Example sentences of "happen [that] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just so happens that for the past sixty years it has been . |
| 2 | It so happens that for some distance the Gill itself forms the boundary between that estate and the Manor of Coniston , although it is possible that the boundary between the two manors was rather ill-defined at that time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sometimes it happens that after a number of successive doses like this , the patient will have the beginnings of an aggravation : the medicine should be stopped for two to four days ( or a few hours in acute disease ) and in order to continue treatment you want to give the remedy now in a more diluted form : from the first cup ( not the bottle ) take one teaspoonful and dilute it in another cup , and one teaspoonful of this solution should be given to the patient . |
| 5 | But it also happens that in the organization of recorded knowledge for retrieval the profession of librarianship finds itself at an interesting point of crisis . |
| 6 | It so happens that in this example , ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) are false . |
| 7 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |
| 8 | It so happens that amongst the Nuristan Kaffirs in a remote mountain valley of Afghanistan , ‘ horns ’ have this aggressive manly sexual connotation . |
| 9 | This was a wire type recorder , and it so happened that during the very substantial impact a piece of structure cut across the take-up spool presenting the investigators with something like 11 000 lengths of wire about ten inches long on which the events were recorded . |
| 10 | It so happened that on this same 7th of September the inner circle of the royal council was meeting in a small room in Westminster to hear the report of the treasurer , the king 's old and loyal servant Henry Bowet , now bishop of Bath and Wells . |
| 11 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 12 | Schroeder however does appear to equate unreasonableness with oppression but it is suggested that it was not laying down any principle to that effect : it so happened that on the facts in that case unreasonableness and oppression both existed . |
| 13 | It happened that on that same night Leith had invited Rosemary to supper . |
| 14 | It so happened that at that time , apparently unknown to the mother , the father had formed an association with another woman , and , as a result , had become the father of that other woman 's child . |
| 15 | It so happened that about this period the trend was towards vestments on more simple lines . |
| 16 | It just so happened that in Axelrod 's original tournament about half the entries were nice . |
| 17 | Thus it happened that in November 1989 , more than six years after the matter had first come to light , he was charged with two offences of offering an advantage to Mr. Turner , contrary to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance ( Laws of Hong Kong , 1987 rev. , c. 201 ) . |
| 18 | It so happened that in 1885 a Royal Commission had been set up " to investigate and report upon , the condition of the blind in the United Kingdom , the various systems of education of the blind … the employments open to and suitable for the blind and the means by which education may be extended so as to increase the number of blind persons qualified for such employments . " |
| 19 | Sometimes it would happen that during a lecture — at that time the secret police were very active — there would be a knock at the door and two men would enter . |
| 20 | It can happen that at the time of the sale the seller is not the owner ( and thus is in breach of the condition in section 12 ) but that he subsequently obtains that ownership , e. g. by buying the goods from their owner . |
| 21 | ‘ Show me the house , ’ said the Greek , ‘ and if it should happen that on the way we meet a sweet-seller … ’ |