From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin the eventin the eventIN FACTused to emphasize what actually happened in a situation as opposed to what you thought might happen SYN as it happened Extra police officers were brought in, although in the event the demonstration passed off peacefully. → event
Examples from the Corpus
in the event• This overriding limit is subject to adjustment in the event of certain specified alterations to the Company's share capital.• Everybody thought our train would be ambushed, but in the event we got out safely.• However, in the event the congress avoided real discussion of the more controversial policy details relating to doi moi.• In some families species have been included from the upper slope in the event of overlapping bathymetric ranges.• Set too low, it would do little to deter speculation in the event of a crisis.• Whether in the event owners would have consented is quite another question. 