Example sentences of "[adj] avail [pn reflx] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is useful to avail ourselves of the general habit of personifying the law and talking of what it requires , permits , claims , authorizes , etc . |
| 2 | A refugee is ‘ a person who , owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race , religion , membership of a particular social group or political opinion , is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or , owing to such fear , unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country ’ , according to the United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees . |
| 3 | His deafness debarred him from lectures , and he was unable to avail himself of the help of tutors , but he persevered and he graduated in 1911 , overnight becoming front-page news as the only deaf man ( then ) to achieve the academic distinction of Master of Arts of Cambridge University . |
| 4 | Certainly nothing would be gained if action was taken under s.92(1) ( d ) of the Public Health Act 1936 , as the defendant would be able to avail himself of the defence of best practicable means provided by s.94(5) of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 5 | An abatement notice specifying these works would not be invalid , but should planning permission be refused and further action be taken to obtain compliance with the notice , the Justices need not take the local authority 's advice and order the defendants to implement those works , but if they do , and planning permission is again refused , the defendants may be able to avail themselves of the defence of ‘ reasonable excuse ’ , under s.95 , leaving the local authority to find alternative means to seek abatement of the odour . |
| 6 | The unfairness of such a result is compounded by the fact that , as a litigant , [ the defendant ] would be able to avail itself of the … procedures against plaintiffs . |
| 7 | " not advisable to adopt the suggestions of the Visitors : the School in its present state works exceedingly well and it is very doubtful if a more extended course of the higher branches of education would be equally beneficial to the great mass of residents in Stockport and its vicinity , who are anxious to avail themselves of the instruction afforded to their children in the School as at present constituted . " |