Example sentences of "happen to be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 2 | It has some fine Renaissance ceilings on the second floor although these are under lock and key and can not be seen unless the keyholder happens to be in the museum that day . |
| 3 | What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time . |
| 4 | The breed is unusual , and perhaps unique among cattle , in its grazing habits : it is quite without discrimination and leaves a level swathe through mixed grass , clover and weeds , eating whatever happens to be in front of its muzzle . |
| 5 | He is , of course , the corporation 's watcher of science ( along with medicine , aerospace , and aviation , not to mention street sieges when he happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ) for radio 's news department . |
| 6 | We shall be considering The Prelude as a poem at the appropriate point in the Critical Survey ; for the moment I propose to refer to it simply as evidence of Wordsworth 's internal struggles and preoccupations , as if it were a diary or a letter to a friend which just happens to be in verse . |
| 7 | Although Uaru are not noted for equipment bashing , they have been known to move it gently aside , or even to spawn on it if it happens to be in their chosen spot . |
| 8 | Few people are aware how men , who on the whole are more socially , economically , politically , and physically powerful than women , use these resources frequently to batter wives and cohabitees ( Dobash and Dobash 1981 ) , sexually harass their female ( usually subordinate ) co-workers , or assault/rape any woman who happens to be in the way ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 9 | And that world , that ghetto , happens to be in this city , in Cork . |
| 10 | This happens to be in Worcester College of Higher Education on the theme Cultures for Change between 11 and 13 September this year . |
| 11 | Lucy went on , ‘ The only king-sized bed happens to be in Silas 's room . |
| 12 | It happens to be in line with what is being done . |
| 13 | If your current interest happens to be in childhood in literature , this catalogue is an interesting place to browse . |
| 14 | They in turn , have consultants in Japan , erm , in Europe , and in the United States , and their particular consultant in America happens to be in Pittsburg , run by this chap called Simon who , by the way we feel is , is very effective and very good at his job . |
| 15 | It means that the communication might be less opportunistic and more frequent with the targets selective rather than whomever happens to be in the group . |
| 16 | is that traffic calming or is it town centre enhancement because it happens to be in the middle of the towns . |
| 17 | ‘ As you 're well aware , Kirsty happens to be in my interim custody . |
| 18 | The fact that Murphy considers himself first and foremost a businessman who happens to be in PR helps to explain the care with which the decision to sell PRCS was taken . |
| 19 | Or in fact you go to London because it happens to be in reverse |
| 20 | So too with the curves which happen to look right circular ; the centres of these arcs happen to be in obvious places . |
| 21 | The draft letter to Katkov merely claims that crimes like this fictional one can be found in the newspapers , and that the fictional murderer has come under the influence of certain half-baked ideas which happen to be in the air at the time . |
| 22 | The ions in water and blood happen to be in the critical mass range . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're two different people who happen to be in the same business . |
| 24 | In a game the rules are socially constructed beforehand ; in creative drama they are negotiated , but this negotiation is often constrained by whatever the ‘ rules ’ happen to be in the slice of life the creative drama is reflecting . |
| 25 | This leads to what I have called the Central Theorem of the Extended Phenotype : An animal 's behaviour tends to maximise the survival of the genes ‘ for ’ that behaviour , whether or not those genes happen to be in the body of the particular animal performing it . |
| 26 | But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . |
| 27 | The last sentence of each of ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) is structurally ambiguous between putting some biscuits into a bowl which happens to be on the floor , and putting some biscuits , which happen to be in a bowl , on the floor . |
| 28 | IF YOU want to watch television around midnight on the Sabbath , and if you happen to be in a region where nothing less important has taken precedence , you can follow one of the most excellent science series of recent times . |
| 29 | Whales and dolphins are largely carnivorous , but feed mostly on much smaller creatures — fish , lobsters , krill , plankton and so on , depending upon the species and where they happen to be in the world 's oceans . |
| 30 | All my pleasures will be solitary , even when I happen to be in company ; I shall not be exhilarated simply because the people around me are enjoying themselves , nor depressed because they are in low spirits . |