Example sentences of "[pron] often happen " in BNC.

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1 It does grow less from the time her grown-up children leave the home and this crisis , which often happens quite early in life , often disturbs her very badly ; but still she does not see herself thrown into total idleness and her role of grandmother brings her fresh possibilities .
2 Make sure nobody 's let one off and I do n't know about it which often happens .
3 The litter was registered with a German breed club , which often happened , even after recognition by the American Kennel Club ( AKC ) .
4 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 .
5 It often happens [ as in dreams and fevers ] that we perceive things that do not exist . ’
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 It often happens that young children find it enormously difficult to ‘ surrender power ’ .
9 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 .
10 It often happens that a particular cat finds itself betrayed by a friendly human hand .
11 It often happens , especially if you train only spasmodically , that you start off the season with a personal best time , get really excited because you think there is a lot more to come and then the rest of the summer turns out to be something of a damp squib .
12 It often happens that the greater the area of choice , the less clear cut are the guidelines .
13 It often happens that we wish to change the status of the bistable outputs with successive lock pulses .
14 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 .
15 ‘ He says it often happens , they 'll put it out soon , ’ Adam said .
16 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 .
17 In the May 1920 issue of The Sackbut , he writes , in his inimitable prose : ‘ It often happens , too , that a really miraculous singer and interpreter of the most supreme order is lacking in the possession of a beautiful organ .
18 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 .
19 Yet , it often happens that these variables are socially salient and important for historical projection on to earlier states of language .
20 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 .
21 It often happens that the initial choice of weights is poor , and the program should learn improved weights .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 Louise said : " It often happens to me .
26 It often happens in large computer systems that , because of a lack of local control over the system , there is little confidence that accuracy of data can be guaranteed .
27 CATHERINE It often happens .
28 It often happens , you fish a particular swim and have a good catch , return a day or two later , fish in the same manner under the same conditions and score a blank .
29 " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . "
30 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 .
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