Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | by the divisional court and er it was a case where the divisional court er had to er consider what it should do in the interim , the Lord Justice er in the divisional court judgement deals with the interim position at er page twenty five of the transcript , starting at letter F and er going through to er page twenty eight paragraph B and I think it might help my Lord if you could read that passage in the justice latest judgment . |
2 | The recent fuss over whether to build a new town at Foxley Wood in Hampshire , for example , was a case where the then Secretary of State , Nicholas Ridley , intended to ignore the inspector 's advice to reject an appeal by the potential developers . |
3 | This was not a case where the relevant information was restricted to senior management or to a specific category of staff . |
4 | But this is a case where the stratigraphical wood can not be seen for the nomenclatural trees . |
5 | In opposition to this , Mr. Whitaker , on behalf of the third defendant , pointed out that this is not a case where the third defendant is himself asserting against the third party a cause of action in contract or tort . |
6 | One way in which some writers have attempted to avoid this problem has been by appealing to literacy , as a case where the formal features of language can be claimed to make sense apart from context . |
7 | Secondly and/or alternatively , it is argued that even if this is a case where the conventional Cyanamid principles fall to be applied , the mother 's claim to interlocutory relief falls at the first hurdle , namely the establishment of an arguable prima facie case . |
8 | In such a case where the true facts can only be known by the defence the prosecution could aver that the driver was unlicensed . |
9 | In view of the analogy it is reasonable to suppose that there are Sun-days and nights , and a Sun-afternoon when the solar-flare activity is past its peak but not yet entirely over . |
10 | Also , they commonly appear as subordinate elements in a sentence where the main clause indicates the speaker . |
11 | Often he would shave it off , but the next day he would have a beard just the same . |
12 | Even if you are hiring a building exactly the same mentality can obtain . |
13 | ‘ They burned down a cottage just the other day . |
14 | Unaware of this , he went on , ‘ Half way , he met another bloke carrying a parcel just the same . |
15 | Mr Ralston says he has no powers to stop the project , which will disturb arable and grazing land and will go through a field where the annual agricultural show is due to be held in June . |
16 | Better get out there and have a look just the same , Cesena told him with a hint of malice . |
17 | Right , can we actually have a look now the last bit is sort of more the nitty gritty before we go on to this . |
18 | I live in a neighbourhood where the only thing left on your doorstep in the morning is secondhand lager , and thus appreciate the difference . |
19 | What about a movie where the main character ends up in Auschwitz ? |
20 | He was awarded a benefit match with Jack Edwards on 17 October 1955 , when Leyton Orient were our visitors , but in March 1956 he inevitably moved on to a club where the immediate prospects were considerably brighter then at Selhurst Park . |
21 | If Wilko was willing to try something else in order to get a result then the same criticisms would not be appearing week in week out . |
22 | This oddity seems most readily explicable in practical terms : probably the heirs of Pamphilus were holding back only on making over the hundred ; as a result only the hundred came into issue ; and because of Scaevola 's proclivity to answering questions concisely ( a point to which we will return ) and ‘ on the facts as stated ’ , the circumstances of the rest of the property were simply left aside . |
23 | Claire Higgins describes the irrelevance of theatrical posturings and preoccupations in a setting where the conventional , safe and boring contract between actors and audience was non-existent . |
24 | His election , as candidate of the Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) , reflected a deal whereby the Free Democrats would remain in opposition , but would accept parliamentary rules allowing the passage of most categories of legislation ( including the budget ) by simple majority . |
25 | All you ever hear is how great football teams like Newcastle/Chelsea/West Ham/Liverpool/Scum have always played ( even Wolves got a mention somewhere the other day ) , & how they always stick to thier principles . |
26 | He had shot one grouse and was aiming at a second when the first bird hit him in the face at 60mph , flinging him unconscious into the heather . |
27 | Peering closer he thought he could see a smear roughly the same length on the jacket pocket , but the cloth was too dirty for him to be sure . |
28 | But 31-year-old Damon Wayans grew up in a household where the unremitting rule was get funny or get ignored . |
29 | Some people prefer to be called ‘ clients ’ , a term which suggests a rather more active participative role in a dialogue where the professional service provider negotiates an agreed course of action with the recipient of his services . |
30 | But in any reference to useful labour it occupies a significant place as a village where the medieval open field system of farming has survived in some degree . |