Example sentences of "happens [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happens is that the head of the humerus levers through the already weakened shoulder muscle , causing a severe tissue insult and great pain . |
| 2 | In short , what happens is that in England — and here one does mean England , rather than Scotland or Ireland — the non-academic makers and moulders of literary opinion are judging poetry by standards which are sixty years out-of-date . |
| 3 | ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets . |
| 4 | What happens is that the mike hears the sound going into it , being amplified by the system and then coming out louder behind it again . |
| 5 | ‘ When we arrive at six , the first thing that happens is roll-call to make sure that everyone is here , ’ says Kendall . |
| 6 | Why and how it happens is unknown . |
| 7 | In fact , what inevitably happens is that someone buys the house for the floor space of the extensions , seeing the opportunity for yet further building in the grounds , where planning permission would never normally be given . |
| 8 | As soon as there is any prospect of allowing planning permission , all that usually happens is that the price of the house is bid up far beyond what it is worth , given the large sums that need to be spent on it . |
| 9 | More fully , it looks as though what happens is this . |
| 10 | Basically what happens is that lava and other material is ejected from a hole in the ground , or crater , which is fed by a single pipe-like supply channel extending deep down below ground . |
| 11 | What happens is that on a high speed reach there is so much sideways pressure on the skeg that an area of low pressure around the skeg sucks air down and creates an air pocket around the fin. , therefore making it useless . |
| 12 | Probably the person will conclude that ‘ it 's not worth finishing my work quickly , all that happens is I get stuck with twice as much ! ’ |
| 13 | Unfortunately the Regulations , which do not apply where all that happens is a sale of shares in a limited company , are extremely complex . |
| 14 | What happens is this : it is swimming along on a near-horizontal plane when it spots a morsel of food , which it can see quite comfortably directly below it in shallow-enough water because its eyes are tilted downwards to allow for this facility . |
| 15 | what happens is a lullaby , |
| 16 | The reason why this happens is that you are thinking about other issues at the time . |
| 17 | What happens is that the drug kills off a lot of the resident Candida , the yeast cells burst open , and some of the cell contents are absorbed into the bloodstream , producing an exaggerated version of the usual symptoms . |
| 18 | All that happens is that the animal waits until the treated garments are discarded and then homes in on some other , more suitable surface . |
| 19 | Why this sometimes happens is difficult to understand . |
| 20 | Everything that happens is by design and purpose . |
| 21 | What so often happens is that we do not share feelings till finally the back filter gets overloaded and we literally blow a hole through it sending forth a gush of accusations which are totally counterproductive . |
| 22 | ‘ Then what happens is , we take him for a little ride out to the Crumbles . ’ |
| 23 | What happens is that we begin well as Christians as we remember our past clearly . |
| 24 | What in effect happens is that the system stabilizes in such a way that the slider of potentiometer VR1 is maintained at a constant level . |
| 25 | Why this happens is n't fully understood . |
| 26 | So basically what happens is Mike Rutherford will ring me up after they 've done the album and sent me a tape . |
| 27 | What usually happens is that , because the pressure to succeed has been removed , before that two weeks has elapsed the couple will find themselves overcome by the passion of the moment and a joyous and successful sexual encounter is likely to result . |
| 28 | Trust that whatever happens is right for you , rather than wanting the experience to conform to your expectations . |
| 29 | What happens is that two companies virtually control distribution — Menzies and W H Smith . |
| 30 | What usually happens is that the model runs out of steam during the half roll , and tumbles backwards . |