Example sentences of "circumstance [prep] which [pers pn] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither could have foreseen the circumstances under which it would take place . |
| 2 | ‘ The only circumstances in which I would anticipate the use of the remedies of certiorari and mandamus would be in the event , which I hope is unthinkable , of the panel acting in breach of the rules of natural justice — in other words , unfairly . |
| 3 | And what more , what more should we expect from a Party that is led nationally by a man who , in 1983 , says , there are no circumstances in which I would order or permit the firing of a nuclear weapon , which leads somebody to say , Kinnock 's lust for power is so great that he 's prepared to ditch any principle to get it . |
| 4 | The British Defence White Paper of 1958 laid down with surprising confidence the circumstances in which it would unleash nuclear weapons : ‘ It must be well understood that if Russia were to launch a major attack , even with conventional weapons only , the West would have to hit back with strategic nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 5 | I could not have conceived of any circumstances in which it would have been sensible for any particular political group to murder Gaitskell , and the likelihood that it was murder — in such an immensely complicated fashion — seemed to me at first blush fanciful and absurd . |
| 6 | Moreover , he did not envisage any circumstances in which he would exercise a right to intervene . |
| 7 | On Nov. 6 ( when details of and the timetable for the party leadership election were announced ) he repeated , however , his oft-repeated formulation that he could foresee no circumstances in which he would stand against Thatcher for the leadership . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , at least in public , he reiterated his previous position that there were no foreseeable circumstances in which he would challenge Mrs Thatcher . |
| 9 | Heseltine declares that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would challenge her for the leadership . |
| 10 | He means that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would win . |
| 11 | ( b ) State the circumstances in which you would use : |