Example sentences of "it happen to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Thus free enterprise — the pursuit of fair profit , the generator of wealth and employment , the backbone on which social welfare is possible — can be viewed , at least by corporate officials , as the primary ethic for and of an industrial society , and conformity to this neutralizes any obedience to the law merely because it happens to be the law . |
| 3 | That approach builds teamwork and self-reliance and far from being a cost to the company is a benefit — unless it happens to be the kind of company that requires its employees to operate as autonomous automata . |
| 4 | Because it also happens , it happens to be the case that in local elections people tend to vote on national issues or perceptions . |
| 5 | It happens to be the truth . |
| 6 | The bond ( whose price includes 137 days ' accrued interest on 1 April ) has to be financed at the money market rate of 10 per cent for the 90 days between 1 April and 30 June , when the bond ( if it happens to be the CTD ) is delivered into the futures market . |
| 7 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 8 | Suppose , for the sake of argument , it happened to be the case that marriage weakened the power of a priest to influence his flock , say because it occupied a large proportion of his time and attention . |
| 9 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 10 | It happened to be the Conservatives , with an accomplished fixer , William Whitelaw , as responsible Minister . |
| 11 | That this was a part only of a very much broader problem was cheerfully con-ceded from the beginning ; it happened to be the project 's brief and that was that . |
| 12 | Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it . |