Example sentences of "what [modal v] [vb infin] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what must happen when a ballet ends happily . |
| 2 | Er it 's really is to follow on from this debate that we 're having about what should happen if a shortfall occurs , erm and we 've heard , I 've been listening carefully to your views about er the way in which you agree with the Good Committee that a shortfall is an employers debt , the employers responsibility to meet that shortfall and we 've been talking about that shortfall should be met , but the Good Committee also concluded that er pensioners should not be regarded as preferential creditors erm and you also agreed with that . |
| 3 | What might happen if a council refused to record a person 's need for residential care because they could n't provide it ? |
| 4 | The Hon. Gentleman asked what would happen if a pension scheme collapsed . |
| 5 | Asked during the Dec. 4 Supreme Soviet session what would happen if a republic refused to sign , Gorbachev replied that public opinion increasingly was in favour of the authorities ' acting " resolutely to preserve the Union " . |
| 6 | A major technical worry about the PWR design was what would happen if a leak should occur in the high-pressure water-cooling circuit which constantly withdraws heat from the reactor core . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've seen what can happen when a person loses their heart — and their freedom — to someone else . ’ |
| 8 | They are given as an indication of what can happen and a suggestion of some of the ways in which similar ideas might be explored by different children in different circumstances . |