Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] cases " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 In a few cases , prisoners are reported to have been deliberately executed without trial .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials .
9 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 . ’
10 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 ) .
11 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 .
12 Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance .
13 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 .
14 In a few cases the disease undergoes a recurrent phase when the manifestations of secondary syphilis are seen again .
15 This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved .
16 In a few cases , it may be necessary to look at and take samples from the rectum .
17 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 .
18 In a few cases the wetlands proved too much for them .
19 In a few cases , investing enterprises may have hoped to ensure supplies of scarce raw materials or energy supplies .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term .
24 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 .
25 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 !
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 In a few cases , this reaction to yeast is permanent , but most people lose their sensitivity after several months of avoiding yeast products .
30 But this week , the members of John Major 's new administration , whether reappointees or freshmen , will simply emit a long sigh of relief and satisfaction , and think of England ( or in a few cases , Scotland , Wales or Northern Ireland ) .
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