Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] happened " in BNC.
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1 | That has already happened in many major companies , at The Midland Bank and Marks & Spencer for example . |
2 | That has since happened in England and Wales , although the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities said it had heard nothing in the past year from the Scottish Office . |
3 | Erm t to me it 's amazing that that has never happened before , if you think of the the Asian population , certainly in in the , area . |
4 | But even that has never happened . ’ |
5 | That has never happened to me before in my career ! ’ |
6 | If it were possible to unfold the entire long history of the world 's religions in such a manner that it could be scrutinised , assimilated and judged in a single all-embracing operation , the verdict would be that it had strayed so far from the basic human need , and so far from the intentions of those good and sincere people who have throughout that history struggled to maintain its integrity , that it might well be condemned outright as a story of failure unmatched by anything else that has ever happened on earth . |
7 | Nothing like that has ever happened to me before . ’ |
8 | Since history includes all that has ever happened , you will concentrate on two main areas — looking at the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Rome , before moving on to the Middle Ages . |
9 | Of course the Scandinavians have been skiing for about 4,500 years , but they used it as a means of travelling across country , not as an activity in itself , that has only happened in the last hundred years . |
10 | That has continually happened when other hon. Members have sought to move the carry-over motion . |
11 | Little in Hanson 's track record suggests this has yet happened ; but the best defence strategy against Hanson is for its target to demonstrate that its business is volatile , capital-hungry and high-tech . |
12 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
13 | In languages which sound melodious to English ears like Italian and Spanish this has already happened — many words have lost their final vowels . |
14 | Where this has already happened , particularly in the case of automobile parts , it tends to be connected with local content requirements . |
15 | This has frequently happened on the Halemaumau volcano , which has a deep , circular , pit-like crater about one and a half kilometres across at its summit . |
16 | This has also happened when I have fed the fish . |
17 | Although this has generally happened in the energy-importing less developed countries ( LDCs ) , in many of the energy-exporting LDCs it has not . |
18 | By now this has probably happened , and the interested visitor will need to contact the tourist office for exact details of opening times . |
19 | This is not always the case , though — I once had a kestrel that I 'd decided from its plumage was a male and it turned out to be a female , and although this has never happened to me with a barn owl , I know people who 've made that mistake . |
20 | I have , on occasion , bought sticks of pastel which have crumbled into pieces when I removed the paper wrapper — this has NEVER happened to me with Schmincke pastels . |
21 | Although it was always assumed that the Urban Programme would aim to initiate innovative projects , there must be some doubt whether this has always happened . |
22 | Certainly , when Medical Forum was asked to submit evidence its comment that an increasing number of doctors were seeking careers outside medicine was met by an attitude akin to ‘ well this has always happened , ’ as if to brush the issue under the carpet . |
23 | There is no general evidence as yet to link second home ownership with house price increases ( de Vane 1975 ) , but in local instances this has undoubtedly happened on a property-for-property basis , and it is easy to be convinced that dire housing consequences can come about for the ‘ traditional ’ rural population . |
24 | ‘ He told me he was proud and pleased that this has now happened , ’ said Mr. Cousins . |
25 | This has now happened . |
26 | Nothing like this has ever happened to me before . ’ |
27 | Thankfully , nothing like this has ever happened since . |
28 | My favourite statistic of the match , however , is that six of the England team have the middle initial A. I can not be bothered to check whether this has ever happened before , but I doubt it . |
29 | On the strength of its hearings for the first eighteen applications the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art duly stopped all the drawings and starred the group , thus indicating its special status only the sixth time this has ever happened . |
30 | ‘ Every day we have women come to us in shock , saying ‘ Nothing like this has ever happened to me before . |