Example sentences of "situation [prep] which the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two situations in which the usual parental rights are restricted . |
| 2 | The theory has to cope with situations in which the dynamical properties of particles , such as electrons , protons and neutrons , and even atoms , are very different from what we would expect of a scaled-down billiard ball following its usual ‘ classical ’ behaviour . |
| 3 | And there clearly are situations in which the collective opinion of a majority or even a dominant minority puts an unacceptable and sometimes intolerable pressure on the dissenting or deviant minority or individual . |
| 4 | Conventions are here understood in a narrow sense in which they are solutions to co-ordination problems , i.e. to situations in which the vast majority have sufficient reason to prefer to take that action which is ( likely to be ) taken by the vast majority . |
| 5 | In situations in which the approaching waves are linearly polarized , and their polarization vectors are aligned , it is possible to put globally . |
| 6 | Second , there are situations in which the regulatory rule sets a less onerous standard than the general law but does not prohibit compliance with the higher standard , raising the question of whether the rule offers a " safe harbour " for those who comply with it . |
| 7 | One can certainly envisage situations in which the sub-optimal response of agents to the dynamics of a particular dynamic market game might lead to a market equilibrium away from that which would be reached under optimal behaviour . |
| 8 | Half the people in the study received nothing from a formal agency and the authors conclude that the Social Fund ‘ is largely irrelevant to most real-life situations within which the poorest people find themselves ’ . |
| 9 | For the CNAA itself there was also the problem of the transitional situation in which the new BEd degree would run in parallel with the existing certificate courses , and the Committee laid down that ‘ the new BEd must be established as an award of degree standard , distinct from the Certificate course which it is intended to replace ’ . |
| 10 | These conflicts over resources rarely come into the open ; instead , rural political structures are characterized as being ‘ the non-politics of the status quo ’ , a situation in which the effective control of local politics by farmers and landowners is matched by the acquiescence of the working class . |
| 11 | In cementing the basis of the Führer 's pivotal position , the ‘ Hitler myth ’ had been instrumental in establishing a situation in which the traditional élites could become outflanked by the specifically Nazi élites . |
| 12 | In practice , however , the bureaucratisation of the professional — parent relationship and the assessment process may lead to a situation in which the primary function of parental involvement is to legitimise professional decisions . |
| 13 | The ‘ leisure economy ’ describes , of course , a situation in which the affluent are serviced by the non-affluent , the ‘ new ’ workers will work directly on other people 's pleasures . |
| 14 | In many cases , the traits of resignation and the low inspirations that Lewis describes are merely responses to the situation in which the poor find themselves and will therefore change if the situation changes . |
| 15 | Much more common could be the situation in which the regional Solicitor would be asked to send a formal letter to a client or other individual warning that if certain behaviour continued , proceedings would be initiated . |
| 16 | In other words , they view the future as involving little radical change ; in this latter scenario it is possible to foresee a situation in which the existing broadcasting organizations continue to operate effectively and efficiently , albeit with some modifications . |
| 17 | A " pure hedge " refers to a situation in which the derivative asset exactly offsets the price risk involved in holding a real asset , but this can only be attained if the real asset is identical in specification to the underlying asset on which the derivative is based . |
| 18 | If we understand the cold war as imaginary war , a situation in which the Fordist variant of capitalism needed the stalinist variant of socialism , in which the two systems were propped up by a never-ending pretend confrontation , then the collapse of communism was bound to lead to a dramatic reaction in the West . |
| 19 | In the latter account I have described a situation in which the major parties each have a reservoir of virtually guaranteed electoral support , based on the traditional connection between the parties and the two ‘ classes ’ of British society ( which I have termed ‘ social collectivities ’ to distinguish them from classes defined at the level of property relations ) , the ‘ middle class ’ and the ‘ working class ’ . |
| 20 | The free Trade Agreement will do the trick … a situation in which the old-fashioned Unionist intransigence which served Britain so well in the past will also be outdated as no longer so convenient to imperialism . |
| 21 | This of course is a situation in which the direct labour of family members was needed , and could be incorporated into a strategy for collective survival . |
| 22 | But we are not simply judges or police officials , we are also human beings , and as human beings we sympathize deeply and sincerely with the terrible situation in which the Miletti family find themselves , and wish to do everything possible to bring it to a swift and satisfactory conclusion . |
| 23 | By a curious twist of fate , the prevailing socio-political conditions of the time were to give rise to a situation in which the French communist writer in the 1930s enjoyed relative freedom to give full artistic expression to the dominant themes of anti-fascism and anti-capitalism within a specifically French cultural context . |
| 24 | Therefore : ‘ If this replacement proceeds smoothly and at the same rate as the disappearance , we have a case of simple reproduction , which corresponds to a situation in which the productive social labour remains uniform , with the productive forces unchanging . ’ |
| 25 | A situation in which the creative and artistic endeavours of children are frequently assessed and examined according to externally pre-determined sets of criteria and standards , that ‘ measure the measurable ’ often at the expense of those qualities arts education professes to develop . |
| 26 | Such a sequence of failures is the nightmare of nuclear opponents but a situation on which the nuclear industry sees the remote probability of more than a million to one . |