Example sentences of "in [adj] a [noun sg] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you let me know if you have any interest in such a promotion which would be best organised around the time when the bills are going out . |
| 2 | I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not . |
| 3 | If appearing on behalf of a respondent in such a case it would be essential to argue the alternative reasons when showing what was the reason for dismissal . |
| 4 | The court discussed the example of a solicitor 's clerk and said that in such a case it would be improper for him to work for another solicitor in his spare time . |
| 5 | In such a case it may well be advisable to draw up the contract to cover stages that can be defined in this way and make contracts for succeeding stages conditional upon achieving agreed criteria of success for prior stages . |
| 6 | The method is of special advantage in cases when a seller delivers an epitome of title accompanied by photographic copies of the title documents , some perhaps complicated and lengthy ; in such a case it may be expedient to make your own " notes on title " on the epitome itself to save duplication of documents . |
| 7 | In such a case it can pay to set up an ancillary file when the file is loaded . |
| 8 | In such a case it will very frequently involve a lesser or lesser-known crime . |
| 9 | In such a case it will be difficult to persuade a court to imply any further obligation : see the judgment of Lord Denning in Potters Ballottini Ltd v Weston-Baker [ 1977 ] RPC 202 . |
| 10 | In such a case it will invite discount houses and clearing banks to bid for Treasury bills of one or more specified maturities . |
| 11 | In such a case he would be bound to take the woman as he found her , if sued by her , and her pregnancy would be just as much a a physical condition in his victim as would be the case of a person having an eggshell skull . |
| 12 | In such a case you 'll commonly dispense with making a copy for your file . |
| 13 | In the event of death occurring in such a case I would accept that it could be an unnatural death . |
| 14 | ‘ In such a case I must be satisfied , ’ he said blandly . |
| 15 | The same analytical method can be adopted in identifying what happened and why it happened in an accident which is entirely operational in character , though in such a case there would be greater dependence upon some of the less precise characteristics of human behaviour in the explanation of why certain things were done . |
| 16 | Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false . |
| 17 | In such a case there would be no evidence of ambiguity . |
| 18 | For example , an airline ticket , allowing occupation of an empty seat , costs an airline nothing — in fact , in such a case there could be a negative cost , as it might be an advantage to the airline to have an experienced crew member on the flight . |
| 19 | Then I began to foresee our mutual embarrassment if events should develop in such a way which would force me to reveal my professional identity . |
| 20 | The relation ’ — larger than — ’ can thus generate only a non-branching hierarchy ; in such a hierarchy we would have to say that B and C above jointly occupied the same position . |
| 21 | In such a society you can keep a more detached outlook , and your education will be broadened . |
| 22 | In such a system one can say ‘ my own ’ or ‘ my true father ’ and this is often done . |
| 23 | However , in such a universe there would probably not be sufficient in the way of attractive forces to gather together matter in the large aggregates that are probably necessary for the development of complicated structures . |
| 24 | In such a situation we would expect the Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee to step in and examine the proposals . |
| 25 | In such a situation it may be appropriate to think of restricting development of some SBUs — not to a specific amount of investment each year , but to a projected rate of development consistent with internal funds generated by the whole company over a period of years . |
| 26 | If the postman worked in such a situation he would be insane . |
| 27 | In such a contest everything will hinge on the state of the economy and whether Major and his team are trusted more than Neil Kinnock and his . |
| 28 | If the PRO felt that a number of different editors were interested in such a picture he might decide to take two or three different shots : one perhaps with a child drawing or learning to write , another in an office setting and another in the home with a woman writing a shopping list . |
| 29 | If you go to a fancy-dress party as a Turkish dancer , you can expect a good time ; if you travel on public transport late at night in such a get-up it will probably cause nothing but trouble . |