Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [Wh det] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cleo realised she was frightened , but if there was the slightest possibility she could catch sight of Inky 's shade , she was prepared to risk whatever might happen over the next few hours . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a question of adding one thing to another to see what will happen . ’ |
| 3 | It is interesting to speculate what would have happened but for the winter of 1709 . |
| 4 | Sea Rover did not have the speed to escape , or the guns to retaliate , but it is interesting to speculate what would have happened if she had been armed or whether she could have been persuaded to stop by less drastic means . |
| 5 | Each organisation or society is free to decide what shall constitute a quorum at its own meeting but , when a number or proportion has been decided , it is incorporated into the standing orders and becomes binding at all future meetings . |
| 6 | The new media offer , as it were , a prism through which we are better able to understand the existing structures of broadcasting : the threat makes it easier to appreciate what will vanish as well as what will come about . |
| 7 | Since ideology works in a mysterious way , it is not easy to see what would count as meeting such a standard , but it is clear that Althusser himself does not succeed . |
| 8 | She was torn between the urge to dance around saying ‘ Nah , nah — he did n't come , ’ and an inclination to draw Sam 's head upon her shoulder and stroke her hair soothingly : it was impossible to know which would have maddened Sam more . |
| 9 | Since the Shadow is the complement of our conscious self , it is easy to guess what might lurk in the darkness . |
| 10 | Otherwise , it is too easy to imagine what might happen next . |
| 11 | It is not hard to imagine what could happen to collections like those at the Tretyakov Gallery or the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art , which have been faced with unbelievable problems reconstructing their buildings . |
| 12 | It would be possible to deduce what will happen to this market if the rival builds a larger plant to try to catch up with your experience and at what level you need to price to try to prevent that . |
| 13 | If you are confused about what has happened or curious to know what will happen to a topic , consult the index ; if I have got it right , the index will tell you the story . |
| 14 | It would be futile to speculate what might have been achieved had these two separate teams felt able to cooperate . |
| 15 | First of all , it might be useful to confront what will happen if this issue is not addressed systematically . |
| 16 | Afterwards , of course , he told himself he should have been able to predict what would happen . |
| 17 | To use this approach well , you need to have the confidence to be able to predict what could happen , without worrying too much if you 're proved wrong and risk appearing vulnerable . |
| 18 | Early on in both editions he writes , convincingly enough , of those who are unable to predict what will happen even when presented with all the necessary facts . |
| 19 | It is difficult to see what will happen then , but no trade unionist has been jailed for taking part in trade union activities for 20 years . ’ |
| 20 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 21 | It is difficult to think what could make the Assemblée resemble a rubber stamp more than this . |
| 22 | It is difficult to say what will happen . |
| 23 | ‘ It is not necessary to consider what would have been the effect of the payment of £20 if it had been made in full satisfaction of the demand against Hunter . |
| 24 | Laboratory experiments were made in the 1950s to discover what might happen to these particular chemical constituents under such conditions . |
| 25 | You are entitled to know what will happen if you transgress again . |