Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought about this with regard to Mr McTavish 's offer and his requiring another bottle for the return and , being a Yorkshireman , decided to walk into the mountain after all . |
| 2 | Lawyers in Norway , he suggests , are doing this with regard to legal concepts and linguists have to do the same with regard to linguistic concepts and theories ( ibid . ) . |
| 3 | The view that religion is a response to revealed truth , and the implications of this with regard to how we can be expected to find out about it , are not normally considered at all . |
| 4 | But it comes down to , first of all , whether it 's sensible to borrow against assets , and all of us do if we 're lucky enough to own our own homes we tend to have borrowed either our first mortgage or sometimes a second against it , and we make our own judgement , and I see there are some suggestions on how the Government spotted this with regard to schools in suggesting that perhaps schools could raise money by mortgaging their school buildings , of course |
| 5 | the external design is nevertheless made everywhere to result from the necessities of the interior : the positions of the windows are decided not so much with regard to external effect , as with reference to the rooms they light ; and even the heights of stories will be found to vary in parts to suit internal convenience . |
| 6 | If there is any doubt in the case of syphilis , there is none at all with regard to gonorrhoea . |
| 7 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 8 | Emphasize the difficulty of saying anything at all with regard to religion which may not be received by someone in a misleading way . |
| 9 | The provision … may be amended or revoked … by the parties to the treaty without the consent of the State entitled to the right … , unless — ( a ) the parties to the treaty had entered into a specific agreement with the latter with regard to the creation of the right ; or ( b ) a contrary intention appears from the terms of the treaty , the circumstances of its conclusion or the statements of the parties . |
| 10 | The situation was the same with regard to the Revenue 's right to demand information where the taxpayer had no statutory right of appeal , and a failure to comply with the demand would entail a penalty . |
| 11 | Lawyers in Norway , he suggests , are doing this with regard to legal concepts and linguists have to do the same with regard to linguistic concepts and theories ( ibid . ) . |
| 12 | … Therefore , although the law is the same with regard to libel on a firm or company as with regard to libel on a person , the conditions under which the particular statement can be libellous may not exist with regard to them . |