Example sentences of "[conj] be [prep] [det] case " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously its qualities varied considerably and are in any case difficult to assess . |
| 2 | An study by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has shown how EC " structural " funds , designed to alleviate poverty , fail to account for the environment and are in some cases responsible for the destruction of habitats and extinction of species . |
| 3 | Such upwarps consist of broad swells running parallel to the coast and are in most cases flanked on their oceanward side by a great escarpment . |
| 4 | But Mr. Holman is right to point out that they are strictly obiter and were in neither case supported by any corresponding observation on behalf of the other members of the court . |
| 5 | More than forty thousand people were moved from the old city centre to make way for the new buildings , but even though stereotyped blocks of flats were put up around the site of the palace and were in many cases completed by the spring of 1988 , they remained empty until after the revolution . |
| 6 | THE Einstein Observatory survey of cosmic X-ray sources a decade ago showed that coronae were common among diverse types of star , and were in many cases more energetic than the Sun 's corona . |
| 7 | George is quite realistic throughout the book and is in some cases , justifiably pessimistic . |
| 8 | Liverpool 's dockland is much too complex to be described in detail in a work of this kind , and is in any case largely inaccessible to the general public , but Albert Dock , which you can visit , is of particular interest and importance . |
| 9 | It is an archaic situation , and lives on in the unconscious of people today , and may emerge in a random group situation , and is in any case present unconsciously and affects the action of people in groups . |
| 10 | But it is equally clear that direct , participatory democracy is , if not impossible , at least not very practicable in the modern world , and is in any case a recipe for bad government : " a community in mass is ill adapted for the business of Government … all numerous assemblies are essentially incapable of business . " |
| 11 | It would be arrogant and is in any case unnecessary , to imply that the study of language is unique in that respect . |
| 12 | This easement does not by any means apply to all developers and is in any case temporary : setting off the charge against the claims in this way will not be possible when the fund has been distributed and the money has been spent or locked up in some investment . |
| 13 | The meaning of ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ should be the same in both contexts , and is in both cases a matter for the tribunal of fact . |
| 14 | The king ensured that vital funds continued to flow , and was in any case disposed to make concessions on the question of cartels because many of the monopolistic companies had gone bankrupt and were useless to him . |
| 15 | In July 1318 , pope John XXII wrote to philip V of France informing him that although the king 's court had conferred tutelage of Gaston I 's children on Jeanne , Margaret of Béarn already had Gaston II in her keeping and was in any case to be preferred as guardian of the young count . |
| 16 | The rural sector had been dependent on external aid to support these people , and was in any case unable to employ all of them . |
| 17 | The Doctor , the guy with the blue box , could normally be relied on to deal with problems of this magnitude , but on this occasion he had apparently failed to understand that Pool was made of human brains and was in any case crazy . |
| 18 | This was , in fact , not too big a problem : Cracow had a 10pm curfew , and was in any case ‘ dead ’ after 9pm , she said She did try the odd night club and cinema , and was surprised to find English films with Polish sub-titles . |
| 19 | 10.7.1 Subject to due performance of its obligations hereunder each Party shall be entitled , subject to reimbursement of the costs of collation reproduction and delivery , to receive copies of all results and of such background technical information of the other Parties as is in each case reasonably necessary for such Party independently to exploit results in the manner specified herein . |