Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the first place , actual possession is evidence of ownership , and , except in cases where ownership is based on a system of public registration , it is hard to see how any ownership can be proved , otherwise than by going back to some prior possession .
2 Households with less privately-owned land which had to rely on the ‘ public economy ’ ( the forest ) for livestock rearing rather than private land , were less willing to see restrictions placed upon access to forests or to others ' private land for stubble grazing in cases where fodder tree planting on terrace backs was being advocated .
3 And when benefit had to be cut off we resolved to be more generous in tapering off payments in cases where hardship would otherwise result .
4 In cases where marriage has been discussed , pregnancy is not unwelcome , and may even have been anticipated , as it had been for Claire , who married her husband when she was five months pregnant .
5 In cases where life imprisonment was thought to be the appropriate sentence , the trial judge would still specify — in open court — the number of years to be spent in prison , taking the gravity of the offence into account , and release would be determined by a judicial tribunal .
6 It would seem , therefore , that the courts would have little opportunity to sentence in cases where proof of injury was not available .
7 Recommendations may include safety factors in practical areas , for instance , home economics or chemistry , and suggested alternative activities in cases where sight loss is so severe that the general activity is inappropriate , for example , judo or weight lifting instead of football .
8 Rather it is an additional line of argument in cases where reliance is being placed on the fact that the decision is unreasonable or that irrelevant considerations have been taken into account .
9 The Commission proposes a system combining the strengths of a liability regime with the advantages of compensation systems , providing a means to repair environmental damage even in cases where liability could not be established .
10 Government grants were available in cases where rail would keep lorries off roads regarded as sensitive .
11 That is why section 15(1) is needed and why it is best to prosecute under that provision in cases where deception is alleged to have been practised .
12 These can be very helpful in cases where lack of muscle tone is the main reason for incontinence .
13 Appealing to employers to make special provision to enable older people to continue or , indeed , return to employment , the Ministry offered the help of its industrial rehabilitation units in cases where lack of confidence and low morale were obstacles to the re-employment of older people .
14 Fairness also appears to have a more substantive role manifesting itself in the prohibition of discrimination , in the case law on estoppel , in the proportionality of the punishment to the offence committed , in cases where delay has been held prejudicial to important rights , and in the development of the idea of legitimate expectations .
15 ( 3 ) In cases where payment in is made later than within fourteen days of service , or without summons costs , the action is stayed but the defendant is liable for the plaintiff 's costs up to the date when the plaintiff receives payment , but not for costs thereafter ( Ord 11 , r 2(3) ) .
16 The second criticism , too , might be answered by complicating the theory by allowing facts to be known in cases where fact and belief are different effects of a common cause .
17 Although this theory has not been tested in other forms of autonomic neuropathy , we have assumed that the same holds true in cases where constipation was associated to a degree of autonomic neuropathy .
18 Lying behind this is the fact that the European Court of Justice has grasped unto itself the role of final arbiter in any dispute between European bodies and national courts in cases where Community law applies .
19 Murder , manslaughter , and several other offences are discussed , and one recurrent issue here is whether English law responds proportionately to the different degrees of culpability manifested in cases where death is caused .
20 The Review accepts the general principle that persons should be judged according to the intrinsic quality of their driving rather than its consequences , but argues that the law should depart from this in cases where death is caused and the driver 's culpability is already high .
21 Although Massachusetts , like many states , had a statute which absolved parents who treated their children by spiritual healing from charges of abuse or neglect , the prosecution successfully argued that the statute did not apply in cases where death or serious injury resulted from such action .
22 In cases where side chain atoms from the heavy chain are involved , these residues are highly conserved .
23 In cases where Condition 10.1 does not apply , we shall be obliged to pay you in accordance with the terms specified overleaf upon delivery of the goods to storage , and ( where such storage exceeds 30 days ) we shall reimburse you for your reasonable expenses ( including insurance ) of such storage .
24 Even in cases where industry has not neglected an invention , the major part of the time is consumed in development rather than research .
25 In cases where patch reefs are expected , isopach maps would be less useful and the reefs would have to be identified where possible on seismic .
26 Against the background of growing concern about migration pressures worldwide , recent years have seen an increase in cases where migrant , expatriate or alien communities have been obliged to leave en masse the countries in which they work or have settled .
27 In cases where appointment out of court is possible this is certainly preferable from the viewpoint of the debentureholders as a body .
28 This followed from the fact that no compensation was payable for the loss of development value in cases where planning permission was refused .
29 Anxiety on this score is further fuelled by evidence relating to the outcome of proceedings in cases where bail has been denied .
30 Figures from the Metropolitan Police show that , in cases where bail was granted although the police had recommended that it be opposed , the offending rate on bail was 18 per cent. , compared with 9 per cent .
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