Example sentences of "case [pron] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there had been a lot of activity by feminists regarding questions of rape in the early 1970s , it was the Morgan case which was the focus of the mainstream public debate prior to the 1976 Act . |
| 2 | But in any case there was a grave difficulty . |
| 3 | In Blake 's case there was a further complication in that Blake was already a Russian agent . |
| 4 | But in either case there was a tendency for such borrowings , whether they were syllabuses , textbooks or examinations to become fossilised and consequently to represent a historical rather than a current picture of British educational practice . |
| 5 | In at least one case there was a deliberate policy decision not to involve the University . |
| 6 | In one case there was a unique relationship between a fabric and a stamp-linked group ( Brisbane 1980 ) . |
| 7 | I read , just as I had at the Moroneys , yet with the single difference in this case there was a young man , Aoin O'Heiher , a nephew of Liam O'Flaherty and he introduced me to writers like Eliot and Joyce . |
| 8 | This would make it easy to disconnect them in case there was a need to make changes , or if problems arose at a later date . |
| 9 | In the present case there was a glaring absence of any reliable evidence as to exactly what happened on the occasion on which Mrs. Steed had placed her signature on the transfer . |
| 10 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
| 11 | Twoflower padded over to the corner , poking gingerly at the stones in case there was a secret panel . |
| 12 | I opened the door of the nearest one , but gingerly in case there was a puma or something the RSPCA had forgotten . |
| 13 | In another case there was an announcement of a General Election and in another case there was a concern that there may have been a change of government because of the opinion polls . |
| 14 | Just in case there was a Jonesy you know . |
| 15 | For a second her eyes searched his face in case there was a vestige of suspicion left , but he held her close , fingers running continually through her tousled mop of blonde hair , lips pressuring her face and neck as if he could never touch her enough . |
| 16 | But she had made up her mind never to allow herself to get close to him , in case there was a repetition of that first rather disturbing kiss . |
| 17 | Now I have changed my mind : Small convinced me that in his case there was no alternative . |
| 18 | We had no telephone , and in any case there was no time to call a doctor . |
| 19 | In any case there was no point approaching anyone today , a Friday : they 'd all be intent on an early departure for their weekend retreats . |
| 20 | In this case there was no such evidence with the result that the court did not decline to hear the case . |
| 21 | In this particular case there was no detriment to road safety as matters turned out , but nonetheless that is the context in which these regulations must be considered . |
| 22 | But in the Luton case there was no question of the officer in charge , Commander Kenneth Drury of Scotland Yard 's Flying Squad , believing that Cooper , McMahon and Murphy were guilty . |
| 23 | In my case there was no homosexuality — or heterosexuality , for that matter — to conceal , but I think there was a certain amount of gender confusion , nurtured by circumstances both at home and at school , which contributed to my sense of loss , the loss of self . |
| 24 | A certain formality of tone and style often intruded , however , and in one case there was no indication that the LEA viewed parental contributions as valuable or desirable . |
| 25 | Described in court as a hard and callous woman who hated her husband , in this case there was no sympathy for the killer at all . |
| 26 | The other new county , Cleveland , was also created to deal with large-scale planning developments , though in this case there was no thought of a major population expansion . |
| 27 | If a bench of two justices can not bring themselves thus to dispose of the case there was no other sensible construction of section 9(2) then that a bench of three must become seized of the matter , rehear the evidence and comply with the statute , i.e. convict or acquit on the evidence . |
| 28 | In the present case there was no ‘ clearly expressed bargain ’ that the tenant shall be entitled to enjoy his ‘ temporary structures ’ in perpetuity if Walworth Road is never widened . |
| 29 | Mr. Collins recognised that this could be so , but said that a least there must be a duty to consider whether time admits of the receipt of representations and in this case there was no such consideration by Lautro . |
| 30 | Mr. Collins recognised that this could be so , but said that at least there must be a duty to consider whether time admits of the receipt of representations and in this case there was no such consideration by Lautro . |