Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] an " in BNC.

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1 should think so an all
2 It follows that , if a full course is to be mounted it must either attract support from all of the three faculties or must bring together an unusually diverse group of colleagues .
3 By extending the solution back into regions II and III , it can be seen that the approaching waves must have both an impulsive component and a step component with variable polarization .
4 The owner must have either an established business desiring to expand or a sound business plan .
5 To enter you must have either an approved Science Degree or 2 ‘ A ’ Levels ( including Chemistry ) and another Science or Maths subject .
6 But er it should take about an hour , hour and a half .
7 Let us now consider ( 39 ) where the word plastered follows its noun ( again , an attributive interpretation is possible in principle — Clara might be an offensively wealthy tourist who travels round Italy trying to buy buildings and parts of buildings to take home as souvenirs ; but we shall assume that this meaning can safely be left out of account ) : ( 39 ) Clara wants the façade plastered It at once becomes apparent that this may specify either an event , with the façade on the receiving end of it , or a state which Clara wishes to see existing in the façade .
8 Then he named them , along with Liverpool 's Rob Jones and still injured John Barnes , as the five he believed might embellish further an encouraging performance by a Paul Gascoigne-inspired England .
9 What we 're gon na do now , it 's just coming up to twenty past three , so we 'll take a tea break and then after tea we 'll come back and we 'll spend about an hour or so looking at identifying trainees .
10 ‘ It 'll take about an hour and a half .
11 Officers seemed to gain easier exemption from building regulations and from restrictions on landlordism ; their attempts to influence judges in cases in which they might have only an indirect interest were also reported , in private , by judges .
12 ‘ I might get only an hour , or perhaps only half a game from him .
13 ( With the privilege of hindsight , some may see here an anticipation of the modern emphasis on transactions and interaction as the basic nexus of symbolic life . )
14 As this is a disk-only game , you 'd expect quite an accomplished product with many detailed screens .
15 You could use both an ink and a paper that tones in with the pressed flowers , such as some lovely parchment and a sepia-coloured ink , with some pressed flowers in shades that are rich but evocative of days gone by .
16 As it was certain that the aircraft could go faster an attempt was made on the world speed record .
17 If necessary , I could put together an intriguing article on how I solved a vital problem for the police …
18 Of course , as archbishop , he could raise quite an army from his estates , and this aspect of a bishop 's or abbot 's power should not be overlooked .
19 He reported back to Allah that he could find only an idol worshipper .
20 Yeah but erm we used to have just an
21 He asked if I had enough of those for a whole album , because he felt it would make quite an original debut , to do only music taken from other instruments , rather than something from the standard guitar repertoire .
22 Others said that to do so would damage further an already deprived population .
23 Our existence would lack even an Adamic fig leaf of meaning if we ignored our capacity to glide over our past , coalescing and juxtaposing our memories , irrespective of their temporal spatial or circumstantial labels .
24 The meeting would seek specifically an agreement by which all countries reaffirm their neutrality and detachment from military blocs , as the first step towards the eventual ‘ Finlandisation ’ of Afghanistan .
25 It would take about an hour and a half to fix and heat up the oven ; and , of course , once it was started we had to carry on with the job of re-tyring .
26 That would test even an experienced pilot .
27 That would test even an experienced pilot .
28 He said , last year , that he would put together an administration that would include both Republicans and supporters of Ross Perot , the billionaire populist from Texas .
29 This may seem today an odd selection of duties .
30 You will stay here an hour longer as a punishment for trying to deceive us . ’
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