Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there 's the question of whether an extra club comes up from the Vauxhall Conference to replace Aldershot and the possibility of clubs moving to new grounds . ’ |
| 2 | There is a close link between the vexed questions of whether an offer of employment is ‘ suitable ’ and whether a refusal is ‘ unreasonable ’ . |
| 3 | The assessment of whether an odour problem amounts to a statutory nuisance within s.92 of the Public Health Act 1936 is a most difficult decision and then to justify that decision before a court equally so . |
| 4 | The question of whether an authority is exceeding its power in imposing a particular condition on a planning permission — ultra vires , as the law puts it — and what happens when ultra vires , is easily stated but difficult to determine in practice . |
| 5 | Irrespective of whether an agreement or arrangement has been notified to the Commission or a complaint made , it is open to the Commission to launch its own investigation in relation to any agreement , practice or other activity which it may suspect infringes the competition rules . |
| 6 | It can be argued that the question of whether an applicant ought to be required to use Ord. 53 procedure should depend on whether the particular procedural features of Ord. 53 are appropriate to the case . |
| 7 | Of course it is highly likely that the corporate finance arm and the client will be contractually bound in any case , thus enabling us to dispense with the issue of whether an obligation of confidence is owed . |
| 8 | The OLA 1984 makes no reference to the question of whether an occupier can exclude or restrict his or her potential liability under the Act . |
| 9 | The King was found to be the sole judge of whether an emergency existed ( see The Case of Shipmoney ( R v Hampden ) ( 1637 ) 3 St Tr 825 ) . |
| 10 | First , it seems that as was the case at common law in classifying animals as ‘ ferae naturae , ’ the question of whether an animal belongs to a dangerous species is one of law for the court . |
| 11 | But the main point is this : that irrespective of whether an analysis is embarked upon from the position of an openly stated or tacitly assumed ontological bias , or whether , on the contrary , the question of an ultimate choice of basic ontological existents is deliberately left undecided , it is usually taken for granted that the concept of an ontological existent is in general well understood . |
| 12 | But me only objective test of whether an organism has tree will is whether its behavior can be predicted . |
| 13 | The Historic Voters Roll will address this problem by providing a mechanism to confirm the existence of any supplied address , irrespective of whether an elector is currently registered there . |
| 14 | This faculty gives equal consideration to all applications received , irrespective of whether an asterisk has been placed against Edinburgh on the UCAS form . |
| 15 | This case raised the question of whether an assignee of a reversion on a lease could enforce the payment of rent against someone who had entered into surety covenants as a guarantee of the tenant 's obligations in the lease . |
| 16 | For a discussion of whether an expert can be compelled to give reasons for his decision , see 13.7.8 . |
| 17 | In Sadler v Imperial Life Assurance Co of Canada Ltd [ 1988 ] IRLR 388 the question of whether an indirect restraint of trade existed was considered . |
| 18 | The whole effect is as if an aftermarket body-kit specialist has had a go at embellishing a 911 , with the predictable result . |
| 19 | A quick sideways prod of the transfer gear-lever was all that I needed to give the big machine the traction of a funicular railway , as if an invisible cable winch was hauling me up . |
| 20 | In the terms of our earlier discussion , it is as if an external ‘ banker ’ had magically appeared , making it possible for both Bristol and Coventry to benefit from the same outcome , a draw . |
| 21 | A typical half embryo was seen to emerge just as if an older embryo had been sliced in two with a razor . |
| 22 | It was as if an antiquated lecturer , standing somewhere behind me , had slipped a slide into a magic lantern and brought it sharply into focus . |
| 23 | ‘ You have been entrusted into your own keeping as if an orphan had been committed to your trust . |
| 24 | He glared as if an answer to the contrary would be taken as heresy . |
| 25 | They had blocked the street off , rather as if an armed siege was in progress . |
| 26 | When she thought about the things he did they became even sharper , so that it felt as if an electric shock was passing right through the centre of her body . |
| 27 | Some twenty seconds elapsed before the empty suit spasmed , then one leg pulled slowly up on itself , as if an inflating pressure was at work . |
| 28 | It was as if an electric shock had gone through the gathering . |
| 29 | Limbs caught and held stiffly in awkward attitudes jerked into life as if an electric current had been applied to them . |
| 30 | It was as if an addictive drug had been withdrawn and I was faced with the reality of life and had forgotten what to do with it . |