Example sentences of "a event [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For our decade-conscious brains , an event that happens only once per aeon is so rare as to seem a major miracle . |
| 2 | The weekly covers things he more or less knows about and it seems more often to be of more direct concern to him and his family than an event that happened elsewhere . |
| 3 | An event that stands out occurred at Easter 1922 , just before I went into the Boys ' School . |
| 4 | The tournament , which starts on December 28 , is run concurrently with the Under-21 Territorial Championships , an event that has rather more significance as an England trials showcase . |
| 5 | The tournament , which starts on December 28 , is run concurrently with the Under-21 Territorial Championships , an event that has rather more significance as an England trials showcase . |
| 6 | The marketing agents , Telemundi , have found themselves with the unenviable task of selling an event that has yet to capture the imagination of public and sponsors in a soccer-mad-country at a time when all media resources are concentrated on the approaching Olympic Games . |
| 7 | All this means that individuals feel estranged and confused by an event that has very powerful consequences in their life but which they did not witness and feel very frightened of . |
| 8 | As England discovered in 1986 when they performed so lamentably at the international sevens tournaments in Sydney , it is just not possible to turn round a few weeks before an event and pick up a team and set off with any expectation of success . |
| 9 | With most major life events , it is likely to be very difficult both to identify people who have recently experienced an event and find out which of them are likely to be susceptible to psychiatric disorder as a consequence . |