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Advanced Inversion and Subjunctive Mood

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  1. At no time during the cross-examination ______ that he had met the co-conspirator prior to the summit.
  2. It is imperative that the research team ______ the safety protocol before handling biohazardous specimens.
  3. Were the European Union ______ carbon tariffs on heavy industrial imports, global trade patterns would shift dramatically.
  4. The archaeological discovery is considered ______ the earliest known evidence of domestic pottery in the region.
  5. Not until the statistical analysis was re-evaluated ______ the significant margin of error in the clinical data.
  6. It was the chief engineer's swift intervention ______ a catastrophic explosion at the refinery.
  7. Had the maritime shipping route been monitored more rigorously, the smuggling vessel ______ intercepted before reaching territorial waters.
  8. Little ______ that the cryptographic protocol they developed would become the cornerstone of modern internet privacy.
  9. Under no circumstances ______ medical files without written authorization from the patient.
  10. The diplomat admitted to ______ confidential cables to foreign embassy personnel during the peace negotiations.
  11. So complex ______ that even seasoned international economists struggled to forecast its long-term market repercussions.
  12. The parliamentary committee requested that the cabinet minister ______ before the select committee on Thursday.
  13. Scarcely ______ the summit agreement when bilateral skirmishes reignited along the disputed frontier.
  14. The historical palace is believed ______ by renowned Venetian master builders in the early fifteenth century.
  15. Should you ______ any technical anomalies during the system upgrade, notify the network administrator immediately.
  16. No sooner ______ the executive briefing than journalists began asking pointed questions about the offshore accounts.
  17. Only after multiple independent clinical trials ______ the pharmaceutical agency grant regulatory approval.
  18. The chief justice proposed that the controversial judicial reform bill ______ referred back to the legislative committee.
  19. Not only ______ an extraordinary command of classical languages, but she was also a pioneering epigrapher.

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