Example sentences of "happen [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to our historical outline and intimately connected with this new notion of female impurity , was the development of an increased rigidity in attitude toward and definition of function within the family group — something which had gradually been happening before the sixth century but which was accelerated and refined by the experience of the exile . |
| 2 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 3 | I need to explain why this was happening in the first place . |
| 4 | What seems to be happening in the nineteenth century , in response to major social changes ( rapid industrialisation and urbanisation , the disruption of old class patterns and the rise of capitalist social relations , the development of new and sharp class conflicts with their related social and intellectual manifestations ) is a continuous battle over the definition of acceptable sexual behaviour within the context of changing class and power relations . |
| 5 | The incoherence I think is that you ca n't ever say that anyone has lost because you do n't know what 's happening in the second and third and fourth erm batch , so I ca n't see how this system is meant to work , Mill seems to be fairly confident that it will . |
| 6 | With careful arrangement you can see what is happening in the next room ( with an open dividing door or glass panel ) or behind you or in the hall , even in the garden , thereby extending your range of vision and your range of information . |
| 7 | Though I think that that will be happening in the next cycle . |
| 8 | Well , no what I 'm , what I 'm denying is I 'm questioning your assertion on what 's been happening in the last couple of weeks that we should react to that on a pa on er er report that has n't been released , right ? |
| 9 | date in your diary , you know , the draw 's happening on the thirtieth of November , and you know , er |
| 10 | Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision . |
| 11 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 12 | I 'm sure the win will do wonders for the team 's confidence , but let's see what happens for the next 5 games at least before we make rash predictions . |
| 13 | What happens during the first few days when a resident comes to live in a Home ? |
| 14 | I find them all delightful in the first and second year , something happens between the second year and the fourth year , and in the fourth year they seem to have lost interest in academic things . |
| 15 | That what happens after the first ten minutes , you have to go and do something else , then what happens , you physically get up and do , but you will do something else . |
| 16 | For a start , there 's a whole team of people who work to make sure it happens in the first place . |
| 17 | Film reviewers have a simple rule for sizing up new movies : ‘ If nothing happens in the first ten minutes , ’ they say , ‘ nothing 's going to happen . ’ |
| 18 | This happens in the First World as well as in the Third World . |
| 19 | ‘ We will see what happens in the next 24 hours . |
| 20 | ‘ What happens in the next few days is critical to our success . |
| 21 | So what happens in the last three years ? |
| 22 | As so often happens in the last years , his remaining family and oldest friends became of most importance to him . |
| 23 | Johnston , saddling his 48th winner of the year , should now go on to achieve his maiden half century , and does not mind whether it happens in the last four days of turf racing or on the all-weather . |
| 24 | If the contract is made for , say , 100 pneumonia cases or for 100 fractures ( or 100 births ) , what happens to the 101st case that comes along ? |
| 25 | No because I think by the end well unless something dramatic happens on the fourth of February which is this Friday next Friday rather . |
| 26 | President , Congress , whatever happens over the next few years , one thing is sure , the environment is here to stay . |
| 27 | In the absence of a clock pulse to CK2 , nothing yet happens at the second flip-flop and X2 remains off . |
| 28 | So what happened during the second world war ? |
| 29 | Well , but what happened during the Second World War when all these children were undergoing much more traumatic experiences then ? |
| 30 | When Noreen was fourteen , it happened for the fifth time , and her mother ran out of the house . |