Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [adv] happens that " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — It has already been reported that , contrary to official policy , the scientific merits of candidates for academic promotion in Italy are not given primary consideration by the members of the judging commission , so it often happens that a loser has a curriculum vitae ( c.v. ) clearly superior to that of a winner . |
| 2 | ( If it so happens that yellow wallpaper does take away your appetite , then for you it is relevant . ) |
| 3 | Moreover we can discuss the meaning of what is being said even if it so happens that there are no trees in the park , or if all the trees happened to be the same age and none of them was an oak . |
| 4 | The reader should not reject them outright if it so happens that they do not correspond to his own personal impressions . |
| 5 | Oh yes , you get that , you get that kind of mimicry , but again you 'd expect it in , in , in both sexes I should think , unless it just happens that males for example normally are bigger and then it 's taken on a , a secondary characteristic which is a possibility . |
| 6 | I speak from the heart here , as it so happens that my sister is to be married this month and my mother is trying her hardest to organise the wedding that we ( never mind my sister and fiancé , these things are family affairs ) , want . |
| 7 | For it so happens that the developed societies over-value certain kinds of mental operations , like logic . |
| 8 | For it often happens that the things we take for granted are the very things that need most explaining , but to which we give least attention because we are barely conscious of them ourselves . |
| 9 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |