Example sentences of "in [adj] circumstances [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 2 | Reverend Wrinklebottom — The local vicar , his wife disappeared in suspicious circumstances so it 's worth talking to him . |
| 3 | Cancellation by us may be necessary in exceptional circumstances and we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to cancel your holiday . |
| 4 | CHILDREN IN SEX CASES Save in exceptional circumstances where it is in the public interest to do so , newspapers should not , even where the law permits it , identify children as victims , witnesses or defendants involved in cases concerning sexual offences . |
| 5 | Seton did not appear to resent being replaced in the governorship ; indeed he might even have been somewhat relieved , for it was a grievous responsibility in present circumstances and he had borne it sufficiently long . |
| 6 | Davison 's investments failed , leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893 . |
| 7 | The interview that follows was undertaken in informal circumstances and we have attempted to retain the atmosphere of the original transcript of our taped conversation . |
| 8 | In extreme circumstances if it is not possible to take leave before leaving due to work demands then it may be possible for the employee to be paid . |
| 9 | Elsie lived but we know very little about her beyond a few basic facts : she married an older man who was rather irascible and treated her badly ; she disappeared in mysterious circumstances when she was about twenty-six ; her body was discovered a year ago on the bed of the filled-in Loch Craig . |
| 10 | IAN CHAPMAN , the former head of publisher William Collins who left in acrimonious circumstances when it was taken over by media mogul Rupert Murdoch , is back in the book business with a venture that links him with Sir David English , editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers . |
| 11 | The Committee 's report thus concluded that these practices were necessary in modern circumstances but they suggested that , because of haphazard evolution , the practices lacked coherence and the system should therefore be regularized and checked . |
| 12 | The regulations provide for this in certain circumstances and we are considering how to improve the detail of the procedures . |
| 13 | Following the recent House of Lords decision of Pepper v Hart [ 1992 ] STC 898 it is possible to refer to Hansard in certain circumstances and it is felt that it is proper to refer to the relevant Hansard to discover who the individual is referred to in the provisions . |
| 14 | This can include district home nurses if the need arises , the vital service of chiropody and even a visit from a National Health Service dentist in certain circumstances if they are ill and housebound . |
| 15 | In certain circumstances if it is close it has been |