Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The few instances of " long distance transport tend to be early : at Fishbourne , or Angmering , where siltstone of Mediterranean origin was encountered . |
| 2 | Although in 1974 the Supreme Court had ordered President Nixon to surrender tapes in connection with the Watergate affair ( when Democratic Party premises had been broken into by Nixon 's supporters with his knowledge ) , no court had ever ordered a former President to surrender personal notes , and Greene 's decision was a departure from a ruling in the case of Oliver North , where requests for such material had been denied . |
| 3 | The researches of Robert Whiting into the impact of the official reformation on the people of Devon and Cornwall have revealed that even in this conservative part of the country , where attachment to Catholic ritual had been particularly strong , statues of the saints began to disappear from churches soon after their condemnation by the Henrician injunctions , and within a short space of time the wills of the laity contained fewer references to images or intercessory masses . |
| 4 | Dr. Yeats had replied that he had only followed the practice in Edinburgh hospitals , where cases of venereal disease were isolated . ) |
| 5 | There continues to be potential growth points in other areas of research , particularly where contacts with other Departments overseas are strong . |
| 6 | Seeing Naseby in hot pursuit running on foot after the cart almost convinced him it was . |
| 7 | Register-drift or register-clash , where forms from one register surface unexpectedly in another , often indicate that a style is not under control . |
| 8 | Order 6 , r 5 provides that in mortgagee possession actions — that is where the plaintiff claims payment of money secured or possession of the property mortgaged — the particulars of claim must state : ( 1 ) the date of the mortgage ; ( 2 ) the state of the account , giving particulars of the amount of the advance , the periodic payments required , the amount of any interest in arrear , the amount of the unpaid instalments , the amount of any costs or fines or insurance unpaid ; the daily rate of interest and the amount remaining due under [ and required to redeem ] the mortgage ; ( 3 ) what proceedings ( if any ) the plaintiff has taken against the defendant in respect of the money secured by the mortgage or the mortgaged property and , where payment of such money only is claimed , whether the plaintiff has obtained possession of the property ; ( 4 ) where the plaintiff claims possession of the property , whether or not the property consists of or includes a dwelling house within the meaning of s 21 of the County Courts Act 1974 ; ( 5 ) where a plaintiff claims as mortgagee possession of land which consists of or includes a dwelling house , he shall state , in his particulars of claim , whether there is any person on whom notice of the action is required to be served in accordance with s 8(3) of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 and , if so , he shall state the name and address of that person and shall file a copy of the particulars of claim for service on that person ( Ord 6 , r 5(1A) ) . |
| 9 | They were schools , therefore , where progress in matching library provision to curriculum need had already begun , and where it was hoped that this impetus could be further developed through participation in the project and a grant in the region of £2,500 . |
| 10 | But in professions concerned with providing a service , where resistance to new ideas was allied to undisguised self-interest , it was a big obstacle to entrepreneurial dynamism . |
| 11 | But the problem has now transferred to the town centre , where crowds of young people , sometimes in excess of 150 , are gathering at weekends . |
| 12 | In the former Crich Cliff Quarry is the Tramway Museum , where tramcars from all parts of Britain and abroad are preserved in working order , with a half-mile track on which a regular service operates with trams decorated with authentic Edwardian advertisements . |
| 13 | Birthtales gave us insight into the most essential human experience , birth , where artists from different cultural backgrounds found a common ground . |
| 14 | ‘ The defence of statutory authority to an action for nuisance was summarised in the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Wilberforce , in Allen v. Gulf Oil Refining Ltd. [ 1981 ] A.C. 1001 , 1011 as follows : ‘ It is now well settled that where Parliament by express direction or by necessary implication has authorised the construction and use of an undertaking or works , that carries with it an authority to do what is authorised with immunity from any action based on nuisance . |
| 15 | Once an area is known it is also possible that , where houses with large gardens and potential for demolition and redevelopment are offered for sale , the developer may be able to effect a purchase . |
| 16 | The old tollhouse further upstream by the site of the totally removed old bridge is a very desirable residence with ubiquitous modern coachlamps at the door and surrounded by bungalows built ‘ where groups of fine cattle were grazing on the rich grass ’ , that made JTR ‘ covet the power of the animal painter . ’ |
| 17 | In my view racism , which should be distinguished from racial discrimination , should be restricted to discourses which group human populations into ‘ races ’ on the basis of some biological signifier — for example , ‘ stock ’ — with each ‘ race ’ being regarded as having essential characteristics or a certain essential character ( as in the phrase ‘ the British character ’ , or in attributions to ‘ races ’ of laziness , rebelliousness , or industriousness ) and where inferiorization of some ‘ races ’ may or may not be present . |
| 18 | Where 10% of pregnant women are HIV positive , the under five mortality rate for AIDS alone will be equal to the under five child mortality rate from all causes in industrialised countries . |
| 19 | An even more marked hiatus in the occupation sequence was recorded in the limited excavations in Heave Acre , alongside the Dorchester road , where traces of Flavian activity were overlain by a silt accumulation spanning the second century at least . |
| 20 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 21 | In addition you may work in a specialized unit where there are particular hazards that you must learn about , for example where implants of radio-active materials are used . |
| 22 | In a sensitive case like this , where action against foreign nationals might have diplomatic repercussions , it was wise to get the British on your side first . |
| 23 | But , once more , the qualifications were liberally added : ‘ as long as the individual is active and capable of carrying out the required duties ’ ; and ‘ where risks to other persons are involved ( eg driving ) , then adequate checks on ability should be made . ’ |
| 24 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 25 | It is a desert of stone and shifting sands , where periods of increased magical activity have overwhelmed the land , leaving behind twisted rocks and a barren landscape as the magic subsided . |
| 26 | The largest concentration occurs fairly consistently in Chichester Harbour , where flocks of 40 to 60 birds have been annual since 1947 ; 130 were seen there on 18 December 1954 , the largest flock yet noted in the county , and there were 97 on 4 December 1971 . |
| 27 | Throughout the autumn the great majority of Spotted Redshanks in Sussex are found at Thorney Island , where flocks of 30 to 60 birds have been an annual occurrence since 1965 ; the highest count so far was of 69 there on 8 August 1967 . |
| 28 | With Peter Kininmonth the only Lion in their ranks compared to the 11 of Wales , Scotland scored three tries in their 19-0 victory — the other memorable statistic that season being that Scotland overall scored seven tries to four , but wound up with the wooden spoon , where England in 1991 scored five tries to four and wound up with a Grand Slam ! |
| 29 | Still , that most provinces have reached a stage where compensation of any form is under consideration is itself a remarkable turn of events . |
| 30 | The Fynn Valley professional has enjoyed little success so far this year — he has made the cut in just one tournament — and his latest downfall was in the Spanish Open where rounds of 76 and 73 kept him out of the prize money . |