Example sentences of "an operation [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Lisa Hammond 's survival depended on an operation that would leave her in pain and unable to move for six months . |
| 2 | Mr Clinton said on Wednesday he had instructed General Colin Powell , chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , to design an operation that would protect US pilots and guard against drawing America into a deeper military role in the region . |
| 3 | The opinion stated : ‘ US agents have no law-enforcement authority in another nation unless it is the product of that nation 's consent … in the current international climate , this country can ill afford an operation that would permit others to argue that the United States does not respect international law . ’ |
| 4 | A baby girl who was kept hidden away because she had a hare lip has had an operation that will change her life . |
| 5 | At least arthrodesis is an operation that will immobilise a joint so that the bones grow solidly together . ’ |
| 6 | An operation that could have ended the War early , failed . |