Example sentences of "what [modal v] [be] [verb] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but but the thing is that well , they most probably could do but could do some but what what 'd be sacrificed would be the management skills , y you know , and then |
| 2 | Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false . |
| 3 | For if learning was put ahead of teaching in the discourse of higher education , and if the independence , creativity and personal endeavour which are part of learning were addressed ; if both were taken on board seriously , what would be implied would be a major challenge to the power relations in higher education , between those who teach and those who are taught . |
| 4 | What would be missing would be Keeton as a powerful and innovative planner and organiser . |
| 5 | For what would be missing would be the effect of his enthusiasm on others , in ways not recorded in the formal literature . |
| 6 | The unexpected usually occurs in military affairs for the simple reason that what can be foreseen can be deterred and so tends not to happen . |