Example sentences of "[art] [adj] cases [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The celebrated cases make the point that in spite of its ill-deserved reputation , Glasgow is actually more peaceful than a lot of other places I could think of … unless , of course , you were an innocent wee serving lassie in 1862 .
2 In each of the following cases describe the two entries required on the worksheet .
3 But in none of the above cases do the manoeuvres by which the main character resists her passive relation to language engage her in active polemic with other texts .
4 The American cases draw a distinction between genuine personal interest ( which gives a right to sue ) and generalized grievances about the way the country is being run ( which do not ) .
5 Some of the better-known cases include the ‘ wild boy of Aveyron ’ , found in a French forest in 1799 , Amala and Kamala , two sisters found in a wolf-den in 1920 , or the recent case of the Indian boy , Shamdev , found playing with wolf cubs near the Musafirkhana forest .
6 Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon was the first of the modern cases to analyse the previous authorities in terms of ‘ agency . ’
7 The word " experience " is used in some of the earlier cases to describe the necessary attribute of a valuer .
8 The difference between the two local evening papers in the numbers of the local cases reaching the national dailies is probably a chance fluctuation .
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