Example sentences of "as happen [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As happens many times throughout , and frequently in footnotes , one sentence of Boswell 's from the after-dinner conversation contains the seeds of a novel — even , potentially , a saga : . |
| 2 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if the Cabinet as a whole was defeated on a major issue in the House of Commons then it should either resign ( as happened five times between 1852 and 1859 ) , or else ask for a dissolution of Parliament in the hope of being able to secure the support of a new House of Commons . |
| 4 | If a London voluntary body can not agree a budget , as happened this year , the Secretary of State will set one , but will make no allowance for inflation . |
| 5 | I should not have to find out by accident , as happened this morning . |
| 6 | Same as happened last year with her and Sir Harry Dexter . ’ |
| 7 | The Alliance leader said : ‘ We feel internment , as happened last time , would be counter-productive . |
| 8 | It happens when the southeast trade winds that blow for thousands of kilometres across the equatorial Pacific unaccountably lose their force or , as happened last summer , give out altogether . |
| 9 | ‘ So it makes no sense at all for the bookseller to be buying and promoting a new title at , say , £14.99 when a book club has already offered it to its public at £8.99 — as happened last month . |
| 10 | Yes er and of course i if er rather like it seems as happened last week , if he seems to have got a bit of time he seems to need to have to extend it |