Converse of object

• argue: He argues the case for seeing contemporary 'global ' changes as more than economic and cultural in nature.

• investigate: Normally, when investigating a case, they would send the local " UFO officer " from the nearest airbase.

• consider: The Hearing Officer therefore went on to consider the case put forward by the applicant.

• handle: A series of courses on handling sexual offenses cases are to begin in the autumn of 2003.

• bring: Thursday 2 May 1974 The Irish government brought a case of torture against the British government to the European Commission on Human Rights.

Adjective modifier

• most: In most cases these symptoms will diminish over a period of time from a few hours to days or weeks.

• many: In many cases, they have made the situation worse.

• such: In such cases the final mark awarded for the module will reflect the degree of reassessment is allowed.

• particular: The legal basis in any particular case is bound to depend on the circumstances.

• extreme: An abortion must by law, except in a few extreme cases, be carried out before the twenty fourth week of pregnancy.

• latter: In the latter case they are the earliest extant form of the art.

Modifies a noun

• study: Case study: Happy to be in control Richard Freeman, 38, says he likes the control offered by an offset mortgage.

• law: Readers should be alert to the possibility of developments in case law that might affect the rights described.

Noun used with modifier

• court: The Norwegian police caught five members of the hit squad and the subsequent court case exposed Mossad's murderous campaign.

• facie: A prima facie case of bad faith was established and in the absence of any defense the application must succeed.

• business: Indeed, there is an attempt to point out the business case for attending to privacy.

• test: The test cases presented were run on a 450 MHz pentium II processor with 128 MB of RAM, under Windows 98.

• murder: Professor Robert Langdon ( Hanks ) is lecturing in Paris when he becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.

Possessives

• pursuer: The Joint Minute should be read to the jury by Junior Counsel for the Pursuer at the end of the pursuer's case.

Preposition: of

• emergency: There is always at least one Soyuz craft docked to the ISS to act as a ' lifeboat ' in case of an emergency.