Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [Wh det] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A family of four slept on through what could have been a tragedy in this farmhouse near Thame . |
| 2 | Birdwatchers had always worried terribly about what would happen to Brownsea after the owner , Mrs Bonham-Christie , died . |
| 3 | They had not worried for themselves , only about what would happen to Emily . |
| 4 | They were worried only about what would happen to the monetary value of the paintings and their business as dealers . |
| 5 | WHEN HUNDREDS of nuclear engineers came together for what should have been a festive shindig last week , there was universal gloom . |
| 6 | But , even then , it may fail and it should again be emphasised that family members benefit from their own sake from involvement in the Family Fellowships regardless of what may happen to the primary sufferer . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , the purpose of the Family Fellowships is to help family members with their own feelings and recovery , regardless of whatever may happen to the primary sufferer . |
| 8 | The importance of practising empathy , especially with what may appear strange and uncongenial , is a major aspect of RE . |
| 9 | But a car was seen slowing down at what might have been a pick-up point on the A12 . |
| 10 | And he did so at what must have been a very fashionable address : 36 Wilmington Square , Spa Fields , peopled with Esquires and seemingly rather an unlikely location for such an enterprise . |
| 11 | At one end was a bed — a double bed , I noticed — and a huge wardrobe ; at the other , a closed door led through into what must have been a very small room , a dressing-room perhaps . |
| 12 | His dry sense of humour spilled over into what might have been a harrowing session and by carefully chosen words and clear illustrations we came to see the value of the painstaking work required by those at the scene of a major accident . |
| 13 | Marie felt the conversation drifting away from what should concern them most . |
| 14 | If scientists had to think always about what might happen politically or socially because of their work , they 'd never get the work done . |
| 15 | The mother is very upset , more over what could have happened . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But looking at some still pictures of it I reckon I made a mistake early on which could have denied ‘ Obbo ’ of scoring a more orthodox try . |
| 18 | Typically sparked off by what might have been seen as an unfair arrest or an arbitrary use of police power , resistance to arrest on this scale was such an entirely , common feature of working-class life before the Great War that it constitutes the most articulate demolition of the myths of deep-rooted popular respect for law and authority in England . |
| 19 | It is the simplest form and does not require complicated provisions or professional advice both of which will add to the purchase costs . |
| 20 | On teaching practice the students operated quite differently from what would have happened under the old system . |
| 21 | There has been difference of opinion not merely over the content of any explanation , but also over what would count as an explanation . |
| 22 | Let him start talking up our achievements rather than pointing to an agenda which his party has already signed up to which would destroy millions of jobs through statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage and statutory compulsory working week . |
| 23 | So we do n't want to be any under any illusions about that , and the same can be applied to the fact that we have made no real provision for nursery education , that we were in trouble over special needs in this county , that was a a requirement to restore services that were well below the S S A on Social Services , and we really all this er this er , new administration has done , has been brought those up , those services up to what would have been regarded as a quite an unacceptable level with most of the the the authorities in this country . |
| 24 | Despite the fact that the Mexican government spends almost 25 per cent of its budget on education , a high proportion of the population is still relatively poor , semi-literate and ill-equipped to grasp even the fundamentals of the legal system , let alone to take it on in what would appear to be a very one-sided battle against the establishment and its administration . |
| 25 | The year before in the Pit , we 'd talked often about what would happen when we went home . |
| 26 | It was feared that an emphasis on individual tribal culture might increase or encourage separatism : was it possible to find common ground out of which would emerge a truly indigenous Tanzanian culture ? |
| 27 | Immobile in his throne on Earth , that godly paragon who was so old that his personal name had long been forgotten both beamed out a beacon and sensed the flow of Chaos , through which his starships must swim and out of which could congeal … abominations . |
| 28 | A recurrent criticism of historical approaches in physical geography up to the 1950s was that they had insufficient knowledge of environmental processes to fall back upon which could enhance the understanding of landscape . |
| 29 | But as the plane taxied along the runway at Praia airport and I looked out on what could have been a simulated view from a lunar module , I sensed how daunting the task would be . |
| 30 | Everyone involved at this period put in time and effort far beyond what might have been predicted . |