Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Innes McInnes was taller than I 'd expected , but then how tall should a millionaire be ? |
| 2 | Only after three months unclaimed would a package be taken off the shelves and opened , for disposal if it could not be identified . |
| 3 | So how much would a week 's holiday for two cost you ? |
| 4 | How much will a rucksack hold ? |
| 5 | ‘ How much can a man stand ? ’ he implored . |
| 6 | Neither could a man who was in debt . |
| 7 | When I eventually crossed the wall correctly , my second could not retrieve the runner ; neither could a party which came up behind him . |
| 8 | But what after all should a biochemistry of memory be about , and how would one know if one was discovered — that is , what sort of biochemical answer might prove convincing to both biochemists and to psychologists ? |
| 9 | And how better would a kidnapper do such a thing than to send a letter by his Majesty 's Mail . |
| 10 | How many can a man have at a time ? |
| 11 | What more could a child ask for ? |
| 12 | He smiled , ‘ What more could a girl want ? ’ |
| 13 | What more could a girl possibly want ? |
| 14 | What more could a girl want ? |
| 15 | What more could a climber ask for ? |
| 16 | What more could a man want , than this … |
| 17 | ‘ What more could a man want ? ’ |
| 18 | And how many of those would a level two child have to get ? |
| 19 | Neither would a test ban stop the spread of nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
| 21 | She had survived this morning ; how difficult would a repeat performance be ? |
| 22 | How remote should a target be ? |
| 23 | He can impose his choice because the president is elected not by the voters but by the National Assembly , where the Motherland party still has an ample majority : it holds 290 seats out of 450 Should a party which , judging by the latest test at the polls , is supported by only one voter in five choose the head of state ? |
| 24 | This figure would increase to 1,232,750 should a density of 100 persons per acre be adopted for the central area . |
| 25 | Indeed , I suppose , I even want to raise in passing the thought how single-minded should a poet be . |
| 26 | How secure would a job be with this company ? |