Example sentences of "is what [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which is what would happen if your hideous ideas were implemented . |
| 2 | That is what would happen to education if that lot ever gained control . |
| 3 | That is what would happen if the matter were put to the House , but the Opposition seem to think that the matter could be resolved overnight . |
| 4 | In the same way , criticisms of the Monopolies Commission on the grounds that perceived monopoly welfare losses are low are misplaced ; what matters is what would transpire in the Commission 's absence . |
| 5 | The ensuing sample , therefore , consisted of three molars , one incisor and some unidentifiable pieces of bone , which is what would have been produced by screening . |
| 6 | ‘ Effendi , ’ said Ibrahim desperately , ‘ that is what would have happened if — ’ |
| 7 | The appropriateness of that kind of question for understanding the nature of science in a fundamental way is brought into question when it is pointed out that there is what would seem to be a fairly straightforward distinction between some state of affairs and judgements about that state of affairs made by individuals or groups . |
| 8 | Yes , I think perhaps that is what may happen . |
| 9 | Entitlement is what will give the ERA its niche in history , not compulsion and testing . |
| 10 | You may feel that an idea of this sort is what will give you the most charge to get through the sixty , seventy or eighty thousand words that lie between you and a finished manuscript , let alone the weeks of researching that may be necessary and the dense hours of hard thinking . |
| 11 | Simple such a step may be , but simplicity is what will make your management report a winner . |
| 12 | That is what will make us more competitive and what will create more jobs . |
| 13 | ‘ Love is what will hold us together . |
| 14 | That is what will ensure continuing success and prosperity for our employees , for our shareholders and of course for you , our retired staff . ’ |
| 15 | The question is what will change and what will remain unchanged ? |
| 16 | It actually should spend more , because it 's community , it 's helping to create the wealth of the county in the future , and that wealth of the county is what will pay for public services in the future . |
| 17 | There 's also your belief about what that belief of yours is , which is what will determine what you 'll actually say . |
| 18 | That — and not some Government decision — is what will determine how many pits stay open . |
| 19 | And there are many who think that is what will happen . |
| 20 | The question is what will happen to the red blood cell nucleus if it is placed in cancer cell cytoplasm ? |
| 21 | My main concern is what will happen if the worst takes place ? |
| 22 | They will not know that they are doing so — but that is what will happen . |
| 23 | Eamonn de Stafort , public relations officer for SPAG , said two cattle had already died from lead poisoning but it was not certain whether dust or water pollution was responsible : ‘ What we are worried about is what will happen when the lake starts to dry up completely ’ . |
| 24 | This is because , as we have said , if a material does not fail in a ‘ brittle ’ manner because of a crack at right angles to a tension stress , then it may fail by ‘ sliding off ’ ( Figure 3 ) at 45° to it , and if this is the weaker mechanism this is what will happen . |
| 25 | Much as it is ‘ obvious ’ to us from the diagram ( though not from a verbal or mathematical description of the same sate-of-affairs ) that B will hit D , that D will then tilt with its left half moving downwards , and that B will end up touching both A and D but not the ground , so it is easily discoverable by the program that this is what will happen . |
| 26 | This is no longer funny , because , that is what will happen when the recommendations made in a recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report come into force . |
| 27 | The reader who has bought your book has bought it on the understanding that this is what will happen . |
| 28 | ‘ Remember , put your pecker in her or any other doxy and ’ — he held up his stogie braced between three fingers — ‘ this is what will happen . ’ |
| 29 | If the Baskerville family leaves the Hall , that is what will happen . |
| 30 | That is what will happen when we get what the hon. Gentleman describes as the raw data . |