Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] could happen " in BNC.
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1 | I remembered that they had never flown in a light aircraft before today ; I shuddered to think of what could happen if they panicked . |
2 | In this exciting , optimistic approach it is important to have the ability to create pictures of what could happen in the future — ideal solutions and potential achievement . |
3 | The paragraph clearly spelled out the story of supplementary benefits and income support payments to fund care in residential and nursing homes , saying that it was a telling example of what could happen if change was made in an ad hoc way . |
4 | Yet the very decision not to touch only served to heighten the awareness of what could happen when they did . |
5 | The greatest fear the airmen have is of what could happen to the people of Somalia after the international forces leave . |
6 | It is not surprising , therefore , that the main thrust of the anti timber-frame publicity has concentrated more on what could happen , rather than on what has actually happened . |
7 | Quoting Machiavelli 's prediction on what could happen to anyone committed to bringing in change , Sir Ron warns that ‘ whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack , they do it like partisans , while the others defend lukewarmly , in such wise that the innovator is endangered along with them ’ . |
8 | It is a terrible warning to us about what could happen if we threw away our system of first past the post elections . |
9 | It is a terrible warning to us about what could happen if we threw away our system of first-past-the-post elections . ’ |
10 | M Rocard is more hopeful about what could happen afterwards . |
11 | Mr Rocard is more hopeful about what could happen afterwards . |
12 | This provides a dress rehearsal for what could happen nationally after the next general election : a hung parliament in which Labour needs the support of the Liberal Democrats in order to form a government . |
13 | Even a woman like you wo n't want to be responsible for what could happen to my sister if I do n't find him soon . ’ |
14 | He is , he admits , ‘ frightened ’ by what could happen to the club . |