Example sentences of "that in [adj] [noun] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from the Hang Seng Bank case [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 306 that in appropriate circumstances a company carrying on business in Hong Kong can earn profits which do not arise in or derive from the colony , notwithstanding the fact that those profits are not attributable to an independent overseas branch . |
| 2 | ‘ It is well established that in certain cases a trading corporation may bring a suit in respect of an imputation on its trading reputation , and I see no reason why a non-trading corporation should not have the same rights as respects imputations on the conduct by it of its activities . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that in certain circumstances a person who withholds unpublished price sensitive information may be said to have committed an offence under the subsection . |
| 4 | The nature of elision may be stated quite simply : under certain circumstances sounds disappear ; one might express this in more technical language by saying that in certain circumstances a phoneme may be realised as zero , or have zero realisation or be deleted . |
| 5 | The faculty appreciates that in certain circumstances a year between school and university , spent in employment or another worthwhile activity , may be advantageous . |
| 6 | While a broad historical trend was noted towards the limitation of the once near-absolute rights of parents over children by state agencies , with the declared objective of protecting the child 's interests and welfare , it seemed that in recent policies a number of different themes could be identified , involving potentially conflicting values and assumptions about children , parents , the state and the rights and roles of different parties in the child care situation . |
| 7 | While it remains to be seen which , if any , of these options is adopted , it is not very encouraging that in recent years a number of offers of adoption have apparently been made by national bodies , only to be discouraged by the DES . |
| 8 | It must be likely that in due course a parent company in the UK will be legally responsible for the debts of at least its wholly owned subsidiaries unless , perhaps , it files some sort of public disclaimer . |
| 9 | On the other hand , it might be said that in criminal law a company can authorise transactions only for its own benefit . |
| 10 | For instance , suppose that in criminal law a question consists of a chain of short problems on insanity numbered ( i ) , ( ii ) , ( iii ) , etc . |
| 11 | This does not in the least mean that in all cases a plaintiff can not recover under the rule unless he proves interference to his proprietary interest . |
| 12 | Hindle 's survey at the University of Lancaster , where a departmental selection system operated , showed that in one year a total of 17 departments had added books on the subject of ‘ operational research ’ to their collections — two of these ordering more titles than the operational research department itself . |
| 13 | Mr Globe alleged that in one incident a woman customer was seized in the National Westminster Bank in West Derby Road , by White who held a gun to her head as he ordered the cashier to hand over money . |
| 14 | The only thing that unites these three arrangements is that in each case a minority class rules and takes the surplus away from the producers . |
| 15 | The short explanation of this phenomenon is that in many countries a Constitution is thought of as an instrument by which government can be controlled . |
| 16 | The result [ of legal advice ] is that in many cases a detainee who would otherwise have answered proper questioning by the police will be advised to remain silent . |
| 17 | While I appreciate that in many cultures a woman 's failure to marry can have serious socio-economic implications which may not exist for many women in the UK , I was distressed by AI promoting this view of marriage as the raison d'etre of a woman , and of a woman whose hymen has been perforated as ‘ damaged goods ’ . |
| 18 | In newer areas one would expect main roads to form boundaries , yet residential areas in the past were often arranged around the town centre along major roads , so that in older areas a distributor with shops on either side may even form the centre of a residential district . |
| 19 | There , the New Zealand Court of Appeal held that in special circumstances a director would owe fiduciary duties to shareholders . |
| 20 | We make no presumption about the right size of authority that will emerge in an area , but we expect that in most areas a system based on unitary authorities would be the most popular and effective . |
| 21 | It is also possible that in this continuum a tumour increases the amount of large cells and develops higher grades of malignancy transforming low grade into high grade as occurs in nodal counterparts . |
| 22 | It is therefore possible that in some circumstances a stimulus at fixation serves as an anchor such that processing occurs first for material appearing to the right of fixation . |
| 23 | In the nineteenth century the name ‘ essential hypertension ’ was invented , meaning that in some patients a rise in blood pressure is a protective mechanism , essential in order to overcome narrowing of the arteries and force blood through them to reach vital organs . |
| 24 | She looked at Fand , seeing the white arms shake , and knowing that in another moment a spear would go home and Fand would die ; because of me , she thought , all because of me . |