Under very narrow circumstances, the trial judge has the authority to release an inmate.

Such limited disclosure, she argued, is meant to be restricted to narrow and exceptional circumstances.

Under these narrow circumstances, society's interest in crime prevention is at its greatest.

These were large books drawn on narrow circumstances.

The court said affirmative action plans were justified only in very narrow circumstances as a remedy for past discrimination.

Even in those narrow circumstances, change had proved to be a genuine force.

This approach works only in very narrow circumstances.

Many states that do, impose it only in very narrow circumstances, such as the murder of a police officer.

We understand that in very narrow circumstances, the police may need to act immediately to stop serious and imminent harm.

But local laws requiring sterilization under narrower circumstances already exist.