The city state's transport system would benefit from being better able to match the demand and supply of taxis, particularly when it rains, which tends to happen suddenly in Singapore.

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Cholera outbreaks, such as the one that hit Peru and its neighbours in the early 1990s, tend to happen suddenly, as the formerly benign bacteria turn on their pathogenic apparatus when they hit the body.

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Ask most computer programmers what would happen if, suddenly, their computers got a thousand times faster.

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If something were to suddenly happen to you, or to one of your key managers, is there a plan in place to deal with it?

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Nothing much seems to happen until confidence suddenly snaps.

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Seriously, what would happen if your key suppliers suddenly tripled their prices?

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Unfortunately, BMW has not offered anything to drivers who might happen to be in the vicinity of one of these vehicles that might suddenly lose power between now and the time that all of them are fixed.

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It's kind of like what I imagine would happen if the Big One ever hits Los Angeles and all the dermatology offices close while the suddenly haggard roam the streets in search of black market Botox.

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