Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [art] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is of course very useful diagnostically where the teacher does not know the class . |
| 2 | ‘ Rode through forty nights of the gospels ' rain Black sky pourin' snakes frogs And love in vain You were down where the river grows wider Baby let me be your soul rider . ’ |
| 3 | Then somebody calls out and they find Andy , round the bend in the river , down where the water reappears from a crust of ice and snow and swirls , lowered and reduced , round the rocks and wedged tree-trunks before the lip of the falls , which sound muted and distant today , even this close . |
| 4 | All shell suits are cotton lined , except from the knee down where the nylon replaces the cotton for ease when slipping over shoes . |
| 5 | ‘ Opting out ’ will also be permitted , but only where a school seeks ‘ grant-maintained integrated status ’ , and chooses to progress towards full integration of Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils . |
| 6 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 7 | Sheer cliffs , 300–400 feet high , defend the island , relenting only where a breach permits landings to be made at a small beach ; nearby an ancient graveyard and ruined crofts are relics of a former occupation . |
| 8 | There is a power to make an award only where a party has acted frivolously , vexatiously or otherwise unreasonably , either for a fixed sum or for taxed costs . |
| 9 | A reference to that office is made only where an inquiry concludes that an offence may have been committed . |
| 10 | Since the identity of one 's sexual partner may be assumed to be of fundamental significance , it is surely unjustified to give effect to this only where the mistake concerns whether the man is the woman 's husband ? |
| 11 | There has been no recommendation to change the rule that provocation applies only where the defendant acts with a sudden and temporary loss of self-control . |
| 12 | However , this provision applies only where the gain accrues on the disposal of the asset within three years of the change of ownership . |
| 13 | An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |
| 14 | It is clear that a waiver is of no effect unless it is unequivocal and only where the representee acts on it to his detriment . |
| 15 | The conference approved the Productive and Competitive Economy policy review , which proposes : A full employment target ; the creation of a strengthened trade and industry department to steer strategic investment ; A nationwide information technology cable network ; Anti-inflation measures ; Intervention only where the market fails ; To regain a majority shareholding in British Telecom by buying 2 per cent of privatised shares at the market price ; To regain majority control of other privatised utilities when funds allow . |
| 16 | Consultation with the CEO is required only where the post involves work of 16 hours or more per week . |
| 17 | At one time it was the law that rape is committed only where the woman submits through force , fear , or fraud . |
| 18 | The basic rule is that s.5(3) applies only where the victim has imposed particular arrangements on the accused . |
| 19 | ‘ I try not to be as foolish u the doctor , and not to blunder in where the Inspector wishes to go quietly . |
| 20 | We keep a note of any problems and arrange follow-up if necessary , especially where a module has been refused certification . ’ |
| 21 | Textbooks may of course also include original ideas , so the distinction becomes blurred ( especially where a textbook does n't tell you where it is offering contentious interpretations ) . |
| 22 | Admissions do not always take place in ideal circumstances , especially where a crisis has arisen . |
| 23 | These three factors must be considered together because it seems that both parental mental illness and parental separation or divorce may have a particularly damaging effect on the children if they are associated with prolonged overt marital discord , especially where the child becomes directly involved . |
| 24 | The availability of this defence causes problems for a plaintiff especially where the defendant has carried out works specified in an abatement notice , without success , or where the odour problem is so complex that it is difficult to ascertain just what are the best practicable means . |
| 25 | It may refer to uncertificated achievements but might include those which have been certificated , especially where the certification does not record the precise nature of the achievement , or was acquired in a different/unrelated context . |
| 26 | Remains showing this design can be seen in a number of towns , especially where the city has since declined in importance and later building has not obscured the pattern . |
| 27 | An element in a number of such cases is a tendency to apply the tests more strictly when the application is made by the plaintiff , after he had selected the forum , especially where the application concerns his own evidence . |
| 28 | Some of these have been disturbed in the past , making analysis very difficult , especially where the site has been bulldozed and ploughed , leaving only slight changes of colour in the ploughsoil and scatters of potsherds . |
| 29 | Care must be taken to establish the facts surrounding the right of way , especially where the use appears to have lapsed , but the right of way still exists . |
| 30 | In some cases , and especially where the witness has no interest in the outcome of the case , the lost opportunity to assess demeanour is of no great significance ; in others it is too great a price to pay . |