Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] [adj] cases " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) A person can not steal land , or things forming part of land and severed from it by him or by his directions , except in the following cases , that is to say — ( a ) when he is a trustee or personal representative , or is authorised by power of attorney , or as liquidator of a company , or otherwise , to sell or dispose of land belonging to another , and he appropriates the land or anything forming part of it by dealing with it in breach of the confidence reposed in him ; or ( b ) when he is not in possession of the land and appropriates anything forming part of the land by severing it or causing it to be severed , or after it has been severed ; or ( c ) when , being in possession of the land under a tenancy , he appropriates the whole or part of any fixture or structure let to be used with the land . |
| 2 | Before moving on to the next section , it is perhaps worth pointing out that the analysis just presented also allows us to handle certain uses related to the infinitive of reaction where the nexus between the infinitive and the main clause is much looser than in the canonical cases discussed above in ( 11 ) — ( 16 ) : ( 28 ) I was stunned , to see him lose . |
| 3 | After or , syllabic is more common than ( except , as with the other cases described , in word-initial syllables ) . |
| 4 | The Dickens study reported that 55 per cent of applicants and 67 per cent of respondents were represented , though in the remaining cases the companies ' representatives ' status could not be readily identified ( Dickens et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | The genuinely alternative groups go beyond this , since their critique of the available established institutions , usually in the same general kind of cultural activity , is at least implicit , and is often , as in the typical cases of the secessions , explicit and direct . |
| 6 | Less systematic evidence is provided in the observations of doctors and other professionals , as well as by the well-publicised cases of suicide and mental breakdown following job loss . |