Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] where the " in BNC.

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1 I swam through houses where the sodden relics of habitation floated in the middle of rooms , a child 's shoe , a disintegrating book , a scrap of carpet , its red dye still leaking into the green water .
2 ‘ neglect to stop ’ caters for cases where the driver does not see the constable 's signal .
3 Trial , by contrast , is reserved for cases where the factual issues are straightforward ( most often road traffic accidents ) , and the jury is asked simply to answer the question of fault with a ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ answer , going on thereafter to assess damages .
4 When the answer required is a whole number the general pattern of difficulty was found to cover a sharp difference between cases where the answer is I , 000 ( a litre , a kilometre , a kilogram or a tonne ) and cases where the answer is 10 or 100 ( 1 cm or 1m ) .
5 Held , allowing the appeal , there was an important distinction to be made between cases where the complainant claimed to recognise the assailant as a person he already knew well and those where the complainant had never seen the assailant before .
6 The second part of the exception would apply to spare parts such as replacement body panels for cars where the design is dictated by the appearance of the car but it is unlikely that many computer spare parts will fall into this category .
7 Certainly , there were broad differences between areas where the plough was dominant and those where grassland was typical , but within these areas there were many deviations from the norm .
8 Both spoken and written texts are seen as sites where the tensions between " competing discourses " are realised .
9 RESTRICTED CONTRACTS — the legal term for lettings where the landlord and tenant live in the same house .
10 For circumstances where the English court ordered licensing justices to grant a licence when they had adjourned their meeting beyond the statutory times , Seer .
11 The label ‘ murder ’ , and the stigma thought to accompany it , should be reserved for the most heinous group of killings ; there is a well-recognized offence of manslaughter beneath murder , and this should be used for offences where the culpability is significantly lower .
12 Beyond it , visible through gaps where the iron had been torn into ragged wings and beaten back , was a junkyard in which caravans were parked .
13 ‘ There 's a great temptation to move to the middle of Exmoor where the quality of life is fantastic .
14 In February 1981 , the nine governors were joined by three governors of states where the Nigeria people 's party ( NPP ) is in power .
15 A number of English and Commonwealth decisions have recognised a duty ( owed to the company ) to take account of the interests of creditors where the company is insolvent or on the verge of insolvency .
16 It 's possible to formulate theories of very simple aspects of physics where the laws or the strengths of different forces , say like gravity , actually change from place to place and make predictions as to what the observable consequences should be , erm and to a very degree of accuracy one concludes that the strengths of the forces of nature and the laws and the rules of the game are not changing from place to place .
17 He had been born in Tucupita and had grown up there in the region of Venezuela where the great Paraqua river met the Orinoco and flowed into the Delta of the Orinoco where the sea moved on to Trinidad .
18 A few days later , in the town north of Weatherbury where the soldiers were staying , a wedding was arranged .
19 The number of surfaces where the test applies is extremely limited and includes :
20 Outdoors , on all kinds of surfaces where the lines can be abraded as they are dragged , in a range of temperatures and exposed to ultra-violet rays , and often made wet from dew in the grass , all the lab tests become suspect .
21 The good news is that , even in the minority of cases where the only solution is to leave your job and try your luck elsewhere , it is unusual for a dispute to arise that is so serious that you finish up in front of a judge or an industrial tribunal .
22 There are also a number of cases where the Commission has held that the banning of meetings and procession for a restricted period because of fears for public safety , such bans being under the democratic laws of a State , were not in contravention of the Convention .
23 The majority of cases with sustained coverage involved young girls ( including a couple of cases where the victim was under 10 ) who were usually alone and the focus of a single attack .
24 While there a large number of cases where the victims are juveniles , there are many others where the newspapers would be allowed by law to identify the victim .
25 For example , a judge who acquires a reputation among his seniors for being ‘ soft ’ in certain types of cases where the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice , the Master of the Rolls and other senior judges favour a hard line is as likely to damage his promotion prospects as he would if his appointment were found to be unfortunate on other more obvious grounds .
26 SOME EXAMPLES OF CASES WHERE THE COMMISSIONER HAS GRANTED ASSISTANCE
27 The passing of the Occupiers ' Liability Act 1984 means that there should now be an insignificant number of cases where the court is asked to find implied permission .
28 The Revenue seem to have an option to apply Cases III , IV and V or Case VI but the author is aware of cases where the Revenue have permitted the preceding year basis to apply under Cases III , IV and V although the Revenue could have assessed under Case VI .
29 In the small number of institutions where the DipHE was established and survived there was both strong commitment and , at least initially , interest by schools , further education colleges and the press .
30 This is preferable to having a ‘ shopping list ’ of skills where the items on the list will inevitably vary in importance depending upon the situation .
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