Example sentences of "in [adj] circumstance [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reverend Wrinklebottom — The local vicar , his wife disappeared in suspicious circumstances so it 's worth talking to him . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Davison 's investments failed , leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In certain circumstances if it is close it has been |