Example sentences of "[art] [adj] circumstances [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the relatively simple hand-over of what is in fact , though not constitutionally , a continuing government , the test , given the normal circumstances of a party majority , is whether A or B can in fact command a majority in the House of Commons . |
| 2 | Most obviously , it demonstrates the strained circumstances of the age . |
| 3 | In Ireland a similar but slower growth reflected both the political circumstances of the country and the slower rate of economic growth and urbanisation ( Roche 1982:Ch. 4 ) . |
| 4 | The direction in which the discussion of literature in the Introduction to the Man of Law 's Tale points , however , is towards a comparison of Chaucer 's writing with that of his contemporary John Gower rather than towards the survey of literary genres detached from the accidental circumstances of the identity of authors of specific examples of those genres that we find in fragment VII . |
| 5 | In this case , the economic circumstances of a hospital necessitated , as the only alternative to closure ( in the employer 's view ) , a reduction of employees ' holidays , the abolition of overtime rates , replacement of a generous sick pay scheme by statutory sick pay and a standstill on pay levels . |
| 6 | In principle , it would be quite possible to argue that this sense of obligation had weakened , even if the actual volume of support between kin remained at a substantial level , because more people are now in a situation where they need support , and because the economic circumstances of the majority of the population ( by comparison with a century earlier ) are much easier . |
| 7 | It is set by two main things : the economic circumstances of the day , and the way in which firms are owned . |
| 8 | In the economic circumstances of the time , most students had to live at home . |
| 9 | Needs for Personal Social Services for children are assumed to be predominantly determined by being in a lone-parent family , regardless of the economic circumstances of the family . |
| 10 | As we have seen , in the Third Reich it was the specific circumstances of the rise of monopoly capital , the corporatist state organised as protecting national purity , hyperinflation , the rapid rise in unemployment and perceived threats to the ‘ little man ’ . |
| 11 | Hence I take the view that the absence of any reference to the criterion of proportionality in the B. & Q. judgment is not of fundamental importance and that the reason for the omission lay in the specific circumstances of the case , from which it was clear that any obstacles which might be created were not particularly serious . |
| 12 | The sight of all which struck them with consternation or a kind of horror that they incontinently gave over search and with the utmost hurry and dread , throwing earth and turf to fill up the pit they made , they departed , having neither of them the courage to enter or even inspect into the further circumstances of the place ’ . |
| 13 | The historical circumstances of a text were important so that localised issues could be clarified and explained — effectively so they could be explained away . |
| 14 | While much of this consensual pattern in RENFE had its roots in the peculiar circumstances of the transition , a similar ethos of conflict avoidance has also been a feature of industrial relations in BR . |
| 15 | Further it is obvious that other factors such as the social circumstances of the patient , his or her environment and the provision of care in the community by both formal and informal carers are also important in influencing readmission . |
| 16 | ‘ I propose therefore that Customs should be given some discretion to mitigate the penalties for some misdeclarations , to enable them to take account of the individual circumstances of the trader . ’ |
| 17 | Also , levels and bases of , and reliefs from , taxation are those currently applicable and may be subject to change , and their value depends on the individual circumstances of the investor . |
| 18 | Different patterns of departmentation are possible , and the pattern selected will depend on the individual circumstances of the organisation . |
| 19 | It may also be necessary to adjust accepted labour constants to the actual circumstances of the job . |
| 20 | But it is perhaps better not to try to make a bizarre idea for a murder the seed in your mind for a book , though when you have devised your plot you should of course make the actual circumstances of the murder as attention-grabbing as possible . |
| 21 | May I also draw the right hon. Gentleman 's attention to the personal circumstances of a friend whose wife is suffering from serious cancer ? |
| 22 | Consultation with the next of kin has a further advantage in that it may reveal information as to the personal circumstances of the patient and as to the choice which the patient might have made , if he or she had been in a position to make it . |
| 23 | Neither the personal circumstances of the patient nor a speculative answer to the question ‘ What would the patient have chosen ? ’ can bind the practitioner in his choice of whether or not to treat or how to treat or justify him in acting contrary to a clearly established anticipatory refusal to accept treatment but they are factors to be taken into account by him in forming a clinical judgment as to what is in the best interests of the patient . |
| 24 | ‘ But I believe a senior officer should make the decision to issue a weapon only after investigating both the seriousness of any threat and also the personal circumstances of the person concerned . |
| 25 | Whether they do or not depends on their duration and the personal circumstances of the individual . |
| 26 | Their lordships held that ‘ they had jurisdiction so to do in the exceptional circumstances of the case provided the conditions were specific ’ ( The Times , 24 Oct. , 1974 , p. 10 ) . |
| 27 | To know the exact circumstances of the building of the monument to James Macrae is of no consequence . |
| 28 | The police complaints authority will now supervise an investigation into the exact circumstances of the shooting . |
| 29 | The exact circumstances concerning the building of the monument are not known . |
| 30 | Hugh de Riveire , a man as able as his older cousin Osbern of Eu , considered the changed circumstances over the fire in the privacy of their quarters at Scone , and reached a conclusion . |