Example sentences of "happen [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The ways this can happen are limited . |
| 3 | The ways this might happen are limited and most involve specific types of behaviour . |
| 4 | The things we set out to make happen are going to happen in the future . |
| 5 | If you want in Colossians chapter one in verse twenty seven , it 's , it 's given again very simply , again can I use J B Phillips , he puts it like this , he says the secret is simply this , Christ in you yes he says Christ in you , bringing with him the hope of all the glorious things to come , so what God does he comes in to this situation that 's marred that 's warped , that 's twisted and he comes in by himse , Jesus Christ comes into it , he becomes the central point , the focal point and that circle , it starts to get dealt with , that marred twisted like , it does n't happen being like that , we knew creation straight away , we do n't have to work at that , but he , as we allow him to dwell in us and to work out his purpose , he restores that relationship with God and God starts to fashion us , he starts to work on us and bring us back into how he originally created us . |
| 6 | Christie 's cover lot also failed to sell : Lord Leighton 's ‘ Moorish Garden : a Dream of Granada ’ was left unsold at £340,000 ( estimate £400–600,000 ) ; questions concerning its condition ( what would happen were the wax lining to be removed ? ) and opinion that it was a work not from his most marketable period seem to have dampened enthusiasm . |
| 7 | It is unfortunate that the CACs were seen as a political football and they provide an interesting indication of what might possibly happen were all legal services to be funded from local or central government . |
| 8 | Criminally negligent directors in the UK are not sent to prison as in other countries — the worst that can happen is a fine — and even that can be insured against and paid by the company . |
| 9 | The only way in which this could happen is by chance in a small population : outsiders do come in at long odds . |
| 10 | I am short-sighted , and I 'm sure that when war breaks out , the first thing that 'll happen is that my glasses will break . |
| 11 | The all-embracing claim , that all that has happened , or ever will happen is attributable to such a ‘ god ’ , acting in mankind 's interest , has done much to alienate thoughtful people from all the proffered religions of the past . |
| 12 | All that will happen is that one or both dogs may become seriously injured . |
| 13 | If you make an error in a project powered from a PP3 size 9 volt battery , about the worst that will happen is that one or two semiconductors will be destroyed . |
| 14 | That this does happen is well known . |
| 15 | Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair . |
| 16 | In practice what will happen is that in the middle of the field where the deliberate knock-on is no more than inconvenient a free-kick will be awarded . |
| 17 | So perhaps the sort of thing that might happen is what we found wholly by chance , in the personal interviews which we conducted with people who had been the subject of judgement summonses ( Appendix II , section 5 ) . |
| 18 | What may happen is that the returning reflected stress waves repeatedly meet the outgoing ones at some critical or unlucky point and thus the stress may pile up at this point until fracture occurs . |
| 19 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 20 | That way the worst that can happen is you will miss a turn . |
| 21 | The first step in empowering house officers so that change can happen is to ensure that they know what they are entitled to expect from the job . |
| 22 | I suppose the organization which fails to make it happen is best characterized by a lack of truthfulness and openness . |
| 23 | The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution . |
| 24 | The worst that can happen is that its domain of applicability becomes circumscribed . |
| 25 | But what will really happen is that you will be killed by the soldiers and the world will be rid of a smooth , plausible rascal . " |
| 26 | The reason why this can happen is ( to recall figure 2.3 ) that economies of scope involve a comparison between points on the axes of a cost function drawn in output space , with an interior point . |
| 27 | What would happen is that the physiotherapist would actually train the mother to do it , she would show her what exercises need to be done and they have to be done almost constantly , several times a day and whenever there 's a spare moment , so therefore it 's not feasible for it to be done in a hospital is it ? |
| 28 | What would happen is the prescription would be written and they 'd either get it from the chemist who would constantly have a stock coming in or the hospital . |
| 29 | This distinction between what would happen and what might happen is crucial for what follows . |
| 30 | It is sometimes claimed , however , that in fact we are fooling ourselves and our capacity to predict what will happen is not very good . |