Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 When the beak could hold no more , they disappeared into the depths of a thicket where presumably they had a well-hidden nest of young .
2 The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes .
3 His brother was interned , his mother was told to move inland , away from the coast — where presumably it was thought she might signal to enemy U-boats , and Mauro himself , although a child , was not allowed to leave Easington without a permit .
4 It all comes down to practical implementation of flexible working hours and job sharing , so that women working in the nursing profession do not have to follow male patterns of employment , where eventually they find that combining family responsibility with work is simply too difficult , and they leave .
5 He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director .
6 Census returns also show a steady decline from a late 19th century peak where arguably there was gross overpopulation , a situation that was remedied by drastic reorganisation of tenure and agricultural use and emigration , ( Caird , 1979 ) .
7 Perhaps the most important reason is that if the company should go bankrupt , the pension fund ( which is normally administered by an appointed financial institution ) would not be affected , which can be contrasted with a pay-as-you-go system where obviously there would be no employees left to finance current or future pension benefits .
8 We come to a river , absent from my map , where suddenly I see the plains and both banks smeared with colour .
9 Duplication of effort arises because convention demands the involvement of both solicitor and barrister where only one need be involved .
10 He declared that " the Loire must remain a free and living river , where only its excesses are brought under control " .
11 But it seems clear that I was diverting the feeling of cold , which pertains to the body , away from the physical and into the psychological realm , where alone I believed myself to exist .
12 For a more permanent path , where perhaps there is likely to be heavy foot traffic , slabs can be laid on large blobs of mortar .
13 I knew he could succeed where perhaps you would not believe me . ’
14 Yet he is included quite correctly on the Bayeux memorial to the missing as belonging to the S.A.S. By some error , however , his name is omitted altogether from the Edinburgh University war memorial under the arches of the Old Quad , where daily we used to meet .
15 However the alliance represents a watershed for Chorus , which is now embarked on a binary strategy for the very first time , though where exactly it goes from here is still unclear .
16 Where exactly it began rather depends on whether or not you decide to categorise certain books as police procedurals or as perhaps crime novels .
17 We ca n't let you know yet where exactly you will have your wonderful week , because we want to keep it a surprise .
18 I came to the end of the bridge , where technically my territory stops , and stood still for a while , thinking , feeling , listening and looking and smelling .
19 In the meantime , she stays in East Cowton where hopefully she will mate .
20 He was then given an application form for a job in another department where hopefully his asthma would n't be aggravated .
21 You have to develop that relationship because they can take advantage of you when ever and where ever they want . ’
22 Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more ,
23 Where once we had Tizwas and The Tube , we now have Bob and Paula 's Big Breakfast and The Word .
24 Where once we ruled , now we serve .
25 Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks .
26 Where once their plants were collected from more exotic climes — euphorbia as a seedling from the Marquis de Sade 's derelict castle in Provence , alliums from the Professor 's botanical expeditions to Iran and Afghanistan for Flora Iranica ] — the Hewers now rely on a comprehensive collection nearer home .
27 Like many hirsute men he had thinned a little on top where once his black fur had been extravagant , but he had a plentiful and prickling black beard , and his body was still compact and very heavy .
28 Where once he felt like giving up , he now has the zeal and determination to push further and harder and keep on going until there is real change in the way mankind behaves .
29 Where once he had been beautiful now he was hideous ; where once he had been mighty , now he was maimed .
30 Where once he had been beautiful now he was hideous ; where once he had been mighty , now he was maimed .
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