Example sentences of "[verb] that [prep] [adj] circumstance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Protesters there say that in extreme circumstances the chemical , Butoxi-ethanol , can cause kidney and liver damage as well as birth defects . |
| 2 | She doubted that in ordinary circumstances Herbert Fraser and Polly Beard got on well together . |
| 3 | The faculty appreciates that in certain circumstances a year between school and university , spent in employment or another worthwhile activity , may be advantageous . |
| 4 | To be sure it was always recognized that in certain circumstances , such as those involving deceit , or an intention to cause harm or to exploit , one is responsible for inducing another to act . |
| 5 | The learner notes what has happened in the past , and assumes that in like circumstances , the same will happen in future . |
| 6 | I hope that in similar circumstances in the future it would do so again . |
| 7 | Somewhat less obviously , it has been argued that in certain circumstances States can be treated as parties to the Court 's exercise of its advisory jurisdiction . |
| 8 | consider that in certain circumstances one would expect laterality scores to correlate with overall accuracy scores , they favour the use of an index of laterality that is independent of accuracy in the sense that the values which the index might take within the total range of values possible is not " constrained " by any given level of accuracy . |
| 9 | All Souls shows that in certain circumstances , where a complete impasse looms , the creation of a one-off building preservation trust can be the vehicle by which an outstanding building can be saved . |
| 10 | Two cases among the jurists have shown that in certain circumstances the trust clause could make all the difference between the functioning and the failure of a testamentary disposition . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Although Gregory came into conflict with Chilperic over the immunities of Tours , the original concessions must indicate that in certain circumstances kings were happy to make grants to their bishops . |
| 13 | ‘ I ask you to believe that in normal circumstances he would not behave like that , but he is still not quite himself … the death of his friend , you know … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Briefly , it seems that in parts of Russia and south-east Europe , some of the country people believe that in certain circumstances — to avenge their murder , for instance — the dead can walk again , unless restrained by having wooden stakes driven into their hearts . ’ |
| 15 | But Mr Heath was savagely criticised by the press and the public , and friends of Mr Major believe that in similar circumstances he would be unlikely to hang on . |
| 16 | The line manager should offer as much support as possible although it is acknowledged that in certain circumstances the individual might wish to seek support from another colleague rather than their line manager . |
| 17 | We informed the committee that regardless to the fact that they were trustees , they were in no position to challenge Mr Maxwell and under those conditions then they felt that the the law should be changed that the Trust Law was n't sufficient to er look after pensions , because they felt that in certain circumstances in fact gave evidence to the committee , various people gave evidence along those lines , that they were almost powerless against Mr Maxwell and that 's . |
| 18 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 19 | He detected no atmosphere of ‘ them and us ’ , though he suspects that in similar circumstances today it might be a different story . |
| 20 | At this point , whilst we define separately the responsibility of inspection and advice we also recognise that in certain circumstances approved by the LEA and the Education Standards Commission inspection and advice could be offered by the same group of people . ’ |
| 21 | He stood for a moment longer , looking at her , unable to speak , seeing that she was so beautiful it was hurtful to him , thinking that in other circumstances he would be unmanned by such beauty , except that he was not unmanned , that was the very last thing … |
| 22 | The court accepted that in certain circumstances information about prices could be invested with a sufficient degree of confidentiality to make that information a business secret or its equivalent but in the present case it found factors which led it to the conclusion that neither the information about the prices nor the sales information as a whole had the degree of confidentiality necessary to support the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 23 | Although in this connection too the higher courts are likely to say that the terms used are matters of fact for the magistrates , it will be open to those courts to say that in certain circumstances , the reactions of the victim were not likely to be those of harassment , alarm or distress . |
| 24 | They learn that because introduces the cause , rather than the effect , before they learn that in certain circumstances , because introduces the event which happened first . |
| 25 | But the point is that it makes sense for him to reject such a statement as false on a given occasion , only if he is prepared to admit that in different circumstances the same statement could be true . |
| 26 | Testing and confidentiality are discussed , but more controversially under the small section on sexual abuse , the document claims that in certain circumstances , public health interests can ‘ override the duty of confidentiality ’ . |
| 27 | Research about vivid and flashbulb memories suggests that in exceptional circumstances , for example serious car accidents , memories of events are formed which are exceptional in their longevity . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | There , the New Zealand Court of Appeal held that in special circumstances a director would owe fiduciary duties to shareholders . |