course of events , also: course of things

In your case such a course of events is not to be expected.

This will become clear in the natural course of events.

That was by far the most likely course of events.

For one thing, the course of events in Europe is still far from clear.

Age looked more like a disease than a natural course of events in her case.

Already the next course of events was becoming clear to him.

What power did the woman herself have to influence the course of events?

A thing like that, it could change the course of events.

However, after a course of events he begins to change.

I wanted to make time stand still, to back up ten minutes and change the course of events.

In the normal course of events he would have died years ago.

His death had no immediate effect on the course of events.

The program did not exactly follow the course of events "outside."

It would be necessary to wait on the course of events.

It would be hard to imagine a similar course of events today.

The course of events so far really does seem rather odd.

A single news story could alter the course of events.

The outline or general course of events is the same.

Perhaps they were too few to alter the course of events.

It's what happens when things go wrong that changes the course of events.

"One which could well be the only explanation for the current course of events."

Did they try to explain, to discuss, to change the course of events?

Had it come later, the course of events could have gone very differently.

The course of events has taken a very ominous turn.

And how was it that he had been unable to change the course of events?