Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 3 of the Act prevents exclusion of liability arising from a breach of contract where the injured party deals as a consumer , or on the other 's written standard terms of contract . |
| 2 | On reflection , this exception is probably justified on the grounds that to provide otherwise might inhibit innovation in this very fast-moving field where the existing technology is being built upon all the time whilst property rights still subsist in that existing technology . |
| 3 | The expedition also found the coastal population to be a potentially fertile field where the Imperial cult could take root . |
| 4 | Stop Hinkley supporters immediately scaled the fence around the large , green field where the new power station was due to rise — and ceremonially burned a domed model of a Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 5 | The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture . |
| 6 | Beyond the big waterfall is a desert of black sand , then lava fields , the black and red-brown lumps dotted with a whitish lichen , then another lava field where the lichenous moss is bright green . |
| 7 | ‘ We know from past experience where the other route takes us , ’ he said to loud applause . |
| 8 | Catering for tourists by providing caravans and bed and breakfast was the main activity , particularly so in Derbyshire and Speyside where the scenic beauty , which brings thousands of tourists to these areas , was being exploited . |
| 9 | For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation . |
| 10 | On the one hand , Lord Greene MR indicated the strict limits on the powers of the courts to set aside an administrative decision where the public authority acted within its jurisdiction . |
| 11 | The Pathan community in Bradford provides many such examples of community and family interaction where the net result is the oppression of women . |
| 12 | This body is then charged with providing a general report upon the operation of the industry , and making recommendations for change where the public interest is seen to be compromised . |
| 13 | We were invited to drive the cars in west Germany where the smooth road surface always flatters cars ' suspensions , but even when we nipped into what used to be east Germany and drove on roads that did not seem to have been maintained since the war , the G40 's bump suppression was admirable . |
| 14 | After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved . |
| 15 | further east , the border area with Russia is an interesting area , particularly within the Øvre Pasvik National Park where the quiet visitor can see brown bear and elk . |
| 16 | All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance . |
| 17 | ‘ A town with a story where the high belvedere has been coveted by Greeks , Romans , Saracen , Normans and Bourbons alike . ’ |
| 18 | You want a cultural paradise where the only Mozzer who counts is Mozart ? |
| 19 | A Convention , similar to that in England , which met in Edinburgh on 14 March 1689 , eventually decided to offer William the throne , though many Scots , especially the chieftains in the Highlands where the old religion remained strong , still regarded James II as their king , and others , not necessarily Catholic , saw in the dispossessed Stuarts the best hope of regaining Scotland 's lost independence . |
| 20 | This was not the case with the relocated banksides on the Meadowell where the existing distinction was perpetuated . |
| 21 | From outside , the church looked very old , and deserted , and I began to wonder why I had come ; and I must have been a little late , because in the perfect stillness within , the members of the congregation already knelt — like statues , some caught in a swath of rainbow light where the rising sun shone through a stained-glass window , splashing the bowed heads and bent shoulders with crimson , royal blue , emerald and gold . |
| 22 | It is a setting where the old boy network may prove more potent than talent or single-minded devotion to work . |
| 23 | From out of the darkness at the back of her cage came the slow and ailing movement of a wing ; then the drag of a weak old talon , then the hunch of a back that was grey and dry with age and illness ; and finally in the archway of the shelter entrance where the dank morning light fell , the aged and troubled form of an eagle . |
| 24 | By contrast , I once stayed on a tiny Wyoming ranch where the teetotal owner dragged us out of bed at 5 a.m. for long , freezing horse rides into the Rockies . |
| 25 | I qualified with one of the then Big Eight , but subsequently joined a smaller practice where the only difference between audit and accounts preparation work was the size of the fee . |
| 26 | ( Strangely enough , this attitude does not manifest itself in cosmology where the singular origin of the Universe is accepted as a matter of fact . ) |
| 27 | The original Theatres Act 1968 exemption may well have been devised with obscene plays in mind where the editorial judgment of the director may well be decisive . |
| 28 | This attitude was no longer conceivable to an American mind where the basic body silhouette was changing every second year . |
| 29 | Employees must notify their Head of Department where the normal mode of transport is changed and the Head of Department will determine if any adjustment is to be made to compensation and arrangements . |
| 30 | This occurred in those cases of sex murder where the supposed infidelity of the woman was the excuse the man used to justify killing his former wife or lover . |