Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] cases " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Quasi-syntactic ’ ambiguities require careful consideration because there may be a temptation to diagnose them as cases of lexical ambiguity . |
| 2 | The examples in this section are Janus-like , in that the reader may interpret them metaphorically but , in the light of the examples in the previous section , it seems to me that we should interpret them as cases of underlexicalisation . |
| 3 | It seems more elegant , and closer to the linguistic facts of the case , to treat them as cases of underlexicalisation . |
| 4 | There are plenty of cases in which each member of a co-operating group is better off than it would be on its own . |
| 5 | There were plenty of cases of unruly or difficult or dissident bishops ; but by and large the Church stood by the kings ; and in return the kings placed more and more authority and responsibility in the hands of bishops and abbots . |
| 6 | The prototype was housed in a plastic instrument case having aluminium front and rear panels , but there are plenty of cases of about this size to choose from . |
| 7 | The four other patients almost certainly had secondary hyperprolactinaemia , which in cases 2 , 3 , and 4 was associated with invasive non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas . |
| 8 | ‘ In truth , none in cases of a violent death such as this . ’ |
| 9 | Presenting the average man or woman in the street with medical knowledge does not turn them into cases of Munchausen 's syndrome : if it did , the problem would be far more widespread . |
| 10 | Passed on Sept. 12 the Senate appropriations bill , in contrast to the House 's , also allowed the government , which was currently banned from financing abortions for poor women , to pay for them in cases of rape and incest . |
| 11 | The runner would tell him in cases when the dealer clearly did not mind whether or not he would get the best price for his client . |
| 12 | Richard Baxter often consulted her in cases of pastoral concern . |
| 13 | For some reason this ancient piece of folk-wisdom seems to have been largely forgotten , but it might be worth reviving it in cases where ordinary measures have failed . |
| 14 | On March 22 , after an emotional debate , the Idaho state legislature passed legislation to prohibit abortion as a form of birth control , although continued to allow it in cases of profound foetal abnormality , maternal risk , and in some cases of rape and incest . |
| 15 | Likewise , Charlie 's old school is not an entity that has the property of old-school-ness ; this is not a property of which English speakers would make frequent use , but it might be possible employ it in cases where something had the characteristic of " being a school in an old way " — perhaps with extensive use of wax tablet and stylus , and possibly a slave or two for the menial work . |
| 16 | It is arguable that married women no longer need the protection afforded to them by cases like these . |
| 17 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |
| 18 | There must be lots of cases where you are actually paying the window cleaner cash in hand or something . |
| 19 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 20 | They 're not doing this or that but in lots of cases , and I 've known of lots of cases where children just do n't want to know ! |
| 21 | They 're not doing this or that but in lots of cases , and I 've known of lots of cases where children just do n't want to know ! |
| 22 | I , I , I 'm very concerned , erm , about this because er , I used to deliver this dip , and I , I 'm concerned er , about my staff , and there 's been lots of cases that have claimed that this er , dip has affected people . |
| 23 | erm Unfortunately when you 're short of money , you know , you have to try and get it from wherever you can and of course , in lots of cases , the supermarket chains have actually bailed out some football clubs , you know , by buying pieces of the car park etc . |