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casemated; casemates; casement; casements; caseous; cash; cashbox; cashed; cashes; cashew
  1. These mining districts are Yaquil near Nancagua, where the direction of the chief veins, to which only in all cases I refer, is north and south; in the Uspallata range, the prevailing line is N.

  2. For the European analogous cases see Mr. Lyell's "Principles of Geology" 6th edition volume 1 page 37.

  3. Darwin further showed that in highly schistose rocks, the folia bend around and encircle any foreign bodies in the mass, and that in some cases they exhibit the most tortuous forms and complicated puckerings.

  4. Not only has this amount of elevation taken place within the period of existing Mollusca and Cirripedes; but their proportional numbers in the neighbouring sea have in most cases remained the same.

  5. They are always pleased to see us, and in all cases they have aprons and baskets of fruit of all kinds, which they give us gratis.

  6. Things are going very well indeed with us now, although they are about five, and in some cases twenty, to one.

  7. They make light of wounds, and I have known cases where men have fought for days with wounds that might have excused any man dropping out: I have seen a man dress one himself in the firing line.

  8. On the whole, the two Ware cases are by no means so important as the Franz (see below) and Chesselden cases, because the boy, W.

  9. In these cases the first interjection is always occasioned by a noise, not simply by the sight of things rolling without noise.

  10. In many cases of aphasia every mental state is expressed by one and the same word (often a word without meaning).

  11. In both cases the child soon discovered that these organs are in pairs, and he would seize with the right hand the lobe of my left and of my right ear alternately after I had asked "Ear?

  12. These cases are sufficient to refute some singular assertions, e.

  13. In general this form can not be distinguished from the foregoing when both are developed in an extreme degree, except in cases of peripheral dysarthria, i.

  14. In gestures also and in all sorts of performances there are bad cases of confusion almost every day; e.

  15. In all three cases he answered with the same movement of the hand.

  16. Some are “distributing;” that is, filling their cases with letters from the type pages of books or papers which have been printed off.

  17. The tiles and brick were impressed with a stamp when in a soft state; the shells and tablets of stone were etched or graven, the figures or characters being cut in their surface, and in some cases also stained with various colors.

  18. Teacher and pupil in most cases attempted little, and accomplished little.

  19. The types were disposed in cases much as they are now.

  20. In some cases they had no title, number of pages, or paragraph divisions.

  21. In several cases his cousin was able to decide without any consideration, for the boys had thrust in a number of things that, so far, they had found no need for, and probably might not use at all.

  22. Yes, and cases are known when men have been attacked openly on the trail by these gray woods terrors," Dick went on, as though the subject possessed a certain fascination for him.

  23. There was a rough shed on the left, with crates and packing-cases under it.

  24. Of course there are occasions when it is right to stand up to a moral bully, and then you may go for him for all you are worth: but these cases are rare; and what you must not do is to get into the way of a sort of moral skirmishing.

  25. The reason why a man gets roughly handled, in nine cases out of ten, is not because he is obnoxious or offensive, but because other people are harsh and indifferent.

  26. And I believe that there are thousands of cases in the world which are infinitely worse than the case of Keats--who, after all, had more joy of the finest quality in his short life than most of us achieve.

  27. In cases of slighter disease where the patient is able to be about or to carry on his business, but with discomfort, the same abstinence from all food is recommended.

  28. In both of these cases not many less pounds than a hundred had needlessly accumulated.

  29. In all my cases of acute sickness there was always a wasting of the body no matter how much they were fed; a like increase of general strength when a normal desire for food occurred no matter how little they were fed.

  30. Not a single medicine was given except for pain, and occasionally in cases in which I had reason to think the entire digestive tract needed a general clearing of foul sewage.

  31. I conclude these cases with an illustration.

  32. My experience with cases of epilepsy, or "fits," is confined to a half dozen cases, in which permanent relief seems to be assured.

