Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] where a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | S. Gimignano , near Siena , is the outstanding instance where a number of towers still survive and these date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 2 | The Act gives certain powers to the High Court where an application is made for an order for evidence to be obtained in England , and the court is satisfied that the application is made in pursuance of a request issued by or on behalf of a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in another part of the United Kingdom or some other country , and that the evidence sought is to be obtained for the purposes of civil proceedings which have either been instituted before the requesting court or whose institution is contemplated . |
| 3 | This attractive picture relates the strange BL Lac objects to quasars in a straightforward way , and offers the exciting possibility of looking , in a BL Lac object , deep into the heart of a quasar — possibly down to the central powerhouse where a quasar produces as much power as hundreds of galaxies in a space no larger than the Solar system ( New Scientist , vol 95 , p 364 ) . |
| 4 | This charge will not be limited to the straightforward case where a shareholder elects to take scrip in place of a particular cash dividend , but will also cover other arrangements which achieve a similar result , for instance by the issue of a separate class of shares carrying the right to a stock dividend . |
| 5 | now it is worn on the third finger of the left hand where a vein of love was believed to run straight to the heart . |
| 6 | One can imagine Paddy Ashdown opting for the great outdoors where a man can dream of the balance of power while doing something environmentally friendly in a boat . |
| 7 | He led them into a small , more comfortable room behind the great hall where a fire burnt in the canopied hearth ; it was cosier and not so forbidding , with its wood-panelled walls and high-backed chairs arranged in a semi-circle around the hearth . |
| 8 | He did not wait for the servants to open the doors , but just pushed through into the entrance hall , and then into the great ballroom where a score of painters and upholsterers were finishing a long night 's work during which they had transformed the ballroom into a silk-hung fantasy . |
| 9 | I think that 's why so many people from our school went into scientific things — they pushed you that way , but I know from my friends that the secondary school where a lot of my friends went to , the girls were encouraged to do typing , hairdressing , home-economics , all the rest of it . |
| 10 | For those still baffled , ECU is the European Currency Unit , ERM is the Exchange Rate Mechanism and Maastricht is the Dutch town where a unity deal was agreed . |
| 11 | Can you return to the police station and go to the front office where a female is very upset . ’ |
| 12 | Can you return to the police station and go to the front office where a female is very upset . ’ |
| 13 | The mean discrepancy where a discrepancy occurred was 39 ( 3–200 ) l/min . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , however , we are the only prison where a remand prisoner was murdered by a lifer recently . ’ |
| 15 | Southeast Asia is not the only area where a legacy of hatred , bitterness and injustice has meant that Japan has had to tread very carefully in her relationships . |
| 16 | Without prompt action , the zoo may be the only place where a safari is possible . |
| 17 | Here , the ocean is the only large store of water and the only place where a water molecule stays for any length of time . |
| 18 | Cranston roared with laughter and led Athelstan over to the far corner where a table and stools were set apart from the rest of the customers . |
| 19 | Peter Lilley told the brewers that no action would be taken in the particular instance where a pub had not yet been freed because independent arbitration of rents was still taking place . |
| 20 | ‘ Wait here , ’ said Mr Rochester , and went into the secret room where a shout of laughter greeted him . |
| 21 | On the other hand where a family has a number of teenage children who could be expected to be in charge of their own belongings then we should consider applying the policy wording and deducting an excess for each person . |
| 22 | For Leapor , this is the hidden danger where a woman surrenders financial control in marriage : |
| 23 | This chapter explains : ( 1 ) the application of expert determination to the valuation of shares in private companies ( 3.2 ) ; ( 2 ) that the procedure usually depends on the articles of association ( 3.3 ) ; ( 3 ) that the experts are usually the company 's auditors ( 3.4 ) ; ( 4 ) the effect of the auditors being obliged to determine the " fair value " of shares ( 3.5 ) ; ( 5 ) the effect of specific valuation instructions ( 3.6 ) ; ( 6 ) the special position where a minority shareholder petitions for winding-up ( 3.7 ) . |
| 24 | For example , in Mali , resources flow from the poor peasant to the urban sector where a variety of powerful classes live and realise that surplus . |
| 25 | Section 238 enables the court , in prescribed circumstances , to make orders restoring the original position where a company has made gifts or entered into other transactions at an undervalue . |