Example sentences of "in a situation [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are taken through the political and social development of a country which the US regards as its gateway to South America — and we wind up in a situation little different from the past in which an elite group monopolized economic and political power . |
| 2 | But if you 're in a situation where that 's not possible then you 'll do the very best you can , but you 're always going to be on the look out for the priorities as they change , cos once the person stops breathing they become unconscious , they stop breathing , their heart stops , then everything else has to wait and you have to try and get on with that , okay ? |
| 3 | The model is now flying at the maximum speed of which it is capable and is in a situation where all power above that required to maintain height goes into making the model move forwards . |
| 4 | Thus , Billig 's ethnographic study of Young Conservatives ( reprinted in this volume , Chapter 4 ) showed that the denial of prejudice occurred in a situation where all shared similar views . |
| 5 | You can be in good shape , mentally , physically and spiritually , yet suddenly find yourself in a situation where destructive power from within seeks to engulf you . |
| 6 | A defeat in a situation where sustainable management of the resource seems possible could threaten other resources where there is greater cause for concern about depletion . |
| 7 | Thus , in a situation where five users are interactively editing files from their own terminals , there would be five processes but only one program , the editor being shared among the users . |
| 8 | In a situation where many short sectors are to be flown , with minimal turn-round times , not only does the crew co-ordination have to be well-drilled , but also the aeroplane has to be right for the job . |
| 9 | In a situation where two dissimilar languages with unequal status — for example , Standard English and French Creole — coexist in one community , the dynamic which evolves between them may in theory lead to any one of several different states . |
| 10 | Appointing the FDP leader Walter Scheel as foreign minister and ably assisted by Egon Bahr , Brandt developed ‘ Ostpolitik ’ much more dramatically than had been possible under the Grand Coalition , in a situation where East-West détente was increasingly more welcome to the US and so need not endanger Western unity . |
| 11 | But in a situation where industrial growth is conditioned by the needs of monopoly capitalism , as happened in many underdeveloped countries , this stage may be virtually omitted . |
| 12 | The committee pointed out that " industry can not grow steadily in a situation where industrial policy three years from now could be in the hands of politicians of utterly opposed political views " . |
| 13 | In a situation where excessive wage claims and rising import prices , accompanied by an increase in monetary growth , have led to inflation , it is extremely difficult to determine which is the major cause of the inflation . |
| 14 | This can be viewed as a fairly powerful mechanism for exerting control over a number , if not all pupils , in a situation where few sanctions exist . |
| 15 | There is a delightful passage where he addresses himself to the role of dreams and faces out the difficulty inherent in medieval lore which others like Chaucer resolve through ambiguity : namely , that in a situation where some dreams were held to reveal truth and others to be the products of a disordered digestive system , it is difficult to distinguish true from false . |
| 16 | Withdrawing from some drugs , such as barbiturates , are best dealt with in a situation where medical or specialist help is available . |
| 17 | It is the same severance which has placed the monarch in a situation constitutionally inexplicable and indefensible . |
| 18 | At the back of their minds many girls feel that perhaps , even if they told their parents , they would fail to understand , or take in a situation so different from their own educational experiences . |
| 19 | In a situation humanly desperate , with the race line hardening , there is hope . |