Example sentences of "circumstance in [Wh det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most common circumstance in which human swimmers are poisoned by fish is when a well camouflaged stingray is trodden on . |
| 2 | Given the strongly visual and organizational emphasis , the impact in classrooms was readily apparent , and the Authority and schools can take considerable credit for a general improvement in the physical circumstances in which primary children and teachers work . |
| 3 | This project examines some of the circumstances in which young children are prepared to abandon the implicit working assumption that the speaker 's intended meaning can be identified on the basis of the verbal message given . |
| 4 | The circumstances in which young people grow up have altered drastically in the past few decades . |
| 5 | It might be necessary to witness a rehearsal before an assessment of the overall impact of the play can be made , and if the purpose of the performance is so that it can be publicly reproduced on a different occasion , the circumstances in which that publication will take place will have a bearing on the offensive character of the artefact in question . |
| 6 | My contention is that no account of the emergence of black sportsmen in contemporary Britain can ignore the social and historical circumstances in which that emergence occurred . |
| 7 | This Part will examine the topic of treaties and third parties in an attempt to determine the circumstances in which international law accommodates the interests of third parties , and the reasoning by which this is done . |
| 8 | Fundamental to all such discussions are assumptions about the rate of evolution of decorative styles and the definition of the circumstances in which such evolution took place . |
| 9 | Whilst we recognise that the Government does not want local authorities to use development plan policies to limit change of use rights , we believe the final guidance should indicate the special circumstances in which such constraints may be justified , for example , in order to avoid environmental problems or to sustain the traditional employment base of a particular locality . |
| 10 | In this case , we feel that the regulation would be difficult to enforce , because of the relatively intimate circumstances in which such transactions are made : successful enforcement would depend a lot on alerting users of this type of credit to the disadvantages of following-on and the ways in which regulation could help . |
| 11 | The circumstances in which such compensation is payable are set out in section 169 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 12 | So far as the performer is concerned , he has the defence that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that a programme involving the use of the offending material would be included in a cable broadcast , or that the circumstances in which such material was included would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . |
| 13 | Leading cases considering the circumstances in which such awards can be made are McLoughlin v O'Brian [ 1983 ] AC 411 and Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [ 1992 ] 1 AC 310 ( another series of claims arising out of the Hillsborough disaster ) . |
| 14 | One can , for instance , easily imagine circumstances in which oral utterances including recollections from different times and places are , as it were , placed side by side as in a debating chamber and where the listeners could then recognise contradictions and employ their ‘ critical ’ faculties . |
| 15 | The formal and technical development of Nizan 's novels reflects in a mediated form the changing historical circumstances in which each text was produced . |
| 16 | In the next section some of the circumstances in which mathematical ideas have occurred , from talk and activity about families , are discussed . |
| 17 | The experience of soldiers in battle is well documented , and there are many accounts of other circumstances in which horrible wounds are accepted with numbness but not pain . |
| 18 | Finally , with the total withdrawal of Soviet stationed forces and the implementation of a CFE agreement , NATO could reduce its reliance on nuclear weapons , which would nevertheless continue to fulfil an essential role in the overall strategy of preventing war " by ensuring that there are no circumstances in which nuclear retaliation in response to military action might be discounted " . |
| 19 | The detailed way in which the 1977 Protocols spell out the principle of discrimination in the use of force and protection of the civilian population makes it plain that there are no circumstances in which nuclear weapons could actually be used without breaching this fundamental principle . |
| 20 | In Europe , we want to create circumstances in which nuclear deterrence becomes less and less significant as the principles of common security are accepted and applied . |
| 21 | Disfavouring abortion in all cases is inconsistent with favouring it in some , since there are circumstances in which these attitudes will prompt attempts to permit and to prevent the very same act . |
| 22 | 16.8.3 Circumstances in which natural language indexing is particularly appropriate |
| 23 | 16.8.4 Circumstances in which natural language indexing meets with many problems |
| 24 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 25 | The circumstances in which this litigation arose are described in the judgment delivered by Vinelott J. on 19 December 1989 as follows : |
| 26 | Tremendous publicity was given to the circumstances in which this movie had been made and to the way in which the director had shot some forty reels ; ‘ the eight-hour day for movie fans has not yet dawned ’ was the thankful comment of Robert Sherwood , but few critics doubted that the film conveyed much of the anger , ugliness , and brutality of the novel . |
| 27 | There are , however , circumstances in which this assumption looks secure , or at least justifiable . |
| 28 | The response was one of total bemusement , with the director concerned unable to conceive of any circumstances in which linguistic talent might have any bearing on sales prospects or the acquiring of contracts . |
| 29 | Information about the circumstances in which different overtaking strategies are employed will also be collected and analysed . |
| 30 | The circumstances in which social workers are asked to intervene are likely to be complex , as many of the case studies elsewhere in the book show . |