Example sentences of "in circumstances " in BNC.
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| 1 | Affidavits from the defendants ' solicitors established that the photocopy affidavit was supplied to them by the second defendant for the purposes of seeking legal advice in circumstances where litigation was contemplated , but did not indicate whether the photocopy sent was a photocopy which the second defendant made for the purpose of instructing his solicitors or a photocopy which had been sent to the second defendant by the employee himself , prepared for the employee 's own purposes which had nothing whatever to do with the defendants obtaining legal advice from their soliticors . |
| 2 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which were almost hypothetical . |
| 3 | Now the clubs are to meet again , in circumstances that could scarcely be more favourable to Toshack . |
| 4 | For a while this may happen easily , not least in circumstances when interest rates are very high . |
| 5 | i Working for someone else or other changes in circumstances : SMP Manual , paragraphs 50–52 . |
| 6 | the natural deduction from what I have said so far would be for Governments to end the necessity of monetising debt and make sure that they do n't put themselves in the position of monetising debt — at any rate in circumstances where there is not a substantial deficiency of demand for labour and where therefore the monetisation of debt would not be counterbalanced by an increase in real production . |
| 7 | Because iron structural members were used in circumstances where great strength was required , it is very unlikely that serious defects , such as could affect timber or masonry before they become unsafe , can arise without causing collapse . |
| 8 | ‘ Sovereignty , rather , is in today 's world a severely practical concept … the ability to have the maximum possible say in determining one 's own future , in circumstances that actually exist . ’ |
| 9 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which are almost hypothetical . |
| 10 | And Taylor , who survived an early stumping chance off De Silva , was out in circumstances that would bring a smile to all but the most partisan lips . |
| 11 | In circumstances like that no one wants to make a mistake and no one is going to take things casually . ’ |
| 12 | It was as if all the heroines were cast in circumstances where duty forbade them to marry . |
| 13 | Such computer software is rapidly becoming the archaeologist 's workhorse , both during the excavation process in circumstances where immediate feedback is desirable , and afterwards to help in preparing the final published report . |
| 14 | The underlying idea is that citizens are expected to keep control over their behaviour , but that in circumstances where even a person of normal self-control might be provoked , the offence may be reduced from murder to manslaughter . |
| 15 | Cases are infrequent , tending to occur in circumstances which evoke compassion rather than condemnation . |
| 16 | The latter offence is an inchoate offence of a familiar kind : possession with intent , in circumstances where an innocent reason for possessing explosives is fairly hard to come by ( unless the defendant is engaged in quarrying or another business in which explosives are used ) . |
| 17 | Section 19 penalises possession of a loaded firearm in a public place , presumably in circumstances where the section 16 offence can not be proved , but on the argument that the mere possession is sufficiently dangerous because accidents can happen with loaded guns , and the consequences might be life-endangering . |
| 18 | To this end all records of the past were zealously preserved and older , more primitive legal traditions extensively reworked and edited in the light of developing concepts and attitudes — most of which would seem to have been the direct result of the community 's change in circumstances and new needs for order and social cohesion . |
| 19 | Without wanting to appear too sanguine , and without trivializing the persistent phenomenon of right-wing extremism and the need to maintain vigilance against it , the full realization of the responsibility which Hitler bears for the untold agonies suffered by millions has so discredited everything he stood for in the eyes of sane persons everywhere that , except in circumstances beyond the scope of our realistic imagination , it is difficult to see that there could be a resurrection or a new variant of the once-mighty ‘ Hitler myth ’ , with its power to capture the imagination of millions . |
| 20 | We usually have some warning when one of these changes is about to happen and we may also have the worry about this change balanced by the excitement that a change in circumstances often brings . |
| 21 | It is not intended that this plan should be ‘ cast in concrete ’ but , rather , that it should be flexible so that the school looks ahead but remains responsive to future changes in circumstances . |
| 22 | Whilst not advocating the imposition of a national curriculum , the Select Committee called for greater powers for the Secretary of State to intervene in circumstances where ‘ a nationally agreed guaranteed provision appears to be at risk ’ . |
| 23 | The secondary reasons help to meet the burden of proof required to establish a complete justification , i.e. they may suffice in conjunction with the primary reasons in circumstances in which the primary reasons alone will not be enough to establish the legitimacy of an authority . |
| 24 | One has a duty to obey those in authority over one even in circumstances in which disobedience does not imperil their existence or functioning . |
| 25 | While the duty to support just institutions fails to establish an obligation to obey the law , it may well provide reasons to obey the law in circumstances where the law transcends the legitimate authority of the government . |
| 26 | Insurance Company : always remember to advise your insurance company of any change in circumstances , theft , malicious damage , etc . |
| 27 | Of course , the law only recognizes the patient 's right to self-determination in circumstances in which the patient is both legally competent ( that is , not unconscious or a young child ) and sufficiently lucid to comprehend what he is doing . |
| 28 | A second survivor , a negro shoemaker called Leon Leandre , had an equally lucky escape , but in circumstances more difficult to understand , since he was not below ground like Ciparis , and several companions around him were all killed outright : |
| 29 | Two thousand people died , in circumstances almost identical to those of St Pierre . |
| 30 | In certain cases , the Government will guarantee most of a loan , which makes it possible for us to lend in circumstances where we would ordinarily not do so . |