Example sentences of "[det] a situation " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried not to think about it , which is the only thing to do in such a situation . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ A system failure has a knock-on effect throughout the hotel and adequate contingency plans must be in place to cope with such a situation . |
| 3 | It does not demand such a situation in cultivation but there is no doubt that it thrives best in deep soils that do not dry out in summer . |
| 4 | In such a situation , action becomes more easily defined if it runs along well-known lines , following precepts which have status and acceptability . |
| 5 | In such a situation , the necessary intellectual detachment often becomes difficult to sustain . |
| 6 | In succumbing to ‘ the temptation of subjectivism ’ ( ibid. 23 ) , she recognizes that it becomes impossible to put any distance between oneself and the ‘ native ’ , or more importantly between oneself and oneself in such a situation . |
| 7 | In such a situation it is therefore all the more necessary to recognize the unique place the ethnographer holds and to capitalize on it . |
| 8 | In such a situation , further collection of data may be pointless in the absence of any fresh conceptual insight . |
| 9 | But such a situation should not be allowed to occur because any casualness in the ballerina 's behaviour destroys any attempt to convey style in the classical manner . |
| 10 | For such a beginning writer in such a situation , it may well turn out that a minor master like Landor is more fruitfully instructive than a major master like Milton or Keats : and if it does turn out so , one has a certain debt of honour that must be paid to the past master by whom one was liberated . |
| 11 | But such a situation is also presented as a thing pre-done , interpreted by being seen in terms of Antony 's meeting with Cleopatra as portrayed by Shakespeare , and as a thing re-done , since the third meeting , that of Princess Volupine with Sir Ferdinand Klein presents us again with a similar situation . |
| 12 | Any government would have been likely in such a situation to control imports , promote exports , and in the meantime borrow . |
| 13 | In such a situation the worker is at the mercy of the capitalist and is therefore exploited . |
| 14 | There must be some question as to how reliable the East German troops would be in such a situation , bearing in mind that most of them are conscripts , and that about 30,000 of them have recently been released from military service to man understaffed factories . |
| 15 | ‘ But such a situation simply strengthens the strong , and weakens the weak , does n't it ? ’ the Prime Minister said , eyebrows raised . |
| 16 | In such a situation in a foreign country I am never able to speak the language , so when they asked for my passport I just said ‘ Hotel ’ , because Spanish hotels always kept visitors ' passports , at any rate for the first night . |
| 17 | Such a situation was tolerated by the government in a climate which accepted that the economy had to be controlled . |
| 18 | In Lewis Percy by Anita Brookner there is a vivid description of such a situation . |
| 19 | If we try to shoe or float a horse , and it decides to be uncooperative , and we retaliate with force and anger so that the horse becomes anxious and fearful ; the horse will remember that such a situation terrified it . |
| 20 | There are a number of ways around such a situation . |
| 21 | Attempts to excuse such a situation as ‘ the price of socialism ’ , I said , is doing socialism no favours . |
| 22 | In such a situation , what factors might influence data quality ? |
| 23 | In such a situation , I suggest , faith becomes blind , belief becomes credulous and trust becomes misplaced . |
| 24 | This was exploited by the Labour Party which , anticipating such a situation , had tabled a motion of no confidence in the government . |
| 25 | The potential of such a situation is expressed in a different way by Brian McHale through reference to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin . |
| 26 | The ideal thing to do in such a situation is to praise the dog lavishly when he is caught even though deep in your heart you would like to strangle him ! |
| 27 | In such a situation , it is hard to believe Zarei 's claim that he is still enjoying running , but an essential part of the make-up of any top ultra runner is a fierce determination to test themselves to the limit . |
| 28 | Such a situation existed in the Bosnian area of Yugoslavia around the time of the Second World War . |
| 29 | The damp conditions would exacerbate such a situation . |
| 30 | The Divisional Court , presided over by the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Parker , emphasized that there had to be a ‘ real possibility ’ of a breach of the peace , but went on to find that just such a situation of menace existed here : eighteen people ‘ milling about ’ when there were only eight people in the works created a ‘ real danger of something more than mere picketing ’ . |