Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] a " in BNC.

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1 The passage and the cavern were formed where a stream of water used to flow along a bedding plane between layers of limestone .
2 Fault scarps will only be formed where a fault breaks the surface ; they can either die out laterally or merge into a monocline ( Fig. 3.33(A) ) .
3 The power of Parliament will be limited where a government has a working majority in the House of Commons .
4 It could be asked to view the site where a particular incident occurred although the expense of leaving the courtroom is unlikely to be justified where a photograph or a detailed description would suffice .
5 This offence can be considered where a hole appears in the side of the silencer etc. , as some doubt exists whether the gases have passed ‘ through ’ the silencer etc. , if they have passed through half of the silencer , Until there is judicial assistance to say that such gases must pass all the way through a silencer to escape liability under regulation 54(1) , a regulation 54(2) offence may be the safest offence .
6 Export credit finance should be considered where a project requires capital goods and associated services to be imported because the term of the loan can sometimes be longer than the term for commercial funds
7 The Disciplinary Code in Schedule 1 to the Police ( Discipline ) Regulations 1985 contains an offence of ‘ improper disclosure of information ’ , which is committed where a member of a police force without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force .
8 Improper disclosure of information , which offence is committed where a member of a police force ( a ) without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force …
9 The offence is committed where a person recklessly engages in conduct which places another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury .
10 In one case the Divisional Court held that assault was committed where a woman was frightened by the sight of a man looking in through the window of her house , although there seems to have been little suggestion that the man was threatening to apply force either immediately or at all .
11 The general rule is that a battery is committed where a person touches or strikes another , grabs hold of their sleeve or lapels and so on , without implied or express permission .
12 In Simcock v Rhodes ( 1978 ) 66 Cr App R 192 the court held that an offence was committed where a group of 15 youths told a police sergeant to ‘ fuck off ’ .
13 The Committee therefore proposes the enactment of a statutory provision which will clearly state that rape is committed where a woman consents to sexual intercourse as a result of threats of force , explicit or implicit , against the woman herself or any other person , ‘ but that it should not be rape if , taking a reasonable view , the threats were not capable of being carried out immediately . ’
14 In Hughes v Hall ( unreported ) it was held that an offence under the order was committed where a car dealer gave the buyer a document which stated that the car was " bought as seen and inspected " .
15 This endorsement should be added where a holiday home is insured under the policy .
16 In the 1972 presidential elections he was vice-presidential candidate for the coalition headed by Jose Napoleon Duarte , who was widely held to have won although a military candidate was declared the winner .
17 This is not much of a problem , as colours can be varied if a simple identification is sought .
18 Indeed they may well risk their pale-faced prodigy again in the match against Egypt today — even though this must be won if a vital quarter-final seeding place is to be secured .
19 They believe that the student first needs to acquire a perception of the analogies involved in the patterns of the language , and to be drilled until a considerable body of material has been learned , since analysis of the language is considered by them to be an advanced study .
20 The principal offence , located at the time of field work in the Rivers ( Prevention of Pollution ) Act 1951 , s.2 , is committed if a person ‘ causes or knowingly permits to enter a stream any poisonous , noxious or polluting matter …
21 The errant owner is quickly reminded if a meal or a walk is overdue .
22 The job can be greatly simplified if a few short lengths of plastic tubing are kept in stock .
23 That is about what would be expected if a short burst of neutrons with a range of energies had to travel a long distance ; the slower , less-energetic neutrons would lag behind those with more energy .
24 Indeed , until the ecumenical era of the 1960s , few catholics in Ireland were prepared to put before themselves some of the political religious issues which would have to be resolved if a united Ireland or accommodation to a separate political entity in Ulster were to become a possibility .
25 The situation would be resolved if a transfusion were required .
26 Patients were included if a gastric or duodenal peptic ulcer with a non-bleeding visible vessel was identified .
27 Mr Randolph 's face looked like a child 's before a wrapped-up present .
28 I think the first time I remember that I thought , Lord that just looked like a dance advertised through the window .
29 And Ray went to this little cubby hole where these two fellers were one of them looked like a policeman did n't he ?
30 Rufus just went looked like a vampire attacked her .
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