Example sentences of "do [adv] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of questions was at bottom this : the nineteenth century , with its partial proof of evolution and its axiom that miracles do not happen , enabled the chance of historical enquiry into the life and work of Jesus through the testing of ancient documents . |
| 2 | ‘ HOSTILE takeovers do not happen here , because of our culture ; they are against our way of doing business . ’ |
| 3 | It is unnecessary as regards persons whom the husband has not by his previous conduct induced to look to him for payment ; it is ineffectual as regards those who do not happen to see the advertisement . |
| 4 | The nemesis for this pure empiricism is that some ‘ megatrends ’ may be greatly exaggerated ; the outcome of some social and political conflicts may be wrongly estimated and some ‘ megatrends ’ may be omitted altogether , if they do not happen to slot into the chosen classification system . |
| 5 | Thus we should guard against any immediate and unreasoned reaction to the idea that they might ultimately be widened to encompass individuals who do not happen to be human . |
| 6 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel , which gives emphasis to the necessity of private prayer , also speaks eloquently , as indeed do the different centres around the diocese for eucharistic adoration ; such initiatives do not happen by chance . |
| 7 | Because of this modern definition of miracles many people seem to think miracles do not happen very often today . |
| 8 | It becomes open to rational criticism , and to historical and other empirical checks , in ways which do not happen within the closed system of a community of fellow-believers . |
| 9 | Only too often Old Testament criticism , especially historical criticism , has been marred by the introduction of unjustified rationalistic assumptions ( e.g. that miracles do not happen ) . |
| 10 | If you happen to be a policeman , however , or a friend of one of the ‘ lads ’ , but do not happen to share their attitudes towards black people , you are in an even more awkward and complicated position ; how can you avoid being spoken for by those who ‘ represent ’ you in the text ? |
| 11 | The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner , but that they reflect a certain underlying order , which may or may not be divinely inspired . |
| 12 | Although these cases do not happen often , if you are assaulted or threatened by a client in the ES takes it very seriously . |
| 13 | If that was an isolated incident I am sure that the Minister will join me in apologising for it , but will he look at distribution methods to ensure that such incidents do not happen on any scale ? |
| 14 | Whole schools do not happen because the head alone has a greater view of the school , they occur because everyone 's view of the school is extended and embraced ( Southworth 1988:327 ) . |
| 15 | Significant moments in history do not happen without some kind of advance warning . |
| 16 | C&P has fully investigated the incidents and is taking steps to ensure they do not happen again . |
| 17 | They have been successful … the crime rate in the city is down by five hundred offences a month … there are only one or two displays now a week … but they do still happen . |
| 18 | Sometimes they break a bone without any known injury ; at other times fractures do n't happen when you might expect them most . |
| 19 | ‘ It will take a long time , we are just emerging from the dark ages , but things do n't happen if you do n't make them . |
| 20 | You see things in New York that do n't happen in London . |
| 21 | ‘ You see things here which do n't happen in London . |
| 22 | Mr Kinnock hoped a Labour government would be so successful ‘ as to diminish the support for several parties who do n't happen to be our political allies and are unlikely to become so . ’ |
| 23 | In London it 's only Annabel 's or Tramp — the rest do n't happen for the certain crowd , the newspaper-worthy crowd I 'm looking for . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't happen to want to get killed . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't happen to have a cigarette and some dry matches , Ann , do you ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Coincidences simply do n't happen in real life … ’ |
| 27 | The major Western degenerative diseases do n't happen in an instant — like infective diseases — but appear to creep up on us slowly as a result of years and years of bad eating . |
| 28 | ‘ The soundalike things do n't happen very often . |
| 29 | I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . |
| 30 | The Government flies these kites of disinformation then people feel grateful when they do n't happen . |