Example sentences of "it [adv] happens [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is n't for any covert reason , it just happens that most of the BBC 's committee rooms are down there ! |
| 32 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
| 33 | And it just happens that Digital is the only company to make it work . |
| 34 | It just happens that Digital is the only company to make it work . |
| 35 | There was no colour bar , because normal rules are applied for the selection of recruits and it just happens that black and Asian people fall the tests . |
| 36 | It just happens that published Welsh Office data on migration across the border is a good measure of the flight from cities as it affects Wales . |
| 37 | It just happens that I do which is really why I was interested in doing the book . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other . |
| 40 | It also happens that they are ugly , deadly places , far more hostile to life than any part of a nuclear power station . |
| 41 | But it also happens that in the organization of recorded knowledge for retrieval the profession of librarianship finds itself at an interesting point of crisis . |
| 42 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 43 | In the course of such conversations it often happens that the bereaved person is not only troubled by thoughts that they might be going mad but by the notion that they are very bad . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | It often happens that young children find it enormously difficult to ‘ surrender power ’ . |
| 46 | The fact is , that though strong natural genius is always accompanied with strong natural tendency to its object , yet it often happens that the tendency is found where the Genius is wanting . |
| 47 | It often happens that a particular cat finds itself betrayed by a friendly human hand . |
| 48 | It often happens that the greater the area of choice , the less clear cut are the guidelines . |
| 49 | It often happens that we wish to change the status of the bistable outputs with successive lock pulses . |
| 50 | While it is not my intention to turn conventional theory on its head , it often happens that theories become accepted facts because people simply repeat them , without anyone ever questioning them . |
| 51 | It often happens that while on their southward migration in autumn , they get forced off course by westerly gales , at times arriving in Shetland in large numbers . |
| 52 | This is an important topic ; it often happens that an approximate reciprocal of a matrix A is known : perhaps from a rough calculation , or one in which an error has been made , or even that belonging to a neighbour matrix of A. Refinement of this approximate reciprocal is then required . |
| 53 | Yet , it often happens that these variables are socially salient and important for historical projection on to earlier states of language . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | It often happens that the initial choice of weights is poor , and the program should learn improved weights . |
| 56 | Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is . |
| 57 | In practice , however , it often happens that the operating thrust of different , parts of the organisation are not aligned since the structure has evolved with reference to one part rather than the whole . |
| 58 | In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project . |
| 59 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |
| 60 | ‘ It often happens that one who at first was listening gladly becomes exhausted and now opens his mouth no longer to give assent but to yawn , and even involuntarily gives signs that he wants to depart . |