Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] situations [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In the vast majority of face-to-face situations we communicate via speech backed up by non-verbal gestures and signs . |
2 | If you had n't got such a peculiar aptitude for dealing with improbable situations you could go off and be seasick whenever you want . |
3 | In risky situations it would thus be predicted that attention would be focused on information which was important to controlling risk , and information peripheral to this task would be neglected . |
4 | In social situations we can ‘ act out ’ our political struggles to make transitions from immature to mature relationships . |
5 | In social situations it has to be recognised that there is at least one other sentient being present who has his own objectives which might accord with or oppose those of the first person . |
6 | Since we all experience all four life-positions at different times and in different situations we can at least increase the frequency of OKness . |
7 | In different situations we write and speak differently . |
8 | In favourable situations they form nuclei for small communities of microflora and fauna , their debris accumulating as an organic substrate that fosters mosses and angiosperms . |
9 | Although for practical purposes in ordinary situations we use language as if it were transparent and as if meanings and intentions existed prior to it , literature , in its freedom from any referential obligation , demonstrates the supremacy of language over all other activities . |
10 | In other situations it gives no guidance . |
11 | But even in remote situations I would strongly advise against this , after doing as much in a cottage in Appin only to be greeted by the landlord who had popped in to see if we were alright . |
12 | In certain situations we said that written-down cost could be used as an alternative . |
13 | Er again if you 're in certain situations you need coordin very very good coordination and timing and again just jogging would not do that . |
14 | In local situations it leads to mutual respect between generations and among different sectors and levels of society . |
15 | In cornered situations they are , however , lethal animals . |