  33. Fasting during sickness, because of the vast utility and from the impetus arising from the cases in Philadelphia, is bound to spread as by contagion; but when death occurs, all friends involved will be charged as abettors of homicide.

  34. There is an acquired structural abnormality behind the spasms, acquired from surplus food, with a cure to be reached ultimately in most cases along these physiological lines.

  35. Generally, however, the wasting process does not require to be carried to the very last, the chronic inflammatory deposit (and in rare cases even a cancerous infiltration) being absorbed and got rid of before this point is reached.

  36. The extreme limit of all well-authenticated cases of total abstinence from nourishment is from nine to ten days.

  37. This would seem to imply that he has never had cases of acute sickness in which the amount of food taken during many days or even weeks was too small to play any part as a life-prolonging factor.

  38. In severe cases a time may be reached when death of parts from the strangling pressure may occur, and then we have an ulcerative catarrh.

  39. There have been cases which were cured by ways not recognized by the general practitioner after they had been given up.

  40. A well there was used by the men for some time, until cases of illness provoked an investigation and a dead German was discovered at the bottom.

  41. By degrees, in our conversation, I found that on both sides of his family there were cases of mental weakness.

  42. The sergeant would come to me and tell me where the worst cases were.

  43. We got all the men we could down to the cellar; but still there were some stretcher cases which had to be left in the rooms upstairs.

  44. The major who examined me ordered me to go to the Base by the next train, as they had no time to attend to cases of influenza.

  45. Of course, the walking wounded were the first to appear, the more serious cases came afterwards, but still there was the note of triumph in all the accounts of the fighting which I heard.

  46. Fresh cases were being brought down the road every moment, and laid out on the cold pavement till they could be attended to.

  47. Long before these cases could be disposed of, other ambulances had arrived, and the floor of the outer room once more became covered with stretchers.

  48. The doctor had to tell him sharply that he need not expect to be carried, as there were too many serious cases to be attended to.

  49. In both cases good material was present, but one had been developed to meet certain requirements, the other had not.

  50. In this division, in some cases at least, the spindle fibres bear a part--a fact which again points to the importance of the centrosomes and the forces which radiate from them.

  51. The following description will outline the general facts of such cell division, and will apply with considerable accuracy to all cases of cell division, although the details may differ not a little.

  52. The formed material is in many cases simply a thickened cell wall, and this we commonly regard as part of the cell.

  53. How great a part we cannot say, nor is it necessary for our purpose to decide; for in all these cases the machine building has only been the result of the hereditary transmission of congenital variation under certain peculiar conditions.

  54. In all these cases there is no energy or power created, for the machine must be always supplied with an amount of energy equal to that which it gives back in another form.

  55. In other cases the cell substance acquires peculiar functions, so that what seems to be the formed material is really a modified cell body and is still active and alive.

  56. But before its division can begin there occurs in all cases of sexual reproduction a process called fertilization, the essential feature of which is the union of this cell with another commonly from a different individual.

  57. But the egg substance is derived from the mother alone; the centrosome, at least in some cases and perhaps in all, is derived only from the father, while the chromosomes are derived from both parents.

  58. The foundation of reproduction is thus in all cases cell division.

  59. In other cases the formed material appears to be manufactured within the cell and secreted, as in the case of bone.

  60. Indeed, in many cases this has been found possible.

  61. The centrosome may apparently in some cases disappear, but more commonly remains beside the daughter nucleii, or it may move into the nucleus.

  62. In all cases the organism divides into two or more parts, each of which becomes in time like the original.

  63. In many cases the formed material is simply the old dead cell walls from which the living substance has been withdrawn (Fig.

  64. Sundays and other church holidays were to be properly kept; and no commercial transactions were to be tolerated on Sundays, nor were the public courts to hold sessions on those days except in cases of extreme necessity.

  65. Usually the nearest male heir of the house of Alfred would be chosen; but circumstances might dictate a different selection, and in such cases the "wise men" seem to have possessed plenary powers.

