Example sentences of "happen are " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , thanks both to Daimler 's bad luck and bad judgment , the odds against this ever happening are high — and getting higher . |
| 2 | The damage done can be much worse than from a fire — while the chances of it happening are much higher . |
| 3 | So the sort of things that are happening are happening everywhere and community care I think could be probably one of the areas that I could talk about at some length if you wanted to later on . |
| 4 | The odds against it happening are astronomical , but if it does , then so are the winnings . |
| 5 | I could n't swear that a thalidomide sort of accident will never happen again , but the chance of it happening are much less . |
| 6 | Casual encounters on the beat are kept to a minimum by the public , primarily , the police claim , as a result of intimidation , and constables get few opportunities to display the interactive skills that might foster good community relations , although the rare occasions when this happens are seized upon by the men and recalled with pleasure thereafter . |
| 7 | People who dangle wires or ropes on to power lines to see what happens are playing with fire . ’ |
| 8 | FROM the political activists to the ‘ do n't cares , do n't vote ’ the team from As It Happens are out and about on America 's streets . |
| 9 | People who foresee airplane disasters before they happen are said to have this gift . |
| 10 | Nature , Sickert insisted , is not going to sit still and wait till you have got what is there — all the most interesting things that happen are of the most momentary description . |
| 11 | Why and how this happened are the more difficult questions . |
| 12 | His blind hands fount the still-open door and then there was George very , close , whispering : ‘ Harry what happened are you all right ? ’ |
| 13 | Twelve year old Emma Butler died during a kickabout after a five a side football match … she 'd been watching her younger brother , Matthew , play in a tournament organised by the St Edmunds Football Club at the European School in Abingdon … details of what exactly happened are still sketchy … but it 's believed a hockey goal post which was leaning against a hut fell down crushing Emmas chest … |
| 14 | Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid . |
| 15 | Furthermore , it was discovered that while anyone can become infected with HIV , the ways in which this can happen are limited and the transfer of infected body fluids is always involved . |
| 16 | The ways this can happen are limited . |
| 17 | The ways this might happen are limited and most involve specific types of behaviour . |
| 18 | The things we set out to make happen are going to happen in the future . |
| 19 | And Conroy dearest , go up to Mummy 's room and wait there till I come , and try to pretend that all the dreadful things that have happened are just part of the play . ’ |
| 20 | The most obvious places where this is likely to have happened are along the flanks of the Mid-North Sea and Ringkøping-Fyn Highs , around late Cretaceous inversion features such as the Texel-IJsselmeer High ( van Adrichem-Boogaert and Burgers 1983 ) , and in areas where the Zechstein is presently at outcrop such as N.E. England . |
| 21 | As a result , many actions that presidents allow to happen are covert and frequently illegal , usually concealed under a cover of wanting to help another country defeat Communism . |
| 22 | They 're going to happen are n't they , and H I V is the cause of it , but not , it does n't cause the death of some oth , you , people do n't die of H I V |