Example sentences of "[det] can [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many proponents of fluoridation insist that this can not happen ; to support their view they cite a well-known study , published in 1960 , which purports to show that a physiological mechanism ensures that blood levels of ionic fluoride remain stable no matter what the intake ( Journal of Applied Physiology , vol 15 , p 508 ) . |
| 2 | A second scenario is that this can not happen . |
| 3 | If you think that this can not happen , read Lee Iacocca 's book on his years in the Ford Motor Company . |
| 4 | However , whereas it is possible for a higher-level unit in the syntactic hierarchy to be a constituent of a lower-level unit , as when a relative clause forms part of a noun phrase , this can not happen in the rhythmic hierarchy . |
| 5 | This can also happen when a doctor experiences discomfort in the face of death , or an inability to come to terms with his own helplessness . |
| 6 | This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance . |
| 7 | Antique or handpainted china Colours are not usually permanently fired and may fade , but this can also happen with hand washing . |
| 8 | Families can stay together through an extremely difficult period — but this can only happen if organisations like ACET are sufficiently funded . |
| 9 | While Sunday provides the flash-point for our worship , this can only happen when our Mondays to Saturdays are filled with praise for God as well . |
| 10 | The sites may sometimes be hidden and need to be sought out , and this can only happen by taking time and effort . |
| 11 | A This can only happen if you do not cast off any stitches at the centre and sides of the neck . |
| 12 | Of course , this can only happen if you have been tested . |
| 13 | And if we look to the people to play a more positive role , freely voicing their demands and hopes , their fears and grievances , as well as introducing ideas and initiating policies , it is surely plain that this can only happen in an atmosphere of the greatest possible freedom and openness , from which any taint of intimidatory anxiety or apprehension as to the possible consequences of speaking out is entirely absent . |
| 14 | With given , this can only happen if rises . |
| 15 | Transmission will stop only after the XOFF character has been recognised and , since the Z88 has an input buffer , this can only happen after previously received characters have been processed . |
| 16 | Aridity too puts a brake on , for water is the medium for all the chemical reactions in both plants and soil , and these can not happen in its absence . |
| 17 | That can not happen until it is also ratified by three newly-independent , former Soviet republics which have long-range nuclear weapons stationed on their soil . |
| 18 | A suspect is charged before a court and then released on bail — but that can not happen in this case until the Irish DPP gives the go-ahead . |
| 19 | In their view , that can not happen too soon . |
| 20 | As for breaking away , he says that can not happen — there is no place to break way to . |
| 21 | That can not happen in the water industry , so there must be much more effective regulation than has existed in the past . |
| 22 | That can not happen in year one , but as the years went by , it would enable people to build their own packages of care rather than having to take care designed by others for them off the shelf , as in a supermarket . |
| 23 | These days , that can not happen because the case is unlikely to be listed and , if it is listed , it will be adjourned , so a local authority has no means of carrying out its responsibilities . |
| 24 | ‘ They 'll never learn , ’ he said , ‘ that luck like that can only happen once . ’ |
| 25 | That can only happen properly if the fundamental , unshakeable understanding of Engineering is soundly built . |
| 26 | ‘ That can never happen here , ’ he insisted . |