Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] case [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or in some cases you get two intermediate routes |
| 2 | Parents can lose their self-confidence ( and in such cases it is wise to seek expert help ) . |
| 3 | And in such cases it is clearly more honourable to give than to receive . |
| 4 | Customs said that while in many cases a final answer can be sent within this deadline , letters requesting advice on more complex issues ‘ may need longer consideration ’ and in such cases it may only be able to send an acknowledgement within the ten days . |
| 5 | Usually when assessing damages in respect of non-pecuniary loss a court will award one lump sum in respect of " pain and suffering and loss of amenities " and in such cases it is generally impossible to say how much relates to " pain and suffering " and how much to " loss of amenities " . |
| 6 | Now and then he was addressed in Anglic , either by the Khan or by one of his neighbours at the table , and in such cases he did his best to answer politely . |
| 7 | Harem-masters are always conspicuously different in appearance from their females — frequently they are larger and in many cases they have special male weapons on their heads . |
| 8 | In general the activities of the masses were though of as mindless but they were at least non-political and in many cases they even encouraged the acceptance of social norms and new routines necessary to urban and industrial life . |
| 9 | Trade union representatives should ensure they meet young people during their placements and in many cases they will take a pastoral responsibility , dealing with any problems they may face . |
| 10 | Old age begins officially on retirement but the majority of people in their sixties and many in their seventies remain reasonably fit , independent , active and content and in many cases they will remain so until the end of their lives . |
| 11 | They feel , and in many cases they are , stigmatized , rejected , objects of disgust or pity in other , normal , people 's eyes . |
| 12 | My mother said she thought the two qualities went together and Lili said they did n't : not necessarily , and in many cases they were mutually exclusive . |
| 13 | Left-inclined critics , whilst recognising that political inactivity can be construed as a measure of satisfaction and power for certain interests , nevertheless argue that this is not the case for all interests and in many cases they regard inactivity as symptomatic of a powerlessness and fatalism which renders any activity pointless . |
| 14 | In the past , her pupils would have been shown the way to work this out , given the formula to memorise , and in many cases they would have forgotten it . |
| 15 | And so that this tendency you see for us to see how well our world has been , rather than the depot , and in many cases they do it |
| 16 | And in many cases we realize we do n't . |
| 17 | The remuneration for a lecture at the National Gallery that might take two weeks to prepare stands at £50 and in many cases you pay for your own slides . |
| 18 | The lay subsidy rolls of the fourteenth century yield much information on the subject of bynames and surnames for all categories of persons , and in many cases it seems true to say that such names were not necessarily applied to whole families nor ( given that they appear in different forms in successive rolls ) can they be judged to have stabilized . |
| 19 | Americans regard the contingent fee system as a better substitute for legal aid , and in many cases it is , but it does encourage meritless suits , since — and this is the third problem — even if a frivolous case is dismissed on the first day in court , the defendant is still liable for his costs . |
| 20 | ‘ the notion of public interest has its limitations and in many cases it will not be served by dissemination of information about a person charged with a criminal offence or it must yield to the need to secure a fair trial for such a person . |
| 21 | Even if we disregard the sporadic use of violence against the movement , and its infiltration by spies and agents provocateurs , it is clear that it was generally considered by the controlling bodies of universities and by party politicians as an illegitimate form of political action , even though its principal aim was to extend democratic participation in one of the most important institutions ( both economically and culturally ) of modern society , and in many cases it succeeded in enlivening academic studies , as well as improving methods of teaching and assessment . |
| 22 | Also , a reporter can only extract a tiny part from any whole event , and in many cases he extracts what will be eye-catching and provocative . |
| 23 | A number of rarer departures from Mendel 's laws were found , and in each case they were able to find a corresponding abnormality in the chromosomes , of precisely the kind required to explain the genetic findings . |
| 24 | In all three studies , the children were selected to be as representative as possible and in each case they were asked to perform exhaustive intelligence tests and behavioural exercises . |
| 25 | Very small constellations have not been given separate maps , and in each case I have added some of the stars in adjacent groups to help in identification . |
| 26 | My destinations have all been identified by linguists , in papers which have appeared in the last five years or so , as well worth a visit , and in each case I have found the excursion worthwhile . |
| 27 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 28 | In all cases English kings had to come to terms with the conditions which they found in these three different countries ; and in all cases they had to show an ability to adapt themselves and their armies to new conditions , military , social and economic , as well as to new thinking in the ways that armies were formed and war was fought . |
| 29 | Sometimes that flash is near slit 1 and in that case we know that the electron actually went through the first slit . |
| 30 | If there is a coastal plain you 're to find it , and in that case we 'll meet near that southern coastal city — ’ Burun gestured , searching his memory for the name , ‘ — Ruysdal . ’ |