Doctors said they had encountered cases in which desperate, frightened parents tried to pressure their own adult children into acting as donors for them.

But department workers, she said, did not encounter enough such cases to consider the homeless retarded a major problem.

The Shadow had encountered cases where such wisps had reached the knowledge of the police, only to be overlooked.

And as time went on, I personally encountered several cases where an abortion was the obvious, humane answer.

As a university psychologist, he sometimes encountered cases with a paranormal element.

"Our customers are long-term customers, so we still have not encountered cases where the customers stop trading with us," he said.

These new practice guidelines have been developed to assist professionals encountering cases of forced marriage of people with learning disabilities.

Information for social workers, teachers, health professionals and police who may encounter cases of forced marriage, including online training.

However, Solms did not encounter cases of loss of dreaming with patients having brain stem damage.

"In the hospitals, they tell me that they have not yet encountered clinical cases of starvation," he said.