Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teaching of Deuteronomy and the theology of the stories of Jericho and Ai and the rest ( for the book of Joshua gives us lists of cities put to the ban ) are also understandable in terms of ancient conduct of war in that part of the world , or with regard to our own contemporary warfare and religious belief and practice . |
| 2 | Much of what happens to you professionally , or with regard to your major aims , is subject to the actions of others . |
| 3 | Or with regard to the wedding plays , silk satin cotton rags or even if the offspring would be boy lass twins triplets or what these babies were to be rocked in . |
| 4 | 5.7.3 Without prejudice to the generality of the above to comply in all respects with the provisions of any statutes and other obligations imposed by law or by any byelaws applicable to the Premises or in regard to carrying on the trade or business for the time being carried on on the Premises It may be that clause 5.7.1 should , in certain circumstances , have the following proviso added : except where such compliance is within the ambit of the Landlord 's obligations contained in this Lease Almost all leases will contain a tenant 's covenant to comply with statutory obligations , which could involve fairly substantial capital expenditure . |
| 5 | I might conceivably be interested merely in a hypothetical situation , trying to decide , say , what consequences would follow if p were true , without wishing to commit myself one way or the other ( although , as will be shown later on , one can not coherently posit the possibility of p being true except with regard to possible truth claims that might be made in respect of it ) . |
| 6 | We related to her how everything happened ; she exulted and gloried and was now blessing you ( O God ) who are able to do above what we can ask or conceive , because she recognized that with regard to me you have given her so much more than she used to beg for when she wept so pitifully before you . |
| 7 | It may well be the case that with regard to many people unlawfully at large this should be regarded as ‘ hot pursuit , ’ but the approach of the Court when faced with a patient absconder allows a choice of methods to be adopted . |
| 8 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 9 | In evidence to the UK House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs on July 11 , 1990 , Francis Maude , then a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with special responsibilities for Hong Kong , stated that with regard to the influx of Vietnamese " boat people " into the colony , he did not exclude mandatory repatriation in future and said that the voluntary scheme was working well . |
| 10 | It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that with regard to the explicit curriculum , RE has to fight for its life — constant vigilance is the necessary price it pays for retaining any foothold at all in a curriculum groaning under the weight of other priorities . |
| 11 | There is dicta in Vestey v IRC [ 1980 ] STC 6 at 20(g) which indicate that with regard to s739 , the assets should be transferred abroad , but the dicta are not clear and there is probably nothing to prevent the legislation being simply interpreted as applying to transfers from one overseas country to another . |
| 12 | But I certainly think that with regard to Concept Catering , the merger did not come s , could almost , did n't come soon enough , because we needed to turn Concept Catering , from a school meals organisation into a catering organisation , and give it stronger management and a better lead and a better appreciation of what it means to be customer oriented . |
| 13 | Although with regard to young offenders he cites possible mitigating factors such as the temptations of the affluent society and the frustrations of dead-end jobs , he nevertheless lays the blame at the door of the ‘ new aggressiveness and hostility to authority ’ . |
| 14 | For now , the point I wish to make is that in regard to the notional/functional syllabus , although there is a change in the way of describing the content units for language teaching , this change tends to be assimilated into traditional and well-established ways of thinking about the syllabus as a pedagogic construct . |
| 15 | Those who are working and hoping , however feebly , to encompass the lives of boys and girls with wholesome atmosphere must know that in regard to sexuality two factors stand out . |
| 16 | Attention to the wording of any such power should be no less scrupulous than in regard to the power to expel itself . |
| 17 | Community relations and neighbourhood policing reverses the process of depersonalization , and with regard to the police this encourages them to develop a more subtle set of typifications which categorize the majority of residents in West Belfast as decent , honest , and , at root , friendly . |
| 18 | But it remains perfectly understandable , both in terms of the development of the larger narrative , and with regard to the situation of the generation for whom it was first compiled . |
| 19 | And with regard to the most sacred sacrifice , the whole burnt-offering , Philo analyses the choice of victim in the following way : |
| 20 | He pointed out that the Select Committee had found no material difference between Gothic and Classic and with regard to the incongruity of the styles : |
| 21 | As already indicated , the Brush Electrical Engineering Co. was the contractor for the construction of this line and with regard to the haste with which it had to be built , Brush Budget , their house magazine , had the following to say , ‘ For legal reasons it became necessary to build the line very quickly and the Brush Company laid ten miles of track in six weeks . |
| 22 | The auditors had carried out a specific investigation of the Gimco bills and with regard to recoverability , they had no more than an assurance from Gimco , an Abu Dhabi entity , that the bills would be honoured ‘ within three to four months or earlier when able ’ and an unsupported statement by G that he believed Gimco would pay . |
| 23 | Generally speaking , pluralists accord the media varying degrees of autonomy both with regard to their relations with other institutions and with regard to their work in the production of content and meaning . |
| 24 | As a rule , and with regard to its proximity to the free atmosphere , air content and organic content derived from leaf and debris fall — and perhaps your cultivations , such as mulching — the top spit level is always more fertile than the spit under it . |
| 25 | Many considerable advances were taking place in scientific discovery with regard to the structure and composition of the physical world surrounding human beings , and with regard to the physical nature and make-up of human beings themselves . |
| 26 | Sir , you have enumerated all the documents which exist on our side , and with regard to the letters erm er of the fourth of February and the twentieth of April to which you have referred , they are part of the set of appendices , and are respectively appendix eight and appendix nine . |
| 27 | Nonetheless the suggestions outlined in this paper would put new teachers in a strong position to teach language awareness , and make them familiar with important issues in the social dimensions of language in Britain today , both with respect to minority languages and with regard to the linguistic needs of society as a whole . |
| 28 | And what do you feel , what are your feelings and with regard to the fact the flats are coming down ? |
| 29 | Towards the end of the Directive this is granted to ‘ large industrial companies and with regard to the distribution companies under certain conditions ’ . |
| 30 | He wanted to know whether we would monitor the introduction of the new disability benefits and their impact in policy terms and with regard to their administration . |