Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [is] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 But the broad aim will be to perfect a scheme where money is raised on a continuous basis to fund upland restoration work .
2 Alternatively , it pursues liberal psychological and feminist interests in lesbian identity , relationships , and community , where lesbianism is treated as a self-explanatory and homogeneous category .
3 Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger of which he had been warned by the occupier , the warning is not to be treated without more as absolving the occupier from liability , unless in all the circumstances it was enough to enable the visitor to be reasonably safe .
4 Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done .
5 ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done .
6 ( d ) Warnings Section 2(4) ( a ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger of which he has been warned by the occupier , the warning is not to be treated without more as absolving the occupier from liability , unless in all the circumstances it was enough to enable the visitor to be reasonably safe .
7 Where blood is taken from a patient for another purpose , a small sample of blood may be tested for HIV .
8 Company lawyers are not keen on this very good scheme because where damage or loss is suffered by a third party , as for instance where a brake failure results in damage to an airport building , the dissemination of details of the circumstances in which it happened outside the company could prejudice the defence they are going to put up for their airline when the airport puts in a claim for damages .
9 Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA .
10 when such damage loss or expense is insured under a Motor Policy .
11 Quite often , a dry border or terrace is backed by a south-facing wall .
12 The cash box or tin is kept in a locked drawer or safe .
13 Your business or home is threatened with a compulsory purchase order .
14 Unlike Persia or Anatolia , where each region or village is associated with a specific method of weaving and repertoire of designs , rug-making in China was never based around exclusive localized styles ; and although antique rugs may be classified as " Paotao " or " Ning-Hsia " , for example , this is usually a definition of their quality and style , rather than a statement of where they were made .
15 It may be that a product or process is protected by a patent and can only be produced if a firm purchases the patent right or enters a licensing agreement .
16 If the wrong kind of shale or filling is placed under a concrete floor or the foundations , it will cause these to heave like a sponge pudding ; and a missing or defective damp-proof course will result in damp walls , unsightly marks and crumbling plaster .
17 Bye-laws 17 , 18 and 22 deal with back-siphoning : wherever a cold water supply is connected to a flexible hose , the law insists that the tap or outlet is fitted with a non-return valve to prevent contaminating liquids being sucked back into the mains system by any fall in pressure .
18 Bye-laws 17 , 18 , and 22 deal with back-siphoning : wherever a cold water supply is connected to a flexible hose , the law insists that the tap or outlet is fitted with a non-return valve to prevent contaminating liquids being sucked back in the mains system by any loss of pressure .
19 Once a nation or race is embarked on a course of action , particularly violent action , such as the waging of war or its undeclared equivalent , that action having its source far back in national religious history , it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place .
20 Where quality is designed into a product , the benefits can be long product life , absence of faults and subsequent breakdowns , reliability , increase in value and many others .
21 Where a loan or advance is made to a participator in a close company , the tax charged will be due without assessment 14 days after the end of the accounting period .
22 The determination or disposal is treated as a transfer of value by the beneficiary and the rate of tax payable is arrived at by reference to the total of it and any previous chargeable transfers by him unless the determination or disposal took place before 10/12/74 when , in implement of the undertaking in the White Paper ( Cmnd 5705 ) that in these circumstances any tax chargeable would be no greater than that which would be due if the trust were an individual who had made chargeable gifts equal to the capital becoming chargeable , the rate is arrived at by reference solely to the total of the determinations or disposals which have taken place in the trust since 25/3/74 , if by so doing the amount of tax payable would be reduced .
23 However , the standing of their occupations — the fact that a programmer or analyst is regarded as a " professional " in a way in which a typist or word processor operator is not , also makes it easier for them to acquire self-employed status .
24 At Newton St. Loe , meanwhile , where Orpheus is enclosed by a border of simple guilloche , these birds are absent altogether , and the outer border of the single band ( which again contains mammals separated by trees ) is composed of a broken pattern of triangles .
25 Perhaps the most deliberate use made of autobiographical sources is to be found in Thomas and Znaniecki 's study of the Polish peasant in Europe and America , where use is made of a specially commissioned autobiography written by a young man , Wladek Wisznienski , at the request of the authors .
26 Budding is the process by which an eye or bud is inserted in a slit made in the bark surface layer of another , usually more vigorous , type ( see also Chapter 9 on propagation ) .
27 Occasionally pasta or rice is used as a base for a meal rather than potatoes .
28 When a proposal or statement is followed by a period of silence , the person who breaks the silence loses — wrong !
29 Civil penalties include a triple damages award for any person whose business or property is harmed as a result of the violation .
30 Companies Act 1985 , section 722(2) : Where information is held in a form other than in a ‘ bound book ’ , then ‘ adequate precautions shall be taken for guarding against falsification and facilitating its discovery ’ .
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