Example sentences of "we have a situation " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 2 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 3 | ‘ In the autumn we had a situation where the owner of a Wolsingham cafe wanted his staff trained . |
| 4 | Thus we have a situation where data is not transformed into information , ie what staff need is information that addresses a specific need or objective of their job , and what typically they receive is a mass of data not properly tailored to their needs and so difficult to penetrate that it falls into disuse . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 6 | Since the target language seems to be signs in English order in most cases , we have a situation as shown in fig. 11.3 . |
| 7 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 8 | Now we have a situation where Monotype , Compugraphic and AM Varityper have joined the club , together with Autologic and Scangraphic , while Apple , Bitstream , Compugraphic , Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are all rapidly producing alternative mechanisms for storing type in digital form . |
| 9 | ‘ These provincial councils were meant to act as part of central council within their own area , but they have grown more independent and now we have a situation where there is both competition and conflict between them and a reluctance to accept the authority of central council . ’ |
| 10 | Erm but what we would say at this stage , is that there does n't seem any rationale behind the discounts that have been applied by by the County Council , indeed we have a situation in Hambleton district , where there is a seventy percent discount , erm which does n't seem to us to have been explained or justified . |
| 11 | ‘ We have a situation now where charity is providing the basic equipment when they should be providing the extras . ’ |
| 12 | But here we have a situation where proxy votes from the manager of Woolworths and the local Boots the Chemist , have steamrollered through this motion . ’ |
| 13 | This is particularly important , and I 'm now riding my own hobby horse , but in the area of science erm we have a situation that erm in most secondary schools choice has to be made at the age of thirteen , fourteen , by boys and girls as to which subjects they should take . |
| 14 | We have a situation where the landowner is going to have to sell land relatively cheaply , in order that the land then , the land prices do not reflect too horrendously when it comes through to the price that has to be paid by the person who 's going to occupy the property ; either in terms of a letting figure or of something which is going to be an , effectively a mortgage figure . |