38. If the government raised interest rates, they would lose the election.
   - Were the government to raise interest rates, they would lose the election.

39. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door.
   - No sooner had I got into the bath than someone knocked at the door.

40. There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.
   - Such was the uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.

41. It's not common for there to be so much rain in March.
   - Seldom is there so much rain in March.

42. You won't be allowed in until your identity has been checked.
   - Only when your identity has been checked will you be allowed in.

43. Just after the play started there was a power failure.
   - Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.

44. The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as inept as this.
   - Rarely has the Prime Minister made a speech as inept as this.

45. We had only just arrived home when the police called.
   - Scarcely had we arrived home when the police called.

46. Press photographers are banned from taking photographs backstage.
   - On no account are press photographers allowed to take photographs backstage.

47. The way so much money has been spent to so little purpose must be a record.
   - Never before has so much money been spent to so little purpose.

48. The judge was taken ill after the trial proceedings began.
   - Barely had the trial proceedings begun when the judge was taken ill.

49. I had hardly arrived home when the telephone rang.
   - Hardly had I arrived home when the telephone rang.

50. She had scarcely finished reading when she fell asleep.
   - Scarcely had she finished reading when she fell asleep.

51. They had barely won the match when the coach had a heart attack.
   - Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack.

52. The company had no sooner launched its new product than it went bankrupt.
   - No sooner had the company launched its new product than it went bankrupt.

53. They had no sooner realized that they had made a mistake than the company went bankrupt.
   - No sooner had they realized that they had made a mistake than the company went bankrupt.

54. I had no sooner opened one doll than I found another one nested in it.
   - No sooner had I opened one doll than I found another one nested in it.

55. As a boy I have climbed that hill many a time.
   - Many a time have I climbed that hill as a boy.

56. His faithful dog sat by his side.
   - By his side sat his faithful dog.