Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an analysis might well apply where the court system is an expensive one and where little expenditure has to be spent on the method of resolution . |
| 2 | From the dairy yard where Friesian cows wait to be milked , fields stretch a mile and a half to a distant hill . |
| 3 | As explained in Chapter 8 , the output from the comparison stage will be an agenda for debate about areas where some improvement appears to be possible ; in practice this may comprise a list of problems that the analyst has identified for discussion with the client so that one or more can be selected for further study . |
| 4 | Where these materials have to be cleaned methylene chloride is the only chemical option once items are soiled . |
| 5 | ‘ Crude ’ and ‘ loud ’ , according to Eugene Zukor ( in an industry where these traits had to be marked to draw comment ) , he was in frequent conflict with his collaborators . |
| 6 | This procedure can be used for : ( a ) non-controversial bills where the committee stage would be purely formal ; ( b ) bills of major constitutional importance where all members wish to be involved at every stage ; ( c ) bills passed in an emergency ; ( d ) major clauses of Finance Bills . |
| 7 | Scissors with fine , sharp blades are equally essential for découpage , where complicated shapes have to be cut from paper . |
| 8 | Thus in university towns and cities , there is often comparatively little gonorrhoea compared with the large urban areas , where shifting populations seem to be one of the reasons for an increased prevalence of the venereal diseases . |
| 9 | It 's a crazy thing where one child pretends to be a carrot and the others top and tail him and put him in boiling water . |
| 10 | Where several components had to be soldered together it was vital that the heating for the last piece to be attached did not melt the solder already in place . |
| 11 | ( 1 ) The following conditions shall at all times be satisfied by a recognised body and where any condition fails to be satisfied by a recognised body the recognition of the body by the Council shall expire : |
| 12 | Where any action needs to be taken , make a note in the margin ; eg when the replies contain information that should be passed on to your client , put a marginal note " Buyer " ; when the reply indicates that there is an error in the abstract supplied to you , mark it " Abstract " ; and tick these marginal notes as you take the necessary action , for example , when you write to the buyer , or amend your abstract . |
| 13 | This , combined with the greater flexibility in defining dominance , leads to a European approach based more on the effects of , rather than on the formal structure of monopoly , as distinct from the situation in the UK where structural criteria have to be satisfied before investigation can proceed . |
| 14 | It is often in popular fiction that we see most plainly the conventions that writers handle and readers learn , and where literary competence begins to be developed ’ . |
| 15 | Where most instructions had to be given verbally , you needed a lot of people to do it . |
| 16 | The cases involved the states of Minnesota ( where both parents had to be informed 48 hours prior to an abortion ) , and Ohio ( where 24 hours ' notice to one parent was required ) . |
| 17 | The sun lit the drops and sparkled in sharp bursts of white light ; but some of the drops caught and fractured the light so that Comfort appeared to be the source of a million tiny rainbows . |
| 18 | This impulse is figured partly in geographical terms ( as Jerome Klinkowitz has noted , ‘ Out moves from the clutter and hassle of the East to the pure space of an empty California beach ’ ( Klinkowitz 1980 : 137 ) ) and partly by shifting the names of the characters and the nature of their situations , so that travelling ceases to be a realistic indication of movement and becomes instead a metaphor for textual purpose . |
| 19 | Although neither theory claims to be such , both the Prague School 's and Jakobson 's are frequently treated nowadays as part of the subject of ‘ stylistics ’ . |
| 20 | Lord Wheatley said ( at p830A-B ) that although each case had to be decided on its own facts , there were four guidelines to assist in determining whether the valuer had the benefit of arbitral immunity . |
| 21 | Although this excess seems to be a constant feature of all studies of acute renal failure , it has not been commented on before . |
| 22 | One view is that climatic geomorphology assumes that climate governs the character and distribution of landforms and although this view appears to be assumed by some of the critics of climatic geomorphology they do not cite many specific cases where the viewpoint is clearly advanced . |
| 23 | The main problem for engineers was the location of underground rivers in the area , and more than 300 columns had to be put in to support the shopping centre . |
| 24 | Although the Board of Trade had been notified that the company proposed to construct a depôt in torr Road , Penge , this site turned out to be on a section of route which it was no longer intended to construct , so another site had to be found . |
| 25 | Although some lectures appear to be for the committed DIY enthusiast such as ‘ Mortar mixing and brick laying ’ , the organiser Steven Parissien , insists that the course is more about ‘ making people aware of which things are structurally disastrous and visually awful . ’ |
| 26 | Few kite flyers have a 50metre or 150ft clear run in their home yards , so this operation has to be completed in public , hence the need for speed and precision . |
| 27 | Many areas of the brain are insensitive to the lesion making effects of the toxins currently available , so this approach has to be used quite selectively . |
| 28 | With the present depressed economic climate , economic rather than social costs tend to be stressed and it is noticeable that even though accounting is masked in its own technical language it can have quite profound consequences in the political sphere . |
| 29 | They found there was good agreement between both groups , although social workers tended to be more cautious in their judgements . |
| 30 | But even in Etruria , although different processes had to be synchronised , the rhythm of labour was still determined by hand work . |