Example sentences of "who happen to be [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The reason is that heads of chambers are not required to notify vacant tenancies to a central office , so that there can be fair competition for them ; the tenancy is given to the person who happens to be on the spot and who is acceptable , or to a relative of the head of chambers , or otherwise by favour . |
| 2 | A white professor has apologised to one of his black lecturers ( who happens to be on the executive of the ANC ) for ‘ treating him as an academic lightweight ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you have such an inflated idea of your own sex appeal you think you can grab any woman who happens to be to hand ? ’ |
| 4 | Nor is it foul temper which vents itself indiscriminately on anyone who happens to be within range . |
| 5 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 6 | Few people are aware how men , who on the whole are more socially , economically , politically , and physically powerful than women , use these resources frequently to batter wives and cohabitees ( Dobash and Dobash 1981 ) , sexually harass their female ( usually subordinate ) co-workers , or assault/rape any woman who happens to be in the way ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 7 | The fact that Murphy considers himself first and foremost a businessman who happens to be in PR helps to explain the care with which the decision to sell PRCS was taken . |
| 8 | U. supporters who happen to be at the fete will have extra motivation for hitting the net behind Wesley . |
| 9 | The high level of crime and the resultant number of people in prison are due directly to the policies of the Government , which have created people who are greedy and selfish , a society where people are supposed to be on their own , a society which destroys the morale and the will of people who happen to be on benefits and on the poverty line . |
| 10 | Back to the RSPCA campaign — while admirable , it does give the impression that the 1000 dogs destroyed daily are all good-tempered , potentially healthy young dogs who happen to be without a home . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're two different people who happen to be in the same business . |
| 12 | Sometimes this may be unfortunate pupils who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ; but often it is the teachers ' families who begin to bear the brunt , and whose reserves of tolerance and goodwill may also , after a while , begin to dry up in turn . |
| 13 | As Arendt has pointed out , ‘ In all these cases , legitimacy derives from something outside the range of human deeds ; it is either not man-made at all … or has at least not been made by those who happen to be in power . ’ |
| 14 | The basic idea is that in order to study a single linguistic feature , the investigator will elicit a set word or phrase in entirely naturalistic conditions from persons who happen to be in a given place at a given time . |
| 15 | Formal goals may be displaced by informal and incompatible goals that reflect the interests of members who happen to be in a position to substitute their goals for those of ‘ the organization ’ . |
| 16 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 17 | Generally , they were the cast-offs of two children in the house who happened to be about her own age , and this could mean a pretty frock coming her way , but only if , Mrs Aggie said , she kept her nose clean . |
| 18 | raised the curiosity of some ladies , who happened to be at the Castle in May 1782 , to examine the ruined Chapel , and observing a large block of alabaster , fixed in the North wall of the Chapel , they imagined it might be the back of a monument formerly placed there . |
| 19 | George Taylor was collected and he and Mrs Oliver returned to the tobacconists ' to be joined shortly by PC Chandler , an off-duty policeman who happened to be in Higatt 's too . |
| 20 | So did old Mike , and anyone else who happened to be in the shop . |
| 21 | It seems that a passer-by had spotted a naked man frolicking on the balcony — who happened to be in the room next door — and somewhere along the line a case of mistaken identity occurred . |
| 22 | Thornton 's 168-yard hit at Hove in 1876 , verified by historian James Pycroft , who happened to be in the firing-line . |
| 23 | He was finally restrained by police officers from the Diplomatic Protection Squad , who happened to be in the area , and two doormen from a nearby gambling club . |
| 24 | Three patients , all who happened to be in the Pasteur group were subsequently unavailable . |
| 25 | LOYALIST gunmen were ordered to kill anyone who happened to be in a particular house attacked in Belfast last week . |
| 26 | Hundreds of people were arrested and imprisoned , or summarily executed , because their ideas or sympathies were considered " wrong " by those who happened to be in local control . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm calling a friend who happened to be in London with me , ’ he drawled coolly . |