Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] [vb mod] happen " in BNC.

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1 I 'd like to know what would happen then . ’
2 And again and again , on my side , I wanted to know what would happen to us .
3 ‘ If this is what it 's like to be under your protection , I 'd bloody well like to know what would happen if I were n't ! ’
4 You do n't need to see the film to know what 'll happen .
5 You are entitled to know what will happen if you transgress again .
6 He writes because ‘ if I do n't write , I suffer ’ ; he writes because he wants to know what will happen in his book ; he is , he says , his ‘ own reader ’ , prey to a phenomenon : automatic writing .
7 If you are confused about what has happened or curious to know what will happen to a topic , consult the index ; if I have got it right , the index will tell you the story .
8 He would like to hear any information available on AEAs preferred strategy for privatisation and would like to know what will happen over terms and conditions for staff when Government division and Commercial division diverge .
9 The trouble is that no-one appears to know what will happen after the Olympics and whether if by then the United Nations ' blacklist will preclude British members of the Tour from competing in certain countries .
10 The Institute of Employment Research at Warwick University recently carried out a number of macroeconomic simulations to discover what would happen if Britain installed sufficient microelectronic technology to improve its rate of productivity growth by 1 per cent relative to its competitors .
11 Laboratory experiments were made in the 1950s to discover what might happen to these particular chemical constituents under such conditions .
12 Whilst the problematic nature of the traditional pattern by which responsibilities have been divided between them is well recognised , there is little evidence which can be used to evaluate what would happen if other arrangements were tried .
13 ‘ You have to wonder what will happen to the trade position when growth really starts to take hold , ’ said Nigel Richardson , economist with finance house Yamaichi International .
14 Otherwise , it is too easy to imagine what might happen next .
15 One has only to imagine what would happen if the books on the shelf behind the sitter 's head were upright , like the others , to realize on what delicate adjustments the solidity of this amazing structure depends …
16 Finally , I would like to imagine what may happen if it does turn out that mental health can be shown to have a genetic basis .
17 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 .
18 When the group comes together to discuss what might happen in the ensuing chapter , they return to the words of the text to support their evidence .
19 It was when the 12 started to discuss what would happen next that differences started to appear .
20 If , as we have suggested , those closest to the person who has died have had the opportunity to discuss what should happen , maybe with the person himself , and their wishes are known , then the decision has already been made and it is a united one .
21 If you get the green light from the Head , then get together with any friends who are ready to help and any teachers who have offered support to discuss what should happen at your first meeting .
22 Afterwards , of course , he told himself he should have been able to predict what would happen .
23 Early on in both editions he writes , convincingly enough , of those who are unable to predict what will happen even when presented with all the necessary facts .
24 It is sometimes claimed , however , that in fact we are fooling ourselves and our capacity to predict what will happen is not very good .
25 " Inability to predict what will happen after taking the first drink " is how we define alcoholism .
26 This helps the learner to predict what will happen , though often the most regular items are the most redundant ( for example , the third person singular of the present simple tense ) .
27 I will not attempt to predict what will happen on that front between now and the end of the century because that will depend on many factors .
28 Said Professor Hoskins of the University of Reading : " We know that human activities are doing something to the system but computer models are too crude at present to predict what will happen . "
29 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 .
30 It would be possible to deduce what will happen to this market if the rival builds a larger plant to try to catch up with your experience and at what level you need to price to try to prevent that .
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