Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile I am exploring the edges of a continent where most of its people are clustered and , except in city and suburb , well scattered where settlement is at the mercy of geography , as indeed is the peroipatetic topographer , constantly on the lookout for some assembly of landscape elements that can be turned into pictures and — because of indoctrination by a European culture — pictures of a particular sort . |
| 2 | Compulsory labour involves working at a site designated by the authorities , where prisoners are under surveillance and restricted in their movements . |
| 3 | This rebellion had two main foci : the Viceroyalties of the Rio de la Plata and of New Granada , where resistance was to be symbolized by Bolívar , the greatest of the liberators of Latin America . |
| 4 | He 's like a fairy skylarking in attendance , Lee decided , where Philippa is like a clumsy , banished elf struggling for attention . |
| 5 | Above all , where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 6 | Where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 7 | Partial results from the 70 constituencies , where election was by proportional representation according to party lists , gave the DLP 35 seats with 42.6 per cent of the vote , Sajudis 18 seats with 21.6 per cent and the Christian Democrats , expected to ally with Sajudis , 10 seats with 11 per cent of the vote . |
| 8 | The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances . |
| 9 | Such overly anxious and insecure horses are usually found amongst the Thoroughbred population , where speed is of such importance that it predominates over every other desirable characteristic . |
| 10 | The research addresses the issue of why fertility is still high under conditions of population pressure on resources in as area of Kano State in Northern Nigeria , where densities are in excess of 250 per square mile , soil fertility is poor , and rainfall levels are falling . |
| 11 | West Country Living : Now 's the time to take the plunge at the water 's edge The property price fall is worst of all where waves are in view , Marcus Palliser finds |
| 12 | The law stated that the Chechen republic would be considered " after the settlement of the crisis in the republic " , where Dudayev was under pressure from his opponents . |
| 13 | ( where living is at last to be living now |
| 14 | Where branches are in any doubt regarding the correct action to be taken or whether underpinning is required , the full file should be submitted to HO Home Claims & Support . |
| 15 | Where Richard was during these years of military and diplomatic manoeuvring we do not know , but it is a reasonable guess that he was with his mother , since Aquitaine was her duchy and it was by her wish that it was to be made over to him . |
| 16 | It is usual to use 50x25mm ( 2x1in ) timber for battening the walls , but where insulation is to be installed between the battens , thicker timber can be used to enable more insulation to be inserted . |
| 17 | The main clinical sign in both Type I and Type II disease is a profuse watery diarrhoea and in Type I , where calves are at grass , this is usually persistent and has a characteristic bright green colour . |
| 18 | Where warranties are to be given the following additional clause may be contained in the agreement : |
| 19 | If we have a matrix product A = BC , where B is of order ( m × r ) and C of order ( r × n ) , then A is of order ( m × n ) . |
| 20 | The other area of controversy was in the kitchen , where cupboards were to be installed by John Saunders , a friend in the business . |
| 21 | Secondly , that where information becomes publicly available through the actions of the plaintiff the courts will more readily find that the information no longer has the requisite quality of confidence than where publication is by a third party . |
| 22 | Indeed , he confirmed yesterday that he would not be coaching Scotland at the forthcoming World Championships in Birmingham ( where Scotland are in the same group as Australia ) . |
| 23 | Mr Kirwan hit back : ‘ Safety should n't come into it where lives are at risk . |
| 24 | In older properties , where ceilings are of lath and plaster , the weight of a plaster ceiling centrepiece can pull the plaster keying away from the laths , causing the whole centre to sag alarmingly . |
| 25 | Our advice is that , where hedgerows are to be replaced , they should not be substituted just with a row of quickthorn between two strands of barbed wire , but with a mixed , proper , traditional hedge — which would be much better for the environment and habitat . |
| 26 | Exceptions could be made where work is of a repetitive nature , such as residential housing . |
| 27 | Yet prior to the 1996 riots , major disorder was almost entirely confined to ‘ dispersal prisons ’ — prisons which house prisoners on long sentences and which are not overcrowded or understaffed , where conditions are relatively good , and where security is at a maximum . |
| 28 | On his six-week tour of the provinces in August and September 1858 , the tsar encountered a spectrum of opinions which ranged from Tver " on the left , where Unkovskii was at least as radical as Nikolai Miliutin , to Nizhnii Novgorod on the right , where the local gentry wanted serfs to pay not only for any property which they received in the event of emancipation , but even for the freedom of their bodies ( which the gentry did not own ) . |
| 29 | Industrial markets — Relatively small number of customers ; need for technical advice and support after the sale ; possible lengthy negotiations on price between manufacturer and customer , dialogue required where product is to be custom built . |
| 30 | And liberalism advanced even where governments were by no means unqualified in their crusading zeal for it . |