Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] cases " in BNC.
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1 | Out of a thousand cases reported in United States waters over a five-year period , only two resulted in death . |
2 | In the ethogenic approach we follow the example of chemists and anatomists and adopt the intensive design , that is , we undertake a detailed study of a few cases selected as typical . |
3 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
4 | These results are , however , probably too optimistic as a few cases of reocclusion by hyperplasia through the mesh have been reported with metallic stents placed either percutaneously or endoscopically ( C Liguory , personal communication ) for postsurgical CBD strictures . |
5 | It has been shown that measuring these antibodies to establish the diagnosis of coeliac disease is helpful but not completely reliable as a few cases would be missed . |
6 | In a few cases , prisoners are reported to have been deliberately executed without trial . |
7 | In short the pictures in an art museum have been closely monitored , often through decades and in a few cases for centuries , so full descriptions that appear in the catalogues have a thorough-paced authority . |
8 | In a few cases people are the target , usually the result of the horses not having being handled properly ; but mostly the aggression in horses is directed towards other horses . |
9 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
10 | From meetings at Highlander , between other organisations and community groups , an active organisation evolved which demanded more information from state and federal agencies on the contents and safety aspects of chemical dumps , and became involved in ‘ more than occasional direct action ( in a few cases , civil disobedience ) to stop the dumping . ’ |
11 | In a few cases I realised with surprise my growing frustration was due to my inability to interject my own comments into the workshop ( which has been filmed several years previously ) . |
12 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
13 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
14 | There will be definitional and ultimately theoretical problems in a few cases where land-use decisions are shared in a complex manner between a small group like a household , and a larger community . |
15 | In a few cases the disease undergoes a recurrent phase when the manifestations of secondary syphilis are seen again . |
16 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |
17 | In a few cases , it may be necessary to look at and take samples from the rectum . |
18 | In a few cases , the social worker might have to make provision for young children to be given temporary care away from home , for instance if the patient is a single parent without any relatives who could care for the children . |
19 | In a few cases the wetlands proved too much for them . |
20 | In a few cases , investing enterprises may have hoped to ensure supplies of scarce raw materials or energy supplies . |
21 | Usually the date of publication may be taken as given , but in a few cases — particularly where publication in book form follows several years after original research — imprint date should be compared against any dates given in the foreword or introduction . |
22 | In a few cases , the manager may decide that the recruit is unsuitable but more normally they will be given a chance at a formal interview where the manager 's opinion will be taken into consideration . |
23 | This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority . |
24 | In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term . |
25 | In a few cases they were even using corporate planning techniques to reshape the political face of their councils in ways never envisaged by the Bains or Paterson Reports . |
26 | Except in a few cases , where the law states that a product must be sold at a fixed price ( ie all retailers must charge the same price ) , retailers can charge what they like ! |
27 | In a few cases home-based treatment using the same approach may be helpful , although large-scale use of domiciliary treatment does not appear to be justified . |
28 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
29 | Intriguingly , in a few cases Raper found that the G and C cells became linked to the axon they would Follow just before the turn was made . |
30 | In a few cases , this reaction to yeast is permanent , but most people lose their sensitivity after several months of avoiding yeast products . |