Example sentences of "case of a [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The case of a physics teacher who wanted to become an actor is interesting in showing the kind of problems which accompany a late entry into drama school .
2 Frances Power Cobbe deplored the approval doctors gave to what she considered to be an essentially unhealthy lifestyle ; she had little faith in medical expertise and liked to recall the case of a women friend who , on deciding to stop seeing her doctor and carry on normally , promptly recovered .
3 It may be months or years before his work today makes an impact : in the case of a project failure it may never do so .
4 It is prudent , however , to set it on a level plinth , and in the case of a fountain assembly it is vital that the jet unit be just above the maximum water level .
5 Introducing the convergence factor , where , in the general case of a signal F(t) which is zero before time , leads to a modified transform which it is customary to express in terms of the complex variable as This particular transform is known as the Laplace transform .
6 May I draw to the attention of the Secretary of State the case of a Wakefield man who was refused expensive injections for infertility by a fund-holding GP and told to apply for that treatment to a non fund-holding practice in Wakefield ?
7 This shows the simple case of a spin axis which is perpendicular to the line of sight .
8 Radio Cleveland broadcaster Alan Wright said he was overwhelmed by the response when he raised the case of a Redcar man who had to call the police to get rid of Sure Style salesmen .
9 There was the case of an Essex player who smeared Vaseline from his eyebrows on to the ball and thus altered its flight .
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