Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a defendant is debarred from defending altogether or the whole of his defence is struck out , the plaintiff may have judgment entered for his claim and costs ( N 30 ) ( Ord 22 , r 5 ) . |
| 2 | This form of extension exists for the benefit of restaurants , hotels etc. where the sale of liquor accompanies the service of refreshment , and music and dancing is provided . |
| 3 | However , self-build schemes are really possible only where a number of energetic persons , usually young , coincide . |
| 4 | The appeal lies only where a point of law is involved . |
| 5 | Most grammar schools were single sex ; mixed schools were usually provided only where the sparseness of the population made it impracticable to provide separate schools for boys and girls . |
| 6 | But the narrow stetches were used only where the heaviness of the land made them inescapably necessary ; for their disadvantages were many . |
| 7 | The infinitives of such verbs are found only where the person of their support is specified ( We want it to snow ) , but not when the support is left undefined , as in certain exclamations , and not in the function of subject ( * To snow is pleasant ) . |
| 8 | Treaty , applies only where the legislation of a member state treats individuals differently on account of their different nationality . |
| 9 | It can apply only where the expression of the legislative intention is genuinely ambiguous or obscure or where a literal or prima facie construction leads to a manifest absurdity and where the difficulty can be resolved by a clear statement directed to the matter in issue . |
| 10 | In urban areas special control can be operated only where the secretary of state is satisfied that there is a need for ‘ special protection on grounds of amenity ’ . |
| 11 | A court should be slow to draw any such inference , however , since Parliament has in section 4 indicated its intention that an offence should be committed only where the distribution of literature is likely to lead to the use of violence . |
| 12 | A point should be certified only where the outcome of the appeal depends upon it — the prosecution to appeal where a defendant would be acquitted on the certified point alone if the Court of Appeal 's judgment were to stand ; the defendant to appeal where a reversal by the House of Lords of the Court of Appeal 's decision on the certified point would be his only means of acquittal . |
| 13 | Smith said that he had taken a pre-match risk only where the fitness of Andy Goram was concerned . |
| 14 | The principle of the ‘ right to work ’ was extended to ‘ the right to work for all adults irrespective of age ’ ; but it applied only where the labour of older workers was needed in addition to the full employment of younger men with families ( Roberts 1954 ; Green 1963 ) . |
| 15 | She looked up suddenly where a shower of blossom swirled from the cherry-boughs . |
| 16 | The traditional rhythm of work remains because most operations in agriculture , especially where the growing of crops is concerned , must take place sequentially rather than concurrently . |
| 17 | Some countries impose a fixed fee ( e.g. , the United States , where actual costs incurred by U.S. Marshals can vary enormously depending on travel distances involved ) , others seek to recover actual charges levied by , e.g. , a huissier , and others will in practice make no charge , especially where the state of origin is known to operate a similar policy . |
| 18 | It can be seen that there is a wide variation , especially where the number of dies in a year is small . |
| 19 | The reservations bourgeois thinkers had about their world were social and political rather than economic , especially where the danger of revolution was unforgotten , as in France , or emerging with the rise of a labour movement , as in Germany . |
| 20 | Just as banks have a vested interest in the growth of their main customers , they have a clear role to play in limiting the damage that recession can bring especially where the failure of a leading company will affect many of their other customers . |
| 21 | One might focus particular attention on stress points in the day , perhaps where a mismatch of perception between individuals or even outright conflict occurred . |
| 22 | Every wanton scar defacing the walls , every time the lift breaks down or a pain of glass is broken , there 's a ready-made culprit : " It 's the kids again . " |
| 23 | Nothing was heard apart from the sound of lead boots walking up and down or the revving of a motorbike . |
| 24 | Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way . |
| 25 | For effectively open-circuit operation the resistance of the bias circuit has to be high enough or a choke of high enough reactance has to be connected in series with it . |
| 26 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Wednesday 5th February , notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) , the Motions in the name of Mr. Secretary Hunt relating to Local Government Finance ( Wales ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or the end of a period of one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Question necessary to dispose of them ; and those Questions may be decided after the expiry of the time for opposed business . |
| 27 | Not so where an illusion of everyday reality is more important . |
| 28 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 29 | And waits for this one from Tufnell , pushes forward , and it 's hit on his pad outside the off stump possibly , loud appeals from everybody , there 's a rather high-pitched vocals , I think we 've got some young people in or a lot of ladies today . |
| 30 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |