Example sentences of "can [adv] happen [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transmission will stop only after the XOFF character has been recognised and , since the Z88 has an input buffer , this can only happen after previously received characters have been processed . |
| 2 | While Sunday provides the flash-point for our worship , this can only happen when our Mondays to Saturdays are filled with praise for God as well . |
| 3 | Families can stay together through an extremely difficult period — but this can only happen if organisations like ACET are sufficiently funded . |
| 4 | A This can only happen if you do not cast off any stitches at the centre and sides of the neck . |
| 5 | Of course , this can only happen if you have been tested . |
| 6 | With given , this can only happen if rises . |
| 7 | Where goods are marketed indirectly and the manufacturer therefore does not sell directly to the consumer , it can nevertheless happen that the manufacturer makes a collateral contract with the consumer . |
| 8 | These days , that can not happen because the case is unlikely to be listed and , if it is listed , it will be adjourned , so a local authority has no means of carrying out its responsibilities . |
| 9 | That can not happen until it is also ratified by three newly-independent , former Soviet republics which have long-range nuclear weapons stationed on their soil . |
| 10 | This can happen if the toe bail is n't located properly in the groove at the welt — something which can easily happen when there is snow blowing about and the boot itself is covered in snow . |
| 11 | It can also happen that a Pump Wagon is obliged to move into friendly troops , although this is rare as you can move the machine as you wish . |
| 12 | It can also happen that a speaker is interrupted and leaves a tone-unit incomplete — for example , lacking a tonic syllable . |
| 13 | This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance . |
| 14 | This can also happen when a doctor experiences discomfort in the face of death , or an inability to come to terms with his own helplessness . |
| 15 | But it can then happen that these relations become a norm , from which other periods are interpreted or even , by contrast , judged . |
| 16 | It can certainly happen that a head might at the same time be expected to manage the school democratically by the staff , deferentially by the governors , assertively by the local authority and pliantly by parents . |