Example sentences of "happen to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | My room-mate happening to be a policeman , I was at a loss whether to look upon it as a special honour or a special precaution , mine host putting into my room a representative of the force . |
| 2 | ‘ With Jimmy just happening to be there ? ’ |
| 3 | In this generation it happens to be me . |
| 4 | Some do it because they want to belong to a group where sniffing happens to be part of the group 's activities . |
| 5 | I had always had someone to go round with , while in Europe , or in America ; and good company , any company , can make an enormous difference to one 's perception of whatever one happens to be perceiving . |
| 6 | The comment happens to be about the writer 's home station , but much of it might equally apply to numerous others . |
| 7 | The world No. 3 from Australia also happens to be the president of the International Squash Players Association and he said : ‘ Jansher was only at the dinner 15 minutes and this is a poor showing . |
| 8 | IME happens to be the Estonian word for ‘ miracle ’ — exactly what is required , you could be forgiven for feeling , if today 's designs are to become reality . |
| 9 | And over the whole six-year period 1979-85 the average growth of M3 was 13 per cent , which happens to be exactly the same as it was between 1965 and 1973 , the period analysed by William Rees-Mogg in his famous article in The Times ( 13 June 1976 ) , ‘ How a 9.4 per cent excess money supply gave Britain 9.4 per cent inflation ’ , which denounced the conduct of economic policy in the early Seventies . |
| 10 | New Zealand , too , fielded a side below full strength , though that is their privilege , and an uninspired 80 minutes signified little , beyond underlining the value of Kevin Iro to whichever team he happens to be playing in . |
| 11 | This is especially evident when there is more than one sergeant and there happens to be a clash of personality and leadership style between them , although senior managers within the station are sensitive to this sort of problem and switch sergeants about when it occurs . |
| 12 | Bribes to officials are part of the culture of some areas of the world ( and therefore necessary to obtain business ) , yet US citizens are forbidden by law to offer bribes to officials of foreign governments , no matter where in the world the citizen happens to be at the time . |
| 13 | The censor at the moment happens to be the Medical Officer attached to Brigade H.Q How can one possibly write a love letter to someone when someone else reads it first , and draws at random a blue pencil through your choicest lines ? |
| 14 | A Concorde tug was the brainchild of PC Bob Gilbert based at Maidstone , Kent who also happens to be a member of the Vulcan Association . |
| 15 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 16 | Ours happens to be food . |
| 17 | My reason for being there was that this particular bit of coast happens to be the northern end of the Offa 's Dyke footpath , which winds for 168 miles along the English/Welsh border to Chepstow . |
| 18 | Nor is it foul temper which vents itself indiscriminately on anyone who happens to be within range . |
| 19 | Minor misdemeanours can place her in a position of great vulnerability , subject to the whim of whoever happens to be on duty , and institutional life , by definition , is less flexible , less forgiving , than the ‘ normal family ’ home . |
| 20 | Enter stage right disc jockey Jimmy Franks of BRMB , local independent radio in Birmingham , the only chap who happens to be around when I phone to see if anyone there could help me out . |
| 21 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 22 | Last week 's ‘ new cruzados ’ , ravaged by inflation , are blocked and replaced by cruzeiros ( which happens to be what the currency was called up till 1986 ) . |
| 23 | It is big — but it also happens to be Japanese , and so presents a juicy target . |
| 24 | Well he happens to be an old flame of Mummy 's . |
| 25 | The wedge also happens to be erotically fashionable at this time . |
| 26 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 27 | The difficulties have not been restricted to the U.K. It is a world recession , although the U.K. happens to be deeper in it than other countries , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Playing Mary is Kathleen Campbell , 35 , who happens to be Hannigan 's fiancee . |
| 29 | Playing football , telling a joke or making model aeroplanes are normally seen as second-order experiences , unless one happens to be a professional footballer , a comedian or a model aeroplane manufacturer . |
| 30 | It happens to be the case that we can not , in our language , refer to the sensible properties of a thing without introducing a word or phrase which appears to stand for the thing itself as opposed to anything which may be said about it . |