Example sentences of "it happens that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it happens that our ideas are sometimes ‘ more strong , lively , and distinct ’ than at others . |
| 2 | It is obvious that a pretty problem arises when the test of domicile refers the English courts to the law of a country which applies the test of citizenship and it happens that the citizenship of the person in question was British . |
| 3 | Wo n't it be wonderful when it happens that you and I will be able to share a little secret that , in the womb of Walsingham , on our diocesan retreat ‘ a prayer was uttered and a commitment determined . |
| 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 | Now , it happens that is a very controversial and highly questionable economic proposition . |
| 6 | It happens that Mr X 's preferred language is French , but even in that tongue he could not write or spell with any normal level of competence and his grammar was almost non-existent . |
| 7 | It happens that 1981 was the warmest year ( averaging over the whole northern hemisphere ) since detailed records began to be kept in 1881 , about 0.6 °C above the long-term average . |
| 8 | Handsome women are , of course , soon free to depart , but it happens that the uncomely sometimes have to wait several years … |
| 9 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 10 | It happens that only the last of these verb phrases is standard English . |
| 11 | Quite frequently it happens that mystics are deeply influenced by philosophy , even though they tend to decry ‘ the meddling intellect ’ . |
| 12 | Now it happens that when some substances crystallize they find it easier to do so if some kind of irregularity is present . |
| 13 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 14 | Old age abuse is a term that can be used more properly to refer to situations where it happens that the elderly person is abusing the carer ( Case Study 4.2 ) . |
| 15 | Fortunately , it happens that we have a common friend and both he and Mr Maxwell were to be at a board meeting in New York on Monday . ’ |
| 16 | Now it happens that everyone 's instinctive belief that the best site is at the ‘ centre of gravity ’ of the sources and markets is incorrect in this problem — the best site tends to be at the source or at a dominant market in many cases : this point failed totally to emerge . |
| 17 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 18 | It is true that in some cases it happens that the recipient does not find the punishment painful , or even welcomes it — for example , some offenders might find prison a refuge against the intolerable pressures of the outside world . |
| 19 | ‘ Those extensive powers are conferred upon the court for the beneficial winding up of the company , for sometimes it happens that the liquidator is unable to obtain from unwilling persons the information which he requires . |
| 20 | It happens that my father is one of the top people in what is known as Work Study . |
| 21 | The reason for for local plan consultation is such that erm it gives the opportunity for objectors to make comments and otherwise , and that District Council and the the County Council erm should consider er objections and it 's i it it happens that erm the local authorities you know can change their mind as the process goes along . |
| 22 | Now it happens that this particular part of the beaver 's brain , because of its position in the total wiring diagram , is involved in the beaver 's dam-building behaviour . |
| 23 | Deems , it happens that I have read this play which so disturbs you . |
| 24 | I wonder whether you could define the circumstances in which it is appropriate for the Government to introduce a law reform Bill and seek to push it through all its procedures in a day without it going to a Standing Committee to be considered carefully as to its detail , when it happens that there is no particular circumstance of urgency and when the reform concerned could lead to considerable difficulties for the courts if the measure is not fully considered ? |
| 25 | ( 4 ) It happens that many systems of equations , particularly those of some physical relevance , have simple behaviour for extreme values of a parameter . |
| 26 | It happens that the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland began during the age of the dinosaurs . |
| 27 | It happens that what we 've done is we 've taken it and hung it on the starlight , the magic of starlight — how wonderful it is , how much you can tell from just looking at a star through a telescope and measuring the light that comes out of it , and this takes us into realms of why a star shines ; what do you mean by time when you go back millions of years into the universe lifetime ; what do you mean , why do stars shine with different colours . |