  66. In most cases the sisters came to be provided for by marriage.

  67. The old practice was hurtful, because, even in cases where punishment was deserved, it made vengeance or retribution so much a matter of personal feeling.

  68. Such cases as those now provided for were doubtless dealt with by the ordinary magistrate.

  69. But in these cases the helpless men had faith in those who bade them exert themselves; they believed that if they tried they would be helped, and helped accordingly they were.

  70. In all such cases we naturally wonder what can be the cause.

  71. Alas, in too many cases they find the world's bitterness and meanness and selfishness reproduced under the flag of Christ!

  72. The decision was, that in such cases the women should inherit, but under the condition that they should not marry out of their own tribe, so that the property should not be transferred to another tribe.

  73. And in more recent times, how many are the cases where sisters and daughters have exercised a blessed influence on brothers and fathers!

  74. The case was deemed of sufficient importance to be laid before the Lord, because the decision on it would settle similar cases for the whole nation and for all time.

  75. Why, they have asked, was the right of women to inherit land limited to cases in which there were no men in the family?

  76. They would look after cases of ceremonial defilement, and no doubt they would be careful to enjoin payment of the tithes to which they had a claim.

  77. All these things make the separation between the two parts of the country caused by the river and its valley much more complete than in ordinary cases of river boundaries.

  78. There are doubtless cases where the diversity of style is so marked that the inference is justified, but in these the evidence is unmistakably clear.

  79. On the other hand, there are no doubt memorable cases where the elasticity and power of the spirit have been in the very inverse ratio to the strength of the body.

  80. In such cases as are above mentioned, a sort of evil-speaking about our neighbour may be allowable or excusable.

  81. Furthermore, the warrantableness of this practice in some cases may be inferred from a parity of reason, in this manner.

  82. From these instances we may collect when in other like cases it is unseasonable, and therefore culpable.

  83. First, we may observe that in all these cases all possible moderation, equity, and candour are to be used; so that no ill- speaking be practised beyond what is needful or convenient.

  84. Taking a large number of cases which lie before me, there are two points which are common to nearly all of them.

  85. In both cases these taller fairies were reported from flat, plain-like locations; while the little old-man type varies completely from the dancing little feminine elf so beloved by Shakespeare.

  86. Other well-authenticated cases will come along.

  87. In most cases I was interested to note that my share in making public the photographs of Cottingley was the worst sort of introduction imaginable.

  88. The same remark applies to a number of cases which were communicated to me after the appearance of the articles in the Strand.

  89. The other is, that more cases are recorded in which they have been seen in the still, shimmering hours of a very hot day than at any other time.

  90. There are many cases on record where they are claimed to have shown their power, and to have taken revenge for some slight.

  91. By this time they are fairly "fit," and, as they have in all cases of doubt had the very best medical opinions, they are not very likely to go wrong.

  92. In cases of confirmed wickedness, she adds an illuminated text sometimes, and a hymn-book.

  93. The treatment in such cases is naturally conservative and the results are very favorable.

  94. The treatment in such cases is, of course, conservative, with no serious consequences expected from infection.

  95. The treatment in such cases is that of a simple fracture, as there is almost always no infection in such wounds.

  96. Results in such cases are favorable if wound is not infected.

  97. The treatment in such cases is invariably conservative, with the removal of such fragments as may be detached by suppuration and sequestration.

  98. The treatment in such cases is always conservative.

  99. The missile lies behind the head of the humerus, under conditions similar to the cases shown in plates 83 and 84.

  100. Emergency treatment in such cases is antiseptic dressing only, without exploration, and with fixation by splints for transportation.

  101. As a rule the infected cases of this class recovered without loss of limb.

  102. The treatment in such cases is expectant, with due regard to the character of the infection, and without primary search for the missile.

  103. The treatment in such cases is conservative, but with respect for the indications to maintain proper position of the fragments.

  104. The results in such cases are usually good.

  105. The treatment in such cases is naturally conservative.

  106. The treatment in such cases is conservative, with removal of the projectile and care of the superficial infection or subsequent complications.

