Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the accused is guilty where ownership passes on delivery such as when food is eaten or petrol put into the tank . |
| 2 | All this is only possible where multi-skilling and flexible skilling are the norm , rather than restrictive skill defensiveness . |
| 3 | Recognition of detrital grain morphology ( form , sphericity , roundness and , in some cases , surface textures ) in thin section is only possible where grain surfaces have not been modified during diagenesis . |
| 4 | The situation is much simpler where software is written for and at the request of a client . |
| 5 | Pregnancy order tended to mediate the effect of maternal age , so that weight and height of infants tends to be lower where pregnancy order is high in relation to age ( see e.g. Omran , 1976 , p. 524 ) . |
| 6 | 'T IS that where Nature 's simple Dictates lead : |
| 7 | The problem may be particularly acute where power is effectively vested in the hands of a dominant chief executive . |
| 8 | ‘ I find the Spanish terribly emotional where music is concerned . |
| 9 | These fears are especially strong where man himself might become directly involved . |
| 10 | ‘ I know I can be a bit assertive where business is concerned but you know where Fernando was concerned I suppose I just went all female . |
| 11 | Its wharves were among the few where steam vessels outnumbered sailing ships at that time . |
| 12 | All air travel to Iceland is through Keflavik airport , about fifty kilometres from Reykjavik , a beautiful modern terminal , and one of very few where duty free is available on arrival . |
| 13 | The situation is slightly different where regression is concerned . |
| 14 | The argument for this as-if strategy is straightforward enough : civilization is impossible unless the decisions of some well-defined person or group are accepted by everyone as setting public standards that will be enforced if necessary through the police power . |
| 15 | The difficulty which many people have in seeing this where religion is concerned is because of an either/or mentality . |
| 16 | Informal , even oral , arrangements may be acceptable where reconnaissance work is being undertaken , but where more costly exploration work is contemplated the company should seek a written agreement with the mineral owner . |
| 17 | Wind driven generators are economical where wind velocities average 6 m/s or more . |
| 18 | The notion of a lead agency with overall responsibility for developing services or for buying in the necessary services from local statutory , private or voluntary agencies would make clear where responsibility should lie . |
| 19 | Equally , if , in a particular case , you suspect that your costs draftsman may not have been particularly brave where care and control is concerned , or may not fully appreciate what has been involved , do not hesitate to increase the care and control element to the level you think is justified . |
| 20 | Walk-in shower cabinets are popular where space and budget permit , but ventilation must be adequate to avoid suffocation in the steam , and shower pressure should be tested to avoid a needle sharp spray . |
| 21 | This fat — invariably in the form of ( — is lighter than water , and so improves buoyancy ; and also ensures that planktonic creatures , as a group , tend to be highly nutritious . |
| 22 | They are lighter than water and consequently float up to the bubble nest . |
| 23 | The result , because the gas is lighter than water , is that the fish floats — often in obscure positions . |
| 24 | Dyneema fibres are ten times stronger than steel and lighter than water . |
| 25 | For the pudding , my own weakness is a small glass of something sweet and much lighter than port which I prefer to save and have on its own or with a mince pie . |
| 26 | Cane and wicker will look lighter than wood ; white-painted pieces will look less conspicuous and therefore less space-consuming than dark . |
| 27 | Both are lighter than cotton but neither are as durable , nor as watertight . |
| 28 | lighter than thistledown |
| 29 | The Dream Ashton 's interpretation of Shakespeare : Titania ‘ lighter than air' ( Antoinette Sibley ) ... |
| 30 | Guard duty over the two women was much lighter than tree-felling in the steamy forest or sawing up the timbers into six-feet lengths , then splitting them into staves for the stockade , the master 's house , and the other habitations they were erecting in the settlement . |