Example sentences of "happen [prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) Within this newer , linguistically-based account , Bernstein 's two codes are just two varieties of language , each equally valid as vehicles for group interaction and identity , which happen to be favoured by different social groups . |
| 2 | The planning of operations by those who are going to carry them out , obviates delay and misunderstandings which happen to be caused by intermediate stages , and makes for the speed of execution which in any operation of this kind is an incalculable asset . |
| 3 | Their children will in many cases be born stateless ( unless they happen to be born in a country where birth confers the right of citizenship ) . |
| 4 | And some of them are good fun pop in their own right they just happen to be done in a foreign language and with different cultural influences . |
| 5 | And , for your information , my life is n't chock-full of boys , as you seem to imply — ’ not at the moment , anyway , she thought ‘ — I happen to be engaged to just the one . ’ |
| 6 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 7 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |
| 8 | In all seriousness , I ask the Government not to deride the strong arguments for a local income tax just because they happen to be advanced by what they call minority parties . |
| 9 | I find it surprising that Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen wish to exclude spouses because of whom they happen to be married to when they have good records of public service . |