Example sentences of "in [adj] circumstances [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " right of return " issue had arisen in controversial circumstances on May 12 when US State Department spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler responded to a reporter 's question by stating that the Bush administration continued to support Resolution 194 . |
| 2 | Forfaiting involves a contract between the exporter and the forfaiter [ probably a subsidiary of a major bank ] to purchase accepted bills at an agreed discount at future dates , in normal circumstances without recourse to the exporter . |
| 3 | Ought this to be enforced in different circumstances against John 's innocent son and heir ? |
| 4 | Although the [ draft ] FRS requires appropriations of profit over and above the dividends payable to be made in some circumstances in respect of non-equity shares it does not affect the total amount of distributable profits . |
| 5 | At the same time as debt service ratios stood at record levels , higher levels of capital gearing , aggravated in some circumstances by house prices falling below the level of outstanding debt , may have made lenders less tolerant of arrears and less willing to help borrowers through remortgaging . |
| 6 | Police had earlier revealed that he died in similar circumstances to Mr Walker . |
| 7 | In similar circumstances in December 1989 , the LME imposed a limit of a premium of $20 a tonne . |
| 8 | I 'm only sorry it had to be in such circumstances of stress . |
| 9 | Those of my constituents who are members of the police force — both uniformed and civilian — and those in the constituencies of my hon. Friends are absolute saints to continue to work in such circumstances with bravery , courage , commitment and cheerfulness . |
| 10 | In these circumstances of deprivation , stress and social disapproval , it is not surprising that the first priority of single parents is to get married and re-enter the ‘ secure ’ state . |
| 11 | Contrary to first impressions , it may be disadvantageous in these circumstances for firms to have ‘ home country ’ control of conduct of business rules , if the firm is authorised by a member state with a higher standard of regulation than that of the member state where the branch is established . |
| 12 | Should not be used in non-ventilated babies except in exceptional circumstances after discussion with the consultant . |
| 13 | Provision has also been included in the draft scheme for compensation to be paid to complainants in exceptional circumstances after loss or suffering . |
| 14 | I will deal with the problems involved in regarding the way of non-violence as an absolute rule , or infallible guide to conduct , or as the right way in all circumstances without exception , in a later chapter on ahi sā . |
| 15 | A journalist living in straitened circumstances in London , Lorestan has brought up his son Marco to feel an intense loyalty to the country from which they are exiled . |
| 16 | The tour , opening in inglorious circumstances at London 's Earls Court , marked the debut of David 's new character , Aladdin Sane . |
| 17 | Labour woman councillor has suddenly resigned in mysterious circumstances in St. Martin 's ward and the council is now seeking to block information to the public . |
| 18 | When Yu Teng-fa , 87 , the patriarch of the Taiwanese opposition , was found dead in mysterious circumstances in October 1989 , different theories implicated both the KMT old-guard and the anti-KMT separatists in his presumed murder . |
| 19 | It was therefore bitterly disappointing when McDougall , aged only fifty , died in tragic circumstances in November 1961 . |
| 20 | The report then expressed the opinion that certain workmen should be eligible for re-employment if they sought it but not in any circumstances for election as shop stewards ; and that other workmen should not be offered re-employment . |
| 21 | Sturgeites in the BFASS , Buxton 's supporters in the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa ( the ‘ Civilization Society ’ , 1839–43 ) and British Garrisonians in the British India Society and the Anti-Slavery League all made gestures towards identifying their different preoccupations as legitimate developments in new circumstances of antislavery in its most successful period . |
| 22 | Play and experiment of a more or less directly sexual nature is natural and normal among younger children and , provided it takes place in non-frightening circumstances between children of roughly the same age there is generally no harm in it at all . |
| 23 | This ruling has freed the American media to probe Watergate and Irangate in a depth and a detail which could not be attempted in equivalent circumstances in Britain , where the merest hint of impropriety in public life calls forth a libel writ . |
| 24 | The second comment to be made on section 5 is that subsection ( 5 ) , in allowing financial restitution to be substituted in certain circumstances for restitution in specie , indicates that , in general , restitution in specie is contemplated . |
| 25 | Erm we used to get complaints about kerb crawlers , but as you know , we had a a new law that was allegedly attributed to Nottingham , which made it an offence to , in certain circumstances to kerb crawl , looking for prostitutes . |
| 26 | The DTI also points out that the definition of a consumer in the Directive is narrower than that in the UCTA , which talks of " dealing as a consumer " The courts have thus interpreted the UCTA as giving protection in certain circumstances to companies dealing as consumers , while the Directive only applies to natural persons . |
| 27 | The Act applies in certain circumstances to occurrences outside the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | In addition to the statutory procedures described above , the Queen 's Bench Division ( QBD ) of the High Court enjoys a common law power to control the operation of inferior courts and tribunals in certain circumstances by way of judicial review . |
| 29 | It provides that information may be withheld where a firm : " maintains an established arrangement which requires information obtained by the firm in the course of carrying on one part of its business of any kind to be withheld in certain circumstances from persons with whom it deals in the course of carrying on another part of its business of any kind . " |
| 30 | Killing then might be regarded as a moral duty in certain circumstances in spite of the instinctive horror we might feel about the destruction of living beings . |