Example sentences of "to happen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telepathy often seems to happen between horses and people in more dramatic situations . |
| 2 | And when we saw that we all started talking about what might be about to happen between these two . |
| 3 | In effect this is already starting to happen through television concentration on a few top clubs with only a brief nod in the direction of the rest . |
| 4 | This is beginning to happen through the exhortation as well as education received from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace . |
| 5 | But this is n't going to happen through a magical revolution . |
| 6 | So far we do not know what is going to happen about this . ’ |
| 7 | But erm , if I could just erm erm expand a bit on this erm on this erm major awards , er because it was quite interesting , particularly because of the present er , uncertainty about what 's going to happen about students ' grants . |
| 8 | ‘ What 's going to happen about Elise and Fox 's Lair once we 're married ? ’ |
| 9 | I think it would skip to environment being the prerogative of local authorities , there will be a great variation across the country , and I do n't think anybody seriously would expect that to happen about health and safety at work , and I think the same should be true of the environment . |
| 10 | It 's already beginning to happen as retro-bolting increases ( see our Compass columns for an excellent example ) . |
| 11 | ( NCET 1974 : 13 ) The American version still concentrates attention on the agent of instruction , whereas the British definition lays stress on what is to happen as a result — human learning . |
| 12 | Michael Liley , the Association Director , has pointed out that important changes were in the offing , and it was important to know what was to happen as the change were likely to be found unpleasant in the trade . |
| 13 | This should not only be expected to happen as a natural consequence of ‘ the Church 's active , sympathetic presence within the world of communications ’ ( ibid. ) , but also as the result of a precise commitment on the part of communicators . |
| 14 | Management was once again managing , something which he had never allowed to happen during his ten years as convener . |
| 15 | During this time the patient will report on what has occurred since the last meeting and we will discuss what is to happen during the current visit . |
| 16 | They 're the ones that call radio stations and demand more airtime , scream when the station is not playing the new album , and eventually cause it to happen for you . ’ |
| 17 | They would certainly have thought that such events were unlikely to happen for millennia to come — if at all . |
| 18 | Roger Bootle , chief economist at stockbrokers Greenwell Montagu , said yesterday : ‘ I think the recovery has been waiting to happen for the last couple of months . |
| 19 | When she had graduated from the School of Fashion she had sold her entire degree collection to Lady Jane , a small but exclusive West End boutique , who had greeted her designs with such enthusiasm that she had believed the world was her oyster and everything was about to happen for her . |
| 20 | The future fate of the Universe is not one of humanity 's more pressing problems : on this scale nothing drastic is likely to happen for a few hundred billion years yet . |
| 21 | I decided that perhaps Peace Corps was n't meant to happen for me , but kept on with the appeal over Jamaica . |
| 22 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 23 | Europe is all about internationalising , and that will continue to happen for years and years . ’ |
| 24 | So for that to happen for that food to be converted into a form that your body can use it 's got to be broken down . |
| 25 | Right , why do n't we erm give Derwent two free bookings , you know bookings that have already happened or are about to happen for free , |
| 26 | ‘ I know now that the way I 'm playing , if it 's not going to happen for me at Liverpool it 's going to happen at another Premier club . |
| 27 | ‘ I know now that the way I 'm playing , if it 's not going to happen for me at Liverpool it 's going to happen at another Premier League club . |
| 28 | Erm but the more general training er sort of across the board that came up for staff in general was certain things that are , are bound to happen for example on course training will happen . |
| 29 | The best colour seems to happen after a warm , still Indian summer , terminated by a short , sharp frost . |
| 30 | This seems to happen after a short spell off road . |