Example sentences of "[vb mod] happen [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But what should happen is that the workflow should be built into the software so that it automatically decides what needs to be done , by whom and when , then sends it to the relevant person , noting the deadline , and recording outstanding requests . ’
2 That this should happen is no accident according to Modigliani and Miller .
3 erm I think really what erm what should happen is that erm you , with your manager , ought to look at the the erm to establish and agreed job description and in addition to the notes that are are are there erm I have some sample job descriptions from other parts of the Press which have been completed as a framework job and erm we can discuss that in any kind of detail you want .
4 The ways this might happen are limited and most involve specific types of behaviour .
5 So perhaps the sort of thing that might happen is what we found wholly by chance , in the personal interviews which we conducted with people who had been the subject of judgement summonses ( Appendix II , section 5 ) .
6 This distinction between what would happen and what might happen is crucial for what follows .
7 I am short-sighted , and I 'm sure that when war breaks out , the first thing that 'll happen is that my glasses will break .
8 Well from what Jeannette and Margaret have been saying , we think probably what 'll happen is a lot of the the girls who do just do nights , a lot of them for pin money .
9 If we carry on to let 'em do as they like , what 'll happen is this section of the workforce will go in such a decline , they 'll be very profitable which as we 've already heard as Asda are trying it on now .
10 You know what 'll happen is your camera would
11 If their protection under agreement and under law was exactly the same as a full time-worker then what 'd happen is simple .
12 The only way in which this could happen is by chance in a small population : outsiders do come in at long odds .
13 The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution .
14 So the first thing that happens is data gets er , imported into the spreadsheet here , and second thing that could happen is er , the unwanted records get deleted .
15 One of the worst things that could happen was getting water in your camera housing .
16 From the very beginning , the Minoans were in contact with people of other cultures , and the only way that contact could happen was by sea .
17 I suppose I used to think the worst that could happen was that I got killed .
18 What may happen is that the returning reflected stress waves repeatedly meet the outgoing ones at some critical or unlucky point and thus the stress may pile up at this point until fracture occurs .
19 What used to happen was that rain would fall on land and permeate through the ground to the ground water levels , but urbanisation has meant more roads , houses , car parks and the water ca n't soak through , instead it goes into drains , is treated and then goes into the sea .
20 Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair .
21 What would happen is that the physiotherapist would actually train the mother to do it , she would show her what exercises need to be done and they have to be done almost constantly , several times a day and whenever there 's a spare moment , so therefore it 's not feasible for it to be done in a hospital is it ?
22 What would happen is the prescription would be written and they 'd either get it from the chemist who would constantly have a stock coming in or the hospital .
23 first of all if there 's a reference , no question of validity arises , what would happen is proceedings are stayed , subject to turns that your Lordship may direct or order and then
24 So if y there would be the cognitive demon which was the letter A and what would happen is , it would start looking at the features that were coming into the system and it would say , are they the ones associated with A ?
25 But erm we ca n't spend money we have n't go , we ca n't spend money and erm I mean er if we spent if we went on spending money , then what would happen is that the Trust would simply well it would go it would n't exactly go broke but jobs would have to be cut and that sort of thing , people would be very badly affected by it so you just have to wait .
26 What he had feared would happen was happening now , though the feeling he had was not of being in any way rejected , nor was it embarrassment .
27 Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee announced that the government was ready to move ahead with the implementation of the agreement [ see p. 37765 ] ; the rate at which this would happen was , however , dependent on the ANC 's promise to suspend its armed struggle " and related activities " .
28 What would happen was by no means certain in 1216 .
29 Christie 's cover lot also failed to sell : Lord Leighton 's ‘ Moorish Garden : a Dream of Granada ’ was left unsold at £340,000 ( estimate £400–600,000 ) ; questions concerning its condition ( what would happen were the wax lining to be removed ? ) and opinion that it was a work not from his most marketable period seem to have dampened enthusiasm .
30 The all-embracing claim , that all that has happened , or ever will happen is attributable to such a ‘ god ’ , acting in mankind 's interest , has done much to alienate thoughtful people from all the proffered religions of the past .
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