Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skilled personnel are sometimes seconded from the West but there is a danger of imposing a Western framework that is totally unsuitable for societies where agriculture rather than industry is the mainstay of the community . |
| 2 | ensure enough ventilation to keep the air fresh in rooms where heating appliances are in use |
| 3 | keep doors and windows closed , but remember to ensure enough ventilation to keep the air fresh in rooms where heating appliances are in use |
| 4 | On the other hand , a gap or mismatch between rhetoric and reality might reflect a gulf between head and staff , and indeed the discrepancies were most marked in schools where heads were relatively isolated , where communication was poor , and where class teachers were not involved in policy matters . |
| 5 | According to that theory , temporary working is likely to be more prevalent in occupations where skills are general rather than specific and in occupations where little or no training is required . |
| 6 | ( 1983 , p. 69 ) , is more suited to situations where restraint or cutbacks are called for . |
| 7 | The offer is dependent on Owners Abroad shareholders not accepting the terms of the proposed link with Thomas Cook . |
| 8 | Left hand Pillar Crack , besides having a name redolent of times when tradition counted for more than imagination , is a superb little layback testpiece . |
| 9 | The solution to problem ( a ) should be relatively straightforward in economies where information on changes in the cost of living is given prominent news coverage when up to date figures become available and where labour is organized under the umbrella of trades unions with sizable economic research departments . |
| 10 | mounting transformers are ideal for applications where space is at a premium , the 6VA size , for example , is only 44 x 52 x 22mm . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm used to it , ’ said Constance , and Scarlet thought her daughter tactless for speaking ill of children when Constance 's family was so rich in them . |
| 12 | Since deductive explanations are most natural in situations where speakers encounter ( or anticipate ) a conflict between their own and someone else 's beliefs , it may well be that the ability to represent the relationship between two conflicting beliefs helps children appreciate the need for deductive explanations . |
| 13 | Convictions were less likely in areas where cattle stealing was rampant . |
| 14 | Such is customary in hotels where bleach is ready available . |
| 15 | It was all very well for countries where uniforms were fashionable — as they certainly were not in Britain and the United States — to encourage among the labourers the soldierly virtues , not the least of which was to be poorly paid . |
| 16 | Atta cephalotes builds nests up to 150 m 2 in surface area , containing up to 5 million workers , ranging from minima 2 mm long to the largest soldier 20mm long with medians about 10mm long , which do most of the leaf cutting . |
| 17 | All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration . |
| 18 | Although in theory speechreading should be particularly useful in circumstances where hearing is most difficult , in practice aid-users find that a barrage of distorted sounds can interfere with concentration . |
| 19 | Rover 's policy of utilising parts which were already in production for a different model when building a new vehicle is particularly useful in places where spares are not as readily available . |
| 20 | Now I mean I am interested in this problem , and I have been involved in situations where teachers have sought help in trying to change their teaching style in the classroom , but in all these cases this help the initiative has been very much from the teachers themselves and they 've wanted to do it , they 've wanted to experiment with it and have been given a lot of support and help with it . |
| 21 | These can be very helpful in cases where lack of muscle tone is the main reason for incontinence . |
| 22 | By the end of the nineteenth century the Devon was finding a warm welcome in the American West ; there cattlemen associated red coats with good , profitable beef and the Devon bulls proved invaluable on ranches where endurance and the ability to travel in search of water and grazing were essential . |
| 23 | Gay clergy helped to keep congregations alive in areas where class snobbery and racism had alienated much of the population from the Church of England , and where many other ministers refused to work . |
| 24 | The Treasurer 's Account from Barnsley Building Society offers interest rising to 8.8% gross for amounts over £50,000 . |
| 25 | George Benton , who like most good trainers is not short of excuses when things go wrong , does n't attempt to defend his man 's performance on that occasion . |
| 26 | This is commendable in districts where parents have a contribution to make . |
| 27 | Since users ' ability to appropriate most of the benefits of innovations is likely to be particularly evident in industries where spillovers or positive pecuniary externalities inhibit independent R&D by suppliers , it follows that co-operative R&D ventures amongst suppliers and user-led innovation programmes may be alternative methods of reaching the same goal . |
| 28 | But we can distinguish between wanted and unwanted sexual attention , especially important in universities where futures are forged . |
| 29 | Government grants were available in cases where rail would keep lorries off roads regarded as sensitive . |
| 30 | because anywhere that is , it 'll be too hot in places so people go to cooler places and cool places will be getting covered in water . |