Object

• circumstance: Should there be extenuating circumstances causing the late return of items, readers may appeal against the fine.

• procedure: They have until Monday 10 July 2006 to ratify the scores and to submit any requests under the Commission's extenuating circumstances procedure.

• form: Anyone not meeting the deadline must submit the work to the assessments unit with a completed extenuating circumstance form.

• factor: This is the case regardless of clinical or domestic circumstances or extenuating factors.

• envelope: It will be extremely difficult to appeal under these grounds as all students have access to the extenuating circumstances envelopes.

• reason: Departments can use their discretion but there must be extenuating reasons for your lower grades.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

• such: In our judgment there are extenuating circumstances such as a Disabled Parking Blue Badge was incorrectly displayed.