Example sentences of "and in [adj] circumstances [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a good head taller than she was , and in other circumstances she would have judged him the heart-throb type , with his dramatic dark looks , reckless mouth , strong jaw and a piratical scar across one cheek giving his faultless right profile the touch of humanity it needed . |
| 2 | A waterfall does not have to be prefabricated to be successful and in certain circumstances it is desirable that it is not so . |
| 3 | The effect of Dr McNab 's arguments was by no means as overwhelming as might be supposed ; with the best will in the world and in ideal circumstances it is next to impossible to escape cerebral indigestion as someone quotes comparative figures as fluently as Dr McNab had just been doing . |
| 4 | Obviously no expense was being spared to make the night a success , and in different circumstances she would have been looking forward to it , but now , as silence settled over the car , she could feel herself growing tense . |
| 5 | You do not have to be getting income support to apply and in exceptional circumstances they may be given for fuel costs . |