Example sentences of "in [adj] situation [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , the , I was , about to er come to that , erm the erm , there is no reason why a group should not have more than one prisoner erm , the practical situation is that , that groups are queuing up to , to get a prisoner at the moment in fact , erm , not always the situation but at presently there is a waiting list for who have groups to have a prisoner allocated to them , erm , if we so wish er , ah , if , if a group comes onto the list who has er , ah , and their prisoner is released and , and we , we er in that situation we , and any group without a prisoner at all goes to the head of the list and be allocated straight away , but we could request a second prisoner and that case would be put to the bottom of the list , so when the other groups who , who 've got no prison will take priority now , but we , we could request a second prisoner if we so wanted so you are talking about a motion at the A G M , but it 's not really necessary |
| 2 | Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections . |
| 3 | Even in that situation you would probably be rescued by a passing cruise ship , on board which they would stuff you endlessly with food to compensate for the boredom of the interminable view of the sea . |
| 4 | ‘ It was about 5.30pm , pouring with rain outside and I was making Sophie 's tea when a preacher came to the door and broke the news , but like everyone in that situation you just do n't believe it . |
| 5 | yeah in fact that 's a fir , that 's a very good example you see , because in that situation you might well pay more for the carriage than the value of the item |
| 6 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 7 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 8 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 9 | I mean that , in that situation I would try and say sort of |
| 10 | erm in that situation I fail to understand how that can necessarily be to be honest , because the vehicle in question has done eighty thousand miles . |
| 11 | ‘ When you hear someone who is in that situation it becomes obvious what they are going through . |
| 12 | But what I 'm saying is that obviously in that situation it would be back to the dealer and the dealer would deal with it . |
| 13 | It is a heavy serviceable machine and I am not really knocking Wilson because in another situation it would probably do a very good job but for us it is just not a very pleasant tool to be with . |
| 14 | ‘ We want our own state , we want our flag , ’ said a museum curator , ‘ but in this situation we can not plan anything . |
| 15 | In , in this situation we 've all and again the who implication , not only Wrexham but . |
| 16 | The annuity is actually quite a attractive because there 's not much tax er liability on an annuity anyway , only a very small proportion and for her in this situation she could actually make a single contribution of say eight thousand pound , the maturity from the endowment , and actually buy this sort of contract straight off . |
| 17 | She was able to chat to Ana for most of the meal and what with one thing and another she felt some progress had been made , though what she was doing in this situation she did not know . |
| 18 | In this situation he asks , how do we come to terms with the event , with continuities and discontinuities , in short with history as difference and not just the story of sameness ? |
| 19 | In this situation he can not confer good title on the sub-purchaser unless that sale falls under an exception to the nemo dat principle . |
| 20 | In this situation I knit the joining rows by hand , making sure on the final row to knit using large stitches . |
| 21 | In this situation I was able to ‘ choose ’ to study the position of women in the unions . |
| 22 | In this situation I 'm a representative . |
| 23 | In this situation it is very difficult to ‘ rehabilitate ’ companies since the depreciated assets of these and similar businesses are virtually worthless . |
| 24 | In this situation it will be difficult to generate manufactured or processed exports since the expertise to produce competitively for international markets will be in short supply , though some countries such as Zimbabwe will be able to build on their existing export base . |
| 25 | In this situation it is often worth dissolving two or three tablets , or their equivalent , in a clean glass of fresh water and taking a teaspoonful when needed . |
| 26 | If you find yourself in this situation it is important to decide realistically how much you can do and to mark out these easy between a parent and child , it is not likely to improve at this stage . |
| 27 | In this situation it seems to be a natural reaction to pull in back cyclic which leads to the model reversing away from you . |
| 28 | There may be a requirement for precision greater than that obtained from double.length arithmetic , or double.length arithmetic may not be provided , and in this situation it is necessary to program the basic multiple.length arithmetic operations out of simpler operations . |
| 29 | In this situation it is argued that corporatism , or tripartism , better captures the reality of crucial state-interest-group relations . |
| 30 | In this situation it seemed appropriate for the staff at Perth College to offer educational opportunities which would parallel those available in other music fields . |