Example sentences of "happen [is] " in BNC.

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1 What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing .
2 The Unionist MP Ken Maginnis , a former UDR member , said : ‘ What I hope is not happening is that people who — as I would have had in my time — had montages for lawful and necessary purposes will be made scapegoats . ’
3 What is happening is the discovery that a new method has made its appearance .
4 So what 's happening is a lot of rumour out there and a lot of people who think that this is a wonderful opportunity to make ten per cent on the deal .
5 What is happening is that car-owning families are buying another .
6 However , the degree to which this is actually happening is minimal .
7 What I think is happening is that a big shoal has moved into the swim ; a very hungry shoal of bream that behave very much like chickens .
8 When we are hurt by someone 's behaviour , all that is happening is that we are disappointed because they do not behave in the way we expect and the reality conflicts with our ideals .
9 What is happening is that two bones in the body are being pulled together and are wearing each other out .
10 In reality what has been happening is that humanity , driven by the inexorable power of the primordial desire for earthly happiness , has been producing a constant stream of decisions from which the good , which will ultimately help with the building of the Created God , have been extracted .
11 All that is happening is that the story is taken over at various points by each of the members of the cast .
12 What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time .
13 The best way to understand what is happening is to make a manual slip pattern on the machine , before we move on to electronic patterning .
14 ‘ Some argue that what is happening is a form of direct killing .
15 A lot of the times what is really happening is that people are being put into artificial jobs .
16 What is happening is that women have shown their competence in practice and this has helped to change machista attitudes .
17 Go alt N and you can see what 's happening is your text is actually being indented one tab stop at a time so it ends up as a narrow thin ribbon of text skating down the page and if you do this really crazily you can end up with a document that is only just one word wide !
18 Now the blue flames are What 's happening is this , there 's two reactions taking place in that coke fire .
19 And what seems to be happening is that we 're gradually remembering people we know in other regions and
20 And yes , it should concern you because what is happening is that our transports are disappearing .
21 What is happening is that the English rural landscape is slowly becoming divided into three major types in the lowlands .
22 But what is happening is that private care is beginning to recreate some of the practices that the statutory authorities have been working away from .
23 Keep the joint , what 's happening is the the the smooth side is starting to get a wee bit rough and if you can keep that rubbing off the other bone it smooths it down .
24 Yet already the urgent need to know what is happening is fading .
25 ‘ But what is happening is shared internal experiences that become easy to share with somebody who has been undergoing the same kind of experience , then you can find out a lot more of what you 've undergone because people will find different ways of describing it , different metaphors . ’
26 And wh why that 's happening is really what we 're going to be spending the evening on , and it 's related to international trade .
27 No , I suspect what 's happening is the , the stuff that 's oozing out of your tonsils is what you 're tasting , and
28 And what 's happening is the children were n't walking from the school Street site to the Road site .
29 Our assessment has always been , and continues to be , of a very … complex kind , because what is happening is that people are getting feedback from us all by working with us .
30 ‘ What 's happening is that you 're being offered a way out . ’
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