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Subjunctive, Inversion and Cleft Structures

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  1. Hardly ______ the conference hall when the keynote speaker was introduced.
  2. If the government ______ stricter emissions regulations five years ago, the urban smog levels would not be so severe today.
  3. The university committee recommended that every faculty member ______ the safety protocol immediately.
  4. Little ______ about the sudden collapse of the financial institution until the audit was published.
  5. ______ exhaustively on the clinical trial, the researchers submitted their groundbreaking paper to the medical journal.
  6. It was not until the early hours of dawn ______ the search team located the missing hikers.
  7. The ancient manuscript is believed ______ by Monophysite scribes during the late sixth century.
  8. ______ she to decline the international fellowship, the scholarship would be awarded to the runner-up candidate.
  9. No sooner ______ the laboratory than a sudden power surge shut down the experimental equipment.
  10. The defendant vehemently denied ______ any classified documents to unauthorized individuals.
  11. So intense ______ that all outdoor construction projects were suspended across the province.
  12. You ______ the regional manager prior to signing the vendor contract, but you chose to proceed independently.
  13. Under no circumstances ______ confidential client data to third-party marketing agencies.
  14. The chief financial officer insisted on the internal audit ______ conducted by an independent external firm.
  15. Scarcely ______ when torrential rain forced the outdoor theatrical production to halt.
  16. The advisory board proposed that the municipal budget ______ revised to allocate additional funds to public transit.
  17. Only by adhering strictly to peer-reviewed methodology ______ reproducible experimental results.
  18. Had the diplomatic delegation arrived an hour earlier, the bilateral ceasefire agreement ______ signed without delay.
  19. The architect suggested ______ an open-plan atrium to maximize natural daylight throughout the commercial complex.

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