Example sentences of "[noun sg] that in [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 MacKenna J. held that there was an implied term that in such a case the seller was not completely excused from all performance but that the buyer had the option of accepting delivery of the reduced quantity , at a pro rata price .
2 ‘ It is trite law that in general a doctor is not entitled to treat a patient without the consent of someone who is authorised to give that consent .
3 There is no doubt that in such a case , given the necessary knowledge and intent , the person turning off the machine would be guilty of murder .
4 Moreover , it is of interest that in 1279 a defendant was acquitted of rape because ‘ he was betrothed to J [ the complainant ] before he lay with her . ’
5 The absence of individual marriages led Morgan to the view that in such a society a person must belong to the gens of the mother , not the gens of the father , because with such a system of marriage you could never be sure who your father was .
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