Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politically , therefore , the inducements to continue what the Plowden Committee call ‘ excessive social services ’ are much stronger than the inducements to discontinue them or to supplement any which may happen to be ‘ inadequate ’ . |
| 2 | Nor does a term cease to be a leasehold because it is determinable by an event which may happen , or which is certain to happen , within the term — e.g. if A holds land for 99 years or for 999 years , ‘ if he shall so long live ’ , he is still a leaseholder , though it is nearly or quite certain that he will not outlive the term . |
| 3 | A further luxury Excise Duty of 10% will be assessed on specific expensive cars , which may happen to be imported cars , but simply coincidence , boats , furs and electrical goods . |
| 4 | When that aim is kept in view , it will be found that English as a subject should occupy not any place which may happen to be vacant , but the first place ; and that English as a method must have entry everywhere . |
| 5 | ( Although in Trob the last word in fact became ‘ a thing which may happen but once in the usable lifetime of a canoe hollowed diligently by axe and fire from the tallest diamondwood tree that grows in the noted diamondwood forests on the lower slopes of Mount Awayawa , home of the firegods or so it is said . ’ ) . |
| 6 | Subject to Section 310 of the Act , every Director or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto , including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings , whether civil or criminal , in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Sections 144(3) or ( 4 ) or 727 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court , and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss , damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto . |
| 7 | Subject to Section 310 of the Act , every Director or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his office or otherwise in relation thereto , including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings , whether civil or criminal , in which judgement is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Sections 144(3) or ( 4 ) or 727 of the Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court , and no Director or other officer shall be liable for any loss , damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto . |
| 8 | LM There are two essentials which should happen next . |
| 9 | We assumed it was a practice for the invasion of Europe , which must happen sometime , and as such it was no doubt a valuable experience . |
| 10 | Anderson came here on a visit after tidying up his affairs before leaving for Britain He is free from bitterness , and speaks bluntly of the change of motive which must happen to white settlers in a country passing under black majority rule . |
| 11 | This position helps prevent the excessive trunk activity which might happen when the patient is standing erect , and it helps the patient to work from the very lowest part of the back , at the pelvis . |
| 12 | In contrast , any misfortune which might happen to a person accused before a spirit might be attributed to sorcery . |
| 13 | The marking of Part-numbers only comes into its own when text containing a Part-number is passed by Guide to the dispatch system : the dispatch system can readily identify part numbers within the material passed to it , and there is no ambiguity between true part numbers and other strings of characters which might happen to look like part numbers . |
| 14 | Perhaps we should not look for too deep a political explanation : ostracism was for the man whose leadership had been rejected — which might happen for reasons of style rather than content — and whose disapproving presence was an obstruction and a reproach . |
| 15 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 16 | AGLOBAL aviation security network is needed urgently to prevent another Lockerbie disaster , which could happen at any time , an expert on international terrorism warned yesterday . |
| 17 | Because it had taken place so long ago and was one of those things which could happen to anyone , she was quite unconcerned about the accident itself . |
| 18 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates ' threats to make life miserable for WABI by bringing out competitive products of his own ( UX No 432 ) , are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft license to Wind/U which could happen in the next few weeks , though nothing has been signed . |
| 19 | But when you 've got other moving vehicles around and things which could happen , eighty three miles an hour is far too bloody fast is n't it ? |
| 20 | I left school before my 14th birthday ( which could happen in Scotland ) and started work the same day in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant . |
| 21 | He told members to get ready for an election which could happen at any time . |
| 22 | It is the sort of thing which would happen only if the person was in some unusual condition , such as a fever . |
| 23 | The courts certainly wish to avoid a reduction in the market for automobiles which would happen if finance companies were forced out of business as a result of imposing liabilities upon them to all and sundry . |
| 24 | A second question we can ask is whether the visual word-recognition system treats the uppercase , lowercase and handwritten version of a word as different ( which would happen if the system operated at a relatively concrete level ) . |
| 25 | An alternative possibility is that these three versions of a word are treated as the same ( which would happen if the visual word-recognition system operates at a relatively abstract level ) . |
| 26 | In this way you can shorten your essay without losing its balance or structure ( which would happen if you just cut the end , for example ) . |
| 27 | We are apparently being drawn to the end of time , to an apocalypse ( which will happen on 21/12/2012 ) at which point some of us will achieve a mystical transformation to a more enlightened realm of being . |
| 28 | Not only on , on the expenditure and the changes required , but also on planning our response to changes which will happen in the future , because it is unlikely that we will ever be able to forecast everything which will happen to us exactly . |
| 29 | Not only on , on the expenditure and the changes required , but also on planning our response to changes which will happen in the future , because it is unlikely that we will ever be able to forecast everything which will happen to us exactly . |
| 30 | That is not something which will happen straightaway . |