Example sentences of "happened is that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most unintentional stalls occur , by definition , unexpectedly and usually the first obvious sign of what has happened is that the pilot is banging the stick on the rear stop with the nose still dropping — a frightening feeling . |
| 2 | The reason this has not happened is that Eurotunnel 's fares fed into the model are not based on its costs . |
| 3 | ‘ What has happened is that we have been clawed back from the disastrous level of whitefish we started at to a position in line with the top end of scientific advice . ’ |
| 4 | But the problem with these groups is not that they 're wimps , but that they 're runts ; not that they 're vulnerable or soppy , but that they 're flimsy , What 's happened is that the perfectly valiant and appropriate refusal to grow up has become a refusal to grow , musically — to take on space , drift , experiment . |
| 5 | Historically , what has happened is that the rock vanguard has shifted its focus from eroticism to the psychedelic powers of horror . |
| 6 | All that 's happened is that , in switching from rock to soul , agit-pop has shifted emphasis from denunciation to affirmation , or what has been called offensive optimism . |
| 7 | It is not enough to assume that all that has happened is that we no longer believe in hell , and that mutes , carrying black ostrich plumes , are out of favour . |
| 8 | All that would have happened is that for some reason the Earth 's magnetic field would have reversed itself . |
| 9 | What seems to have happened is that the distinction , drawn perhaps from one of the few classical instances ( of Ulpian or Papinian ) , was seized on by epi-classical law and later adopted as a post-classical touchstone . |
| 10 | What has really happened is that , for internal reasons , Labour has been forced to abandon the policy of deterrence which has preserved peace in Europe for nearly 40 years . |
| 11 | What has happened is that on conversion they have had a host of non-Christian friends . |
| 12 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We did attempt to do that in the early stages , for example with Ascom Timeplex , but generally what 's happened is that the distribution relationships have been less than perfect , ’ explains Howard . |
| 14 | What seems to have happened is that they have internalised the negative images that are attributed to black people and do not feel that they should identify with them . |
| 15 | All that has happened is that the relations of production have been turned into historicized human relations . |
| 16 | However , if what has happened is that the person has Taken the Side of the Other , then there need not have been attitude-change in the traditional sense . |
| 17 | From another point of view , what has happened is that an older Left position , whose model of an anti-commercial , genuinely ‘ popular ’ culture is ‘ folk ’ music ( regarded as a useful source primarily because of its potential for politically progressive lyric content ) , has been rewritten with an emphasis on the progressive potential of new , electrically mediated form , and its capacity to recreate community as an ‘ echo ’ of the ‘ folk ’ . |
| 18 | What has happened is that an alibi has been set up , for a wounded man " could not " have committed the murder that took place immediately afterwards some distance away . |
| 19 | However , what actually has happened is that accidents for the 16–19-age-working groups have increased , so the comparison is hardly reassuring ( Guardian 19.8.89 ) . |
| 20 | What has in fact happened is that the old idea of the ’ estates ' has been re-created in Mexican law . |
| 21 | You may not credit it , but what has happened is that the story has been retold , adjusted , updated ; it has shuffled nearer . |
| 22 | What has happened is that the tax system has become less progressive , the changes having benefited those on high incomes who now surrender a smaller proportion of their earnings in the form of tax . |
| 23 | What should have happened is that the soft , natural gold would be spiked by the pin … what actually happened was that the nugget was pinged out into the river like a tiddly wink . |
| 24 | But of course what has happened is that the capital base has been eroded , and the future value of the sold asset will not accrue to the organization . |
| 25 | What , what 'd happened is that there 's a concrete span right at the back , and they 've the inner course off it , but the external bit built off the door frame . |
| 26 | You see , what 's happened is that this is a big design for a poster . |
| 27 | Although this picture looks complicated , all that has happened is that the handle plus blade have been duplicated to make the other half of the scissors . |
| 28 | All that has happened is that I met Hugo at a party and came to understand that , as well as having friend and spouse , a woman needs the excitement of a lover from time to time : a re-basing , as it were , in the physical : the reincarnation of the carnal self in a body which gets , over the years , far too controlled by spirit and mind . |
| 29 | Instead what seems to have happened is that groups of adults have sat around in various political and educational ivory towers , deciding in an arbitrary and subjective manner what they think a 14-year-old should be able to achieve . |
| 30 | What has happened is that something latent within us has been stirred to new life , and that scent , or whatever , has been the symbolic object for us , leading us beyond itself to a personal memory . |