Example sentences of "to do by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that the man left walking the beat had little of interest to do by way of responding to requests for emergency services … |
| 2 | ‘ It is sufficient to say that in Maskell v. Horner Lord Reading C.J. , referring to these authorities , and in particular to the advice given by Willes J. in Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton — where that learned judge said that he had ‘ always understood that when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received ’ — said that ‘ such claims made in this form of action are treated as matters of ordinary practice and beyond discussion . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for the performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received . |
| 4 | They , they are going beyond what they have to do by law , and all credit to them for doing that . |
| 5 | But , and , but Marks and Spencers are really going , and there are plenty of other firms beside them who do it , but they are going beyond what they strictly have to do by law . |
| 6 | Once the facts are established , will the Government be prepared to move beyond carrying out what they are , after all , required to do by law ? |
| 7 | Where A makes a promise to B in consideration of B doing or promising to do something which he is already bound to do by reason of a duty imposed upon him by law , whether by a Statute or otherwise : for instance , the duty of a local police authority to afford adequate protection to A and his property ; |
| 8 | If a school is going to prepare a pupil for the ‘ opportunities and experiences of adult life ’ as it is required to do by section 1 of the Education Reform Act 1988 , it surely can not ignore his/her sex education . |
| 9 | Lastly , Medeva had to secure a stream of new products which , as a small company , it could not do through research but had to do by acquisition and development . |
| 10 | This is an action requesting the court to require a minister — or local authority — to do what they are required to do by statute . |
| 11 | I now turn to the adoption minutes of city hall and now it is a process of in that city hall did not endorse a recommendation from the finance panel , the budget that came from finance panel erm so we are in the slightly unusual position of having to debate the proposals of finance panel as we were recommended to do by city hall , erm that means as I understand it that er the chair of city hall will now present the annual budget statement erm and since he is going to do that in a form of an amendment er that seven other unusual features about the way in which we would normally do it which would mean that there would be er a budget statement and where there would then be the the formal proposals and amendments themself , erm so what I would propose is to try and make sure that everybody has , has maximum opportunity to have their say erm because no two amendments can be on the floor at one time er to take what the leader of the council said first of all erm then to allow the other two leaders to present their budget alternatives as it were , without it be , this is just not did n't take it at that point if they do n't want to . |
| 12 | In an effort to recoup some of his lost prestige , he attempted to do by negotiation what he dared not attempt by force and so conceived a plan for the purchase by France of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , the acquisition of which would strengthen France 's eastern frontier . |
| 13 | Firstly , it is perhaps surprising that the procedure is very difficult to do by hand , even for a small number of objects , and is quite impossible for a large number . |
| 14 | There is indeed a skill of craftsmanship in applying technology ; knowing just how far to go in programming the machine and what to do by hand ; selecting from the materials and technologies and applying them in different ways ; deciding exactly what one should attempt to achieve through technology . |
| 15 | It 's impossible to do by hand |