Example sentences of "[Wh det] could happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | AGLOBAL aviation security network is needed urgently to prevent another Lockerbie disaster , which could happen at any time , an expert on international terrorism warned yesterday . |
| 2 | Because it had taken place so long ago and was one of those things which could happen to anyone , she was quite unconcerned about the accident itself . |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates ' threats to make life miserable for WABI by bringing out competitive products of his own ( UX No 432 ) , are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft license to Wind/U which could happen in the next few weeks , though nothing has been signed . |
| 4 | But when you 've got other moving vehicles around and things which could happen , eighty three miles an hour is far too bloody fast is n't it ? |
| 5 | I left school before my 14th birthday ( which could happen in Scotland ) and started work the same day in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant . |
| 6 | He told members to get ready for an election which could happen at any time . |
| 7 | What could happen if , for example , another pilot raised the leading edge flaps of a large aircraft by mistake ? |
| 8 | My God , do you realise what could happen if there was any scandal ? |
| 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 | It is a terrible warning to us about what could happen if we threw away our system of first-past-the-post elections . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I was aware what could happen , I could see that any weakness was pounced upon by the other boys and I knew that I was n't big enough or belligerent enough to bully my way out of it . |
| 13 | These two models were compared , leading to a third model that showed what could happen once the Act was implemented . |
| 14 | I wish we at Homegreen House had been visited by a member of the council to explain what could happen if permission for a supermarket to be built is approved . |
| 15 | I remembered that they had never flown in a light aircraft before today ; I shuddered to think of what could happen if they panicked . |
| 16 | He is , he admits , ‘ frightened ’ by what could happen to the club . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | We knew only too well what could happen to Dad and we were afraid . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | What could happen when you are feeling this way ? |
| 22 | What could happen ? |
| 23 | What could happen during HIV infection ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She was afraid she would have a defective child because she had seen in Angharad what could happen in her husband 's family . |
| 27 | ‘ The trouble is there are so many things around most homes which contain solvents and which can be sprayed or sniffed , so it 's important parents understand what could happen , ’ he says . |
| 28 | It 's not that I wo n't be prepared to face such conditions , it 's just that I realise what could happen . |
| 29 | ‘ What could happen to you , Dorian ? |
| 30 | I trust you , you 're not a fool , you know what could happen if you got up to some mischief out there , ’ and her fingers described general obloquy with a sweeping gesture of abolition , ‘ and then you 'll never get a husband either . |