Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a situation [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter had a mere twelve members but nevertheless carried weight in a situation where the Callaghan government was in a technical minority in the House and in danger of imminent defeat . |
| 2 | Whether or not , as Heath reported , the Vietnamese were turning increasingly to the US for advice and assistance in a situation where the Governor of Annam was n't speaking to the Prime Minister — who was being kept on . |
| 3 | A leading commentator on the criminal law , Professor J. C. Smith , has drawn attention to a situation where a farmer shoots dead an alsatian dog . |
| 4 | Even if the defendant himself can plausibly say that he did not intend to use violence , it is sufficient if he uses the language or behaviour in a situation where the addressee is likely to believe that violence will be used against him either by the speaker or by other persons . |
| 5 | The extensive consultation which takes place between central government and these associations should not be seen as a generous concession by government but as ‘ the inevitable response in a situation where the centre lacks detailed control . |
| 6 | No amount of attendance at classes or reading on the subject can substitute for the experience of making a verbal presentation as a manager in a situation where the outcome really matters . |
| 7 | However , bullish and bearish money spreads can be combined to create a potential profit in a situation where the share price is not expected to move and in a situation where the price is expected to move but has equal probabilities of rising and falling . |
| 8 | ‘ There exists a very fine line between a situation where the ball can not emerge and one where every effort is being made to present ball , but the opposition do everything possible to prevent that presentation . ’ |
| 9 | The Court had jurisdiction to hear an originating summons on the question of the Inland Revenue 's right to demand information in a situation where the taxpayer had no statutory right of appeal against the demand , and a failure to comply with the demand would result in a penalty . |
| 10 | In upholding Peck 's committal order , Judge White said Mancroft was not protected from arrest under Parliamentary privilege or as a peer of the realm in a situation where the courts were exercising their punitive disciplinary powers . |
| 11 | In the British system of local government finance , with the wonderful inimitable reforms of the present government , er we have gone from a situation in which er the central government financed about , between forty five and fifty percent of local expenditure to a situation where the central government finances about eighty five percent , I think between eighty five and ninety percent of local spending . |