ |
| 9 | Could not a similar method be adopted within the Palace of Westminster ? |
| 10 | What could not a miracle-working saint achieve for the future glory of Ramsey ? |
| 11 | Could not a free seaman in Port Philip properly have taken full advantage of a seller 's market ? |
| 12 | Now this is the first weekend Kate we 'd really a good weekend you know I 've worked and worked and last weekend I could do nothing . |
| 13 | Even if the index is computed using midquotes , there will be a short lag in computing and disseminating the index , and there may also a short lag before market makers adjust their price quotations . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps you would rather a good shafting than the whip ? ’ |
| 15 | And even if the ‘ caretaker ’ solution is still disliked , would not a strong argument in its favour be that the automatic selection of the ‘ caretaker ’ by virtue of his position preordained either by the stricken Prime Minister or ( in the case of a Labour government ) by his position as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party mean that that selection would keep the Queen above the party infighting , and overall would ensure that the royal prerogative of choice of a new Prime Minister in this context would have no part to play ? |
| 16 | Would not a massive increase of jobs ensure that training be integrated to economic revival and be more productive in finding work ? |
| 17 | As the Minister does not deny that there are enough women from which to choose , would not a little concentration on that issue , and the provision of targets so that we can all see what is going on , be very welcome ? |
| 18 | A glossary of technical terms and abbreviations would have been useful , as would also a general bibliography . |
| 19 | Would n't a normal bouquet , even a large one , have been enough ? |
| 20 | I mean , would n't a nice tortoise be a more worthy beneficiary than the reptilian Jamie ? |
| 21 | Would even a hidden master squander a whole planet simply to test one individual ? |
| 22 | And given the general increase in mobility , would even a massive increase in investment in railways make much difference to road traffic ? |
| 23 | Well what we do is we patch up all we ca n't a hundred yard stretch . |
| 24 | The overlap with the districts needs to be eradicated , it 's a black hole at the moment , every district can pass a its surplus on to another district , and indeed it would be the last district to prepare a district wide local plan that has to meet the residue of the Greater York requirement , it may maybe a good stimulus for the districts to get on with their local plans , but that 's not an planning way . |