Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] cases [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 2 | In at least three of the four cases it is the notion of ‘ gender role ’ that ultimately underpins the explanation . |
| 3 | Supt Bernie Holmes who was heading the search said last night that this was one of the saddest cases he has ever had to deal with . |
| 4 | In one of the first cases he had taken , in 1923 , it must have been , the year after he came back — Fantina was still a baby — a widow had accused her neighbour of killing her cow out of spite . |
| 5 | In one of the two cases we have considered — incest — the prohibition is paradoxically related to pre-cultural dispositions : it expresses their function , but not their content . |
| 6 | On the facts of the two cases it was unnecessary to decide whether , as argued by Mr. Jeffreys , the mere taking of the article from the shelf and putting it in a trolley or other receptacle amounted to the assumption of one of the rights of the owner , and hence an appropriation . |
| 7 | In two of the five cases it was the informal carer ( a husband , and a wife ) who refused help , saying that they could manage and did not need assistance . |
| 8 | Debt counsellors say the eviction threat is one of the worst cases they 've dealt with , and even if the family is thrown out , the mortgage company wo n't get any of its money back . |
| 9 | Mrs Cole is n't one of the worst cases I 've seen , by a long chalk . |
| 10 | He says it 's one of the worst cases he 's seen . |
| 11 | In 86 per cent of referrals ( 43 cases ) there was legitimate reason to investigate even if in 10 out of the 43 cases it was judged that the public concern was inaccurate . |
| 12 | But what Sheriff Irvine Smith has , with compelling cause shown , denied us in his Introduction he has amply redeemed in the justiciary cases he has placed before us and in his commentary thereon . |
| 13 | In the other cases it played a facilitating rather than a decisive role . |
| 14 | In my judgment , though the introduction of further admissible material will inevitably involve some increase in the use of time , this will not be significant as long as courts insist that Parliamentary material should only be introduced in the limited cases I have mentioned and where such material contains a clear indication from the minister of the mischief aimed at , or the nature of the cure intended , by the legislation . |
| 15 | In the worst cases they have even lost the right to grow up in loving and secure homes , seeking to earn their living on the street or separated from their families by war and civil conflict . |
| 16 | In the older cases I find no such distinction . |