Example sentences of "as happens [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a terrible self-consciousness at being a new student in a hall of residence , hearing the clattering dinner plates , going into the dining room and not knowing anybody , then suddenly realising ( as happens to the heroine , Laura , in the novel ) that one 's not wearing a gown and everyone else is . |
| 2 | In some schools you will be asked to participate with other students in basic class work over a weekend ( as happens at the Bristol Old Vic drama school ) and in some you may find yourself being judged partly by senior students of the school who will be sitting with the faculty panel ( which is something that happens at Drama Centre ) . |
| 3 | And when the used rods of uranium are put through a chemical process designed to separate unpleasant waste from still usable fuel , as happens at the Sellafield plant in Cumbria , a whole range of radioactive pollutants is generated . |
| 4 | In most years the updating of the Long-Term Costing , though always difficult , is a relatively gentlemanly struggle between sensible men , trying to squeeze a pint of requirements into a half-pint financial pot , as happens in the budgetary processes of any large organization or commercial conglomerate . |
| 5 | When investigators questioned the public about privacy on behalf of the Younger Committee , 33 per cent of those asked objected to the publication of names and addresses as happens in the Electoral Roll . |