Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the western coast , where extensive marshes are to be found in Cardigan Bay , the succession of plants differs in some respects from that of the east coast , but the general process of deposition encouraged by plants and leading to a sequence of changing plant communities is similar . |
| 2 | Thus , where specific goods are to be weighed or tested , etc. , by some person other than the seller , property will pass under Rule 1 or Rule 2 unless the parties have agreed otherwise . |
| 3 | At the same time it ruled that in the case of Pontevedra in north-western Spain , where eight seats were at issue as the result of apparent polling irregularities , elections would have to be repeated in about 30 polling areas . |
| 4 | There may sometimes be a tendency for a few of the structures to occur in a group or with a temporary periodicity , but , in general , the random aspect of turbulence is manifested in when and where coherent structures are to be found . |
| 5 | ‘ In a social situation where the old regime was collapsing , where old relations were in flux and general insecurity was growing , the members of the non-dominant ethnic group would see the community of language and culture as the ultimate certainty , the unambiguously demonstrable value . |
| 6 | Society had changed from the earlier structure where primitive valuables were of greater importance . |
| 7 | As the example of housing palpably shows , conflict arises in the most acute form where these resources are in short supply and where all social groups are competing in pursuit of the same objective . |
| 8 | Where perishable goods are to be despatched to the buyer by carrier , it is reasonable to expect the goods to be of such a quality as to be able to withstand a normal journey — Mash & murrell v. Joseph Emmanuel ( 1961 Q.B. ) . |
| 9 | The method is simple , but depends upon a relatively expensive apparatus which is not , but should be , available in all sedimentological laboratories , particularly where fine sediments are to be analysed . |
| 10 | It was n't unusual for human flesh to be the bait in an industry where million-pound budgets were on offer . |
| 11 | Where all payments are in respect of Buildings |
| 12 | Ending the decades-long full employment tradition , IBM Corp on Tuesday formally laid off 1,400 employees at its Kingston and Poughkeepsie , New York mainframe plants , as it continued to notify workers of layoffs at its East Fishkill plant , where 4,000 jobs are to be cut in a combination of layoffs , transfers and voluntary redundancy by May 31 . |
| 13 | Despite the reduction of inflation to 12.9 per cent ( compared with a 1989 target of 15 per cent ) and a growth rate in 1989 which was expected narrowly to exceed population growth , the economy 's structure remained largely unchanged , particularly in agriculture , with a prominent division between estates producing commodities for export , and a peasant sector where successful farmers were in a tiny minority . |
| 14 | If the public wanted a system where general practitioners were on call all night then proper resources would have to be made available . |
| 15 | Elected people will no longer have an influence on local further education ; instead , the position will be similar to that set up by the Secretary of State for Health , where appointed quangos are in control . |
| 16 | Where committed facilities are in existence at the balance sheet date which permit the refinancing of debt for a period beyond its maturity , the earliest date at which the lender has the right to demand repayment should be taken to be the maturity date of the longest refinancing permitted by a facility in respect of which all the following conditions are met : |
| 17 | Where handwritten texts are at issue , it is often the case that the individual reproducing the text in a printed version has to make a considerable effort of interpretation to assign a value to some of the less legible words . |
| 18 | Where several holes were to be tired it was possible to set them off in a desired order by lighting in appropriate sequence . |
| 19 | Where piece-rate systems were in use , employers tended to cut wages by increasing the quantum rather than changing the price . |
| 20 | Exhibitors in the south however have twenty All Breed Championship Shows and one Club Show where green stars are on offer . |
| 21 | Where two tractors are of equal power , the heavier will probably need to be in a lower gear to pull the same weight . |
| 22 | GRIEF stricken children arrived weeping yesterday at one local secondary school — where two pupils were among the missing . |
| 23 | Where vaned cowls are to be replaced , it is not advisable for them to be fixed in place , not only for the sake of authenticity , but also to simplify maintenance . |
| 24 | Any document that includes listing particulars , where new shares are to be listed , will be examined in great detail and a list of non-applicable items will be required . |
| 25 | They also saw a deep hole lined with concrete , where earlier experiments were to be repeated on a far larger scale . |
| 26 | Another issue is whether brother — sister incest should remain criminal where both parties are aged 18 or over : when sentencing , the courts treat this as a much less serious form of the offence than father — daughter incest , and a majority of the CLRC accepted that brother — sister incest should cease to be an offence when both parties are aged 21 or over . |
| 27 | Many families now have ‘ dual earners ’ , couples with children where both partners are in work . |
| 28 | Similar courses were provided for Hoffman Manufacturing Company , Chelmsford , from spring 1957 and for English Electric at Stevenage from autumn 1958 ; by the end of 1961 no less than eight firms were on the list , among them De Havilland , Imperial Chemical Industries and International Computers and Tabulators . |
| 29 | More than 120 copies were in the hands of various TV and broadcasting units by 4pm on Tuesday , the time The Sun says it got its copy . |
| 30 | The greatest concentration of bobbin mills was in the Furness district of what was then north Lancashire , and in the mid-nineteenth century more than fifty mills were at work in the region , making half the bobbins used in the entire textile industry of Britain . |