Example sentences of "[am/are] [noun] where the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Quantifiable problems are problems where the likely outcome of each decision option can be measured , ie. quantified , and the option which offers the ‘ best numbers ’ will be selected .
2 In addition there are conditions where the psychological component is only a small part of the story — it can make the symptoms worse but not initiate the illness .
3 There are situations where the general expectation is that sex may have been the motive for a murderous assault .
4 There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time .
5 There are instances where the official syllabus recommends one type of content and emphasis ( e.g. in language skills ) , while the official examination is clearly constructed with the intention of testing different ones ; or cases in which the official aims of education extol the virtues of self-reliance and enquiry-based education , whereas the official syllabus contains an outline of content so rigid and overcrowded as to render any initiative almost impossible to achieve .
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