Example sentences of "and [adv] [modal v] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Carolingians had come a long way from the single ancestral beer-hall : the chief officers would invite groups of the young men to their houses ( mansiones ) for dinner , " not to encourage gluttony , but for the sake of promoting true rapport ; and rarely would a week go by without each [ youth ] receiving one such invitation from someone " . |
| 2 | The idea of boredom is not very distressing to us because if we are bored we can usually do something about it , and so can a horse in the wild . |
| 3 | I think it will affect working women , or in fact anybody working , both directly and indirectly , and in fact the whole public indirectly , in that that sort of facility , to be able to shop , as it were , at home , will be extremely convenient and so will a facility that reminds you when things are due — a sort of , you know , household secretary really that can keep a check . |
| 4 | And so will a number of other measures , including new designs and construction for all kinds of incinerators . |
| 5 | And how can a farm worker strike against an employer whom he knows to be , more often than not these days , a solicitous and considerate person , even if he pays low wages ? |
| 6 | I believe it to be a natural duty , and if it be a natural duty it is a divine duty and how can a husband have power to discharge a divine duty ? |
| 7 | There has to be human purpose behind art , and how could a computer ever have that ? |
| 8 | What is the British Constitution ; what is constitutional theory ; and why should a book about the location and exercise of power in Britain spend time dealing with these matters ? |
| 9 | No building can stand without firm foundations , and neither can a marriage . |