Example sentences of "and be [prep] [adj] cases " in BNC.
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| 1 | An study by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has shown how EC " structural " funds , designed to alleviate poverty , fail to account for the environment and are in some cases responsible for the destruction of habitats and extinction of species . |
| 2 | Such upwarps consist of broad swells running parallel to the coast and are in most cases flanked on their oceanward side by a great escarpment . |
| 3 | More than forty thousand people were moved from the old city centre to make way for the new buildings , but even though stereotyped blocks of flats were put up around the site of the palace and were in many cases completed by the spring of 1988 , they remained empty until after the revolution . |
| 4 | THE Einstein Observatory survey of cosmic X-ray sources a decade ago showed that coronae were common among diverse types of star , and were in many cases more energetic than the Sun 's corona . |
| 5 | George is quite realistic throughout the book and is in some cases , justifiably pessimistic . |
| 6 | The meaning of ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ should be the same in both contexts , and is in both cases a matter for the tribunal of fact . |