Example sentences of "[noun sg] to perform [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore s 1(1) was contravened when , as happened in the present case , a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer . |
| 2 | Held , that , in the opinion of the court , in section 1(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1990 the words ‘ causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer , ’ in their plain and ordinary meaning , were not confined to the use of one computer with intent to secure access into another computer ; so that section 1(1) was contravened where a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer ( post , pp. 437A–B , C–D , 438A , E–F ) . |
| 3 | We took the opportunity to perform a postmortem on one of them , a 5 ½ m male . |
| 4 | It is thus a defence to show that the reason for the alleged act of discrimination was not the plaintiff 's disability but rather an inability to perform the work in question . |
| 5 | Elderly people 's ‘ need ’ for support is difficult to measure directly , but a reasonable indicator can be obtained by asking them about their capacity to perform a range of daily living activities and self-care tasks , and about their mobility . |
| 6 | Clearly , total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all because of wilful default will not be reasonable under s 3 . |
| 7 | Equally , total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all because of circumstances beyond the control of the party in default ( ie reasons of force majeure or an act of the other party ) will conversely be reasonable in nearly all circumstances . |
| 8 | Total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all is unlikely to be reasonable where it occurs because of acts or omissions within the control of the party in default , which are caused by negligence , incompetence or inadvertence but not wilful default ( " inadvertent default " ) . |
| 9 | said that conditions ‘ go so directly to the substance of the contract or , in other words , are so essential to its very nature that their non-performance may fairly be considered by the other party as a substantial failure to perform the contract at all . ’ |
| 10 | In 1986 , the satirical TV programme Spitting Image recorded The Chicken Song , in which the lyrics invited the listener to perform a range of bizarre activities , such as ( as I recall ) bury all your clothes , paint your left knee green , climb inside a dog , and ( the climax of the first verse ) pretend your name is Keith . |
| 11 | There are also provisions in the legislation for one local authority to perform a service on behalf of another in order to prevent wasteful overlap in provision . |
| 12 | It is further the case that a father who gets his 14-year-old daughter to perform an act of fellatio on him or to masturbate him is not criminally liable . |
| 13 | The Carrier shall be relieved of its obligation to perform the contract to the extent that the performance thereof is prevented by failure of the Trader , fire , weather conditions , industrial dispute , labour disturbance or cause beyond the reasonable control of the Carrier . |
| 14 | Before his death the Prince knighted John Higgs , and went specially to St Thomas 's Hospital to perform the investiture at his bedside . |
| 15 | Rather than disappoint the young actors plans are in hand to perform The Wizard of Oz instead . |
| 16 | It is the object 's relationship to the social group which is crucial , rather than its ability to perform a transformation of nature under the sign of utility . |
| 17 | Such a calculation procedure could be embedded into any CAD system to perform the calculation of concentration values , employing any three nominated entities . |
| 18 | In ( 2 ) , for instance , the idea of unmanly seems to correspond to what caused the person represented as the support of the infinitive to perform the action of treating a woman badly , and the sentence suggests that the speaker did not expect such unmanly behaviour from the person he is addressing . |
| 19 | For example , a patient with disabling rheumatoid arthritis can teach the learner the best way to perform a procedure with the minimum of discomfort . |