Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] happen [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If the rug becomes too dry , which can happen in centrally-heated or air-conditioned rooms , the fibres of the pile material may become brittle and consequently more prone to damage and wear .
2 no training , which can happen in Salvation Army circles .
3 As for the first , it should be remembered that for an Epicurean the worst pain is the groundless fear of what may happen after death , and that excessive unnatural desires are painful too .
4 I can not commit myself or anyone else to what may happen in future .
5 With polyatomic molecules there are many different vibrational modes , and so analysis of what might happen on ionization becomes conceptually much harder .
6 It involved an investment cartel in a commodity that always held its value , no matter what might happen in world affairs , no matter what the state of Third World debt , no matter who was at war with whom .
7 We knew only too well what could happen to Dad and we were afraid .
8 " When I discovered I was pregnant , Michael was more worried for me and what would happen at school and with my mum than anything else .
9 And what would happen on nanny 's nights off ?
10 In every other respect , the manoeuvres will mimic what would happen during World War III , adding a novel experience for anyone out for a drive on Sunday afternoon during a practice run .
11 That is what would happen to education if that lot ever gained control .
12 Oignon ( onion ) becomes ognon on the ground that this is how it is pronounced ( what would happen to Inglish if it were spelled phonetically ? ) .
13 Precisely this question was raised at an earlier stage in our discussions , and I pointed out then that the Government had not come clean at all on the issue of freight and what would happen to freight .
14 Goddess knew what would happen to hir if SHe was taken by the authorities .
15 In a bid to meet the problem halfway , the AFRC has also invested £730,000 in a five-year study of the relationship between wildlife and farming — and what will happen as land use goes on changing .
16 What will happen to inflation if we reduce taxes ?
17 Neither can we yet predict what will happen to rainfall .
18 This relates to questions of public finance and economics , such as : what will happen to interest rates if we increase the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement ?
19 What will happen to unemployment if we spend more ?
20 What will happen to food ?
21 What will happen in fact is that you 'll have a start date for your system , which was basically when N1 was , and what they will be looking for is that everything from that date forward is complying right so that a job that started before then , they wo n't look for the initial part of that job to comply right as of that date onwards they will look for it to comply .
22 The word commitment is extremely important because whatever has happened , and goodness knows what will happen in politics , commitment to the Labour Party and loyalty to the Council will remain .
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