Example sentences of "occur in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Years can pass before the unwanted effects of a drug are spotted and , even then , they may occur in a tiny fraction of patients .
2 The infinite singularity in the response would not occur in a practical circuit because of inevitable resistive loss .
3 This does not occur in a crowded tank that often .
4 Information as used in communication studies refers to the range of possible alternative words which could occur in a certain position in speech .
5 Siva the Serpent King , patron of the Yogis , possessor of the ultimate wisdom on the earthly or material plane , insists that spiritual evolution through ‘ illumination ’ can occur in a single lifetime , thus eliminating a succession of rebirths .
6 It was , however , still conceivable that the addition reaction of the enzyme to a DNA could occur in a sequence-unspecific way with any cytosine residue the enzyme makes contact with ( for example while sliding along the DNA in search of its specific substrate sequence ) .
7 But if exactly the same type of accident as occurred in the Russian RBMK could not occur in a British PWR , was that the end of the story ?
8 Assuming the no-arbitrage condition is correct in the absence of transactions costs , these transactions costs set upper and lower bounds on the departures from this condition that can occur in a competitive market .
9 Auk ‘ wrecks ’ can occur in a hard winter .
10 While the benefits of faster growth may spread throughout the EC , it can not be assumed that this will occur in a balanced manner .
11 And tests on naturally contaminated eggs show multiplication can not occur in an intact egg , not even in the yolk .
12 The most well-defined divergent boundaries are associated with mid-oceanic ridges , but they may also occur in an incipient form within continents as rift valleys comprising linear systems of faults associated with tension in the crust .
13 Let us hope that G1S can , in some small way , help mitigate the suffering and hardship felt by all those afflicted by the effects of hazards which , as we have learnt with bitter recent experience in the UK , can occur in an untimely fashion in the most improbable of places .
14 An entirely polyphonic passage ( such as might occur in an orchestral fugue , for instance ) .
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