Example sentences of "but in [adj] case [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facts are events which are both authentic and significant ; in most cases we trust judges and juries , or less formal bodies , to determine them , but in complex cases it requires judgement and is by no means obvious . |
| 2 | Surely , one could argue , it can only be recognized by knowledge of some convention that U means z ; but in that case we can do away with talk of complex intentions and construct an account of communication based directly on the notion of conventional signal . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've seen one other case — where a woman fell on her face — but in that case she had other facial injuries which Lewis did n't have . |
| 4 | But in that case I must warn you that I have no heart . |
| 5 | Interestingly , the word ‘ Riserva ’ ( spelt thus ) is also applied to Italian Chianti — but in that case it means the wines are three years old before being bottled . |
| 6 | But in that case it can not be ‘ a sensation of the lines on the paper ’ . |
| 7 | He says ’ It could be solved … but in that case it would mean paying twice … the cost would fall on the poll tax payer . |
| 8 | But in that case you just take a piece of new paper and put the down and put it on the clip . |
| 9 | In both cases the camouflage is interfering with the natural elements , but in one case it is attacking the whole shape , while in the other it is blotting out the appendages . |
| 10 | But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish . |
| 11 | But in all cases he found that local people 's blood showed concentrations only marginally higher than national averages , and locally grown vegetables had concentrations within safety limits . |
| 12 | Full access details are available from : Holiday Care Service , 2 Old Bank Chambers , Station Road , Horley , Surrey RH6 9HW. tel. ( 0293 ) 774535 , but in all cases you are strongly advised to contact the hotel in advance and explain your access requirements . |
| 13 | In some cases this is true , but in other cases it is not . |
| 14 | A depressive reaction of psychotic proportion frequently occurs alone but in other cases it may be replaced by a state of mania which may also , though more rarely , be found without swings into depression . |
| 15 | But in other cases it is a result of historical accidents in the development of the disciplines , and if the study of society were to be initiated all over again it would surely be divided rather differently . |
| 16 | They rushed into a series of Bills which , it was alleged , would open monopolies to competition , but in many cases they simply changed a state monopoly to a private monopoly . |
| 17 | Inevitably they will not suit every need , but in many cases they can be adapted , used as models or as a source of ideas for a teacher-produced worksheet , which can target particular objectives and be tailored for a particular age or ability range . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe if it is found to have a serious problem , but in many cases it will be around £1,000 . |
| 19 | Occasionally official syllabuses contain very detailed advice for teachers and in one case ( Botswana ) , a separate , loose-leaf file has been prepared for each grade , but in many cases it is the teachers ' guide , or even the pupils ' text which provides the real plan from which the teacher works . |
| 20 | Most homes now have some form of lost insulation , as a result of Government campaigns and gradually improving Building Regulations , but in many cases it will be less than the current minimum requirement for new homes , of a 100mm thick layer of glass fibre or a similar insulant . |
| 21 | A new kitchen could cost thousands of pounds , but in many cases you can transform your old one into a dream kitchen at very modest cost by re-using the carcasses , and simply replacing the doors , drawer fronts and worktops with new ones from Distinctive Doors . |
| 22 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 23 | They did find high incidence of eye diseases among local animals , but in each case they concluded that the most likely cause was infection from a common pathogen . |
| 24 | The actual form of organisation adopted was by no means standardised but in each case it was subject to direct political control [ Chester , 1975 ] . |
| 25 | We might , of course , do the opposite , and try to explain the depictions of temples on coins or patterns of coin loss from our knowledge of surviving temples or official statistics for the money supply , but in this case we would be using coins as secondary evidence and not as a primary source of new information . |
| 26 | There is certainly a good argument that in some situations shellac would not be an adequately strong finish , but in this case we had a fine table with a burr walnut surface which should be treated with a certain amount of care and respect in general use . |
| 27 | The following paragraphs pointed out that in unlimited competitions , although successful competitors can reasonably expect to be employed , the Government can not bind itself to employ them , but in this case they should be employed on the new Foreign Office . |
| 28 | The people of Lewis do not always present a sympathetic profile but in this case they had my sympathy and for two reasons . |
| 29 | Most people are accustomed to follow linguistic rules more or less slavishly , but in this case they would be glad to change if only someone gave them a new set of clear rules to follow ( an earlier work by Miller and Swift was subtitled ‘ New Language in New Times ’ : it seems they take the optimistic view that we are living in a postfeminist world ) . |
| 30 | But in this case they refer to licit , socially approved , marital sexual intercourse , to manliness in general , and are also directly connected with goats , the main livestock of the Kaffirs . |