Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [noun] happen to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the state of mind he 's in , he 'd rather put you in the workhouse than provide one penny towards bringing a child into the world whose father happens to be one of the Feltons . |
| 2 | Thus the propositional schema " x is a man " can be appropriately filled in by inserting a proper name , say " Jones " , in the place occupied by the variable , yielding a meaningful proposition whose truth-value happens to be true . |
| 3 | In the case of investment trusts , however , what savers buy is shares in a trust which is in effect a company whose business happens to be holding stocks and shares . |
| 4 | A Fishguard smuggler whose ship happened to be at anchor there opened fire with his single cannon , and another gun was dragged to the edge of the cliff and joined in . |
| 5 | On his deathbed at Pentecost 337 he was baptized by a bishop whose sympathies happened to be Arian ; much later legend made Pope Silvester bestow the lifegiving baptismal water . |
| 6 | For example , in the preface to Indian School Organization he explained : ‘ It is hoped that this book may be found useful … by teachers in general and headmasters in particular and may prove suggestive to Indian educationalists whose experience happens to be less varied than that of the author . ’ |