Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] case [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Functional ’ because such institutions have to be seen as serving certain value objectives , in this case primarily the avoidance of war and mutual destruction .
2 In fact in most of the experiments an infra-red filter was used and in this case only the tungsten source is relevant , as was explained earlier .
3 When ( and only when ) five items have accumulated by being added at the end of the previous complete sentence , you reply with the type of shop — in this case obviously a chemist 's shop .
4 In this case overfly the beacon by approximately 15 seconds .
5 We have seen how when the tonic syllable is followed by a tail the tone is carried by the tonic plus tail together in such a way that in some cases practically no pitch movement is detectable on the tonic syllable itself .
6 These texts share a fighting tone and a conviction that established forms of literary study , and in some cases even the concept of literature itself , have to be overthrown .
7 It is noted here because it indicates the increasing dissatisfaction of many Edwardian novelists with the high Victorian ideal of the exclusive ‘ home ’ , despite ( or because of ) the fact that in that period , as Walter Crane observed , ‘ the beautifying of houses , to those to whom it is possible , has become in some cases almost a religion ’ .
8 In these cases often the innocent suffers because of the crime of the father , but abortion should be the cause of much soul-searching and counselling before a decision is made .
9 So the very feature of our own legal practice that seemed to make conventionalism a good interpretation of legal practice — the deep , constant concern judges and lawyers show about the " correct " reading of statutes and precedents in hard cases actually an embarrassment to that conception .
10 He also made the observation , which was confirmed in this survey , that ‘ in many cases neither the farmer nor his wife were fully aware of the nature and extent of the wife 's influence ’ .
11 Later my father again applied for leave of absence , which Your Grace refused to grant , though you permitted me , who am in any case only a half-time servant , to travel alone .
12 He was in any case always an innovator .
13 But a woman-identified psychologist , male or female , is in any case still a psychologist , and shows traces of the male-identified authority this position carries .
14 For example , the early years of the decade saw numerous freight-only branches close because in most cases only a handful of wagonload traffic was being conveyed — uneconomically .
15 In both cases therefore a system of representative democracy is adopted .
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