  107. These cases are nearly all aseptic, and if the great vessels and nerves of the chest escape injury results are generally favorable.

  108. Such visitors, being clergymen and qualified lay people, were fully competent to judge of the cases with which they came in contact.

  109. In order to arrive in some measure at the exact method of manufacture, it is proposed to examine the curiosities of the New Scotland Yard counterfeiting cases more minutely.

  110. An active little Gallot's lizard was placed here lately, with a pair of chameleons, but the contrast was so disgraceful to the chameleons that he was removed, and made to chum with a Gecko, a few cases off.

  111. Great things have sprung from it: for now there is an average of ten thousand cases to deal with annually.

  112. He was usually ambitious to write a general history from the beginning of the world or from the Christian era at least, and in comparatively few cases began with the origin of his own land.

  113. The bishops did not interfere to protect the clergy, says one chronicler; and very likely in these cases the Church acknowledged the power rather than the right of the king.

  114. On the roll appear also numerous entries of fees paid by private persons to have their cases tried in the king's courts, or to have the king's processes or officers for the enforcement of their rights.

  115. That such an ideal was actually realized in any large number of cases it would be absurd to maintain.

  116. Special cases began to be brought to his attention.

  117. What Henry seems to have done was to generalize this use, to establish certain classes of cases in which it might always be employed by his subjects, but in his courts only.

  118. The medieval king had many things to sell which are denied the modern sovereign: offices, favour, and pardons, the rights of the crown, and even in some cases the rights of the purchaser himself.

  119. This fact in some cases divided families, as in the case of the Marshals, William the elder staying with John, while William the younger was with the barons.

  120. In so many cases I find people are prejudiced from going deeper than a few feet from the surface, as not finding a copious supply of Asbestos there, when good indications are shown they become disheartened.

  121. In one or two cases I have seen large quantities of broken rock changed into fibre after a few years, by atmospherical chemical agencies.

  122. In many other cases the metamorphic process itself remains a mystery, and from the nature of the products alone do we conclude that such a metamorphic action has taken place.

  123. In either of these latter cases it is hard to hold the right idea steadily enough before the attention to let it exert its adequate effects.

  124. All cases of wilful action properly so called, of choice after hesitation and deliberation, may be conceived after one of these latter patterns.

  125. Whether social progress is due more to the passion for keeping old things and habits or to the passion of imitating and acquiring new ones may in some cases be a difficult thing to decide.

  126. It is true that a grown-up adult keeps gaining well into middle age a great knowledge of details, and a great acquaintance with individual cases connected with his profession or business life.

  127. Such a case of action from a single idea has been distinguished from more complex cases by the name of 'ideo-motor' action, meaning action without express decision or effort.

  128. Such exceptional cases of perpetually self-renovating youth as Mr. Gladstone's only prove, by the admiration they awaken, the universality of the rule.

  129. But I've been hearing what you are doing, and it occurred to me that you must come across a good many cases not in the regular charities that you could help judiciously, get them over hard spots, without encouraging dependence.

  130. She could even relate cases of chivalrous protection of "ladies" in some of the worst streets.

  131. Jack was like some other men who lose heart not when they are doing a doubtful thing, but when they have to face the consequences--cases of misplaced conscience.

  132. Increased number of cases for the doctor followed want of sufficient food and the eating of cheap, unwholesome food.

  133. Fifty other cases of this kind take place on a large sheep-farm, that never could occur on a small establishment.

  134. Dozens of cases like this, occurred during the late wretched times.

  135. I could enumerate other cases of a similar nature; but these six are sufficient for my present purpose.

  136. The rind, when dried, and made into tea, is an excellent tonic, and is often successfully used in cases of dysentery, by Native as well as European practitioners.

  137. The compradore is a very useful fellow, but, in nine cases out of ten, a great rogue, who scruples not to swell out his bill against the ship by various means the reverse of fair.


  138. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cases" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cases treated; cases were; cases where