Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a person " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immigration R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal , Ex parte Khalid Hussain ; CA ( Lloyd , Glidewell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 5 Oct 1989 Under r 18 of the Immigration Appeals Procedure Rules 1972 , the decision of an immigration appeal tribunal considering whether or not to hear oral evidence to determine whether there were compassionate reasons for a person convicted of murder to be given entry clearance was a matter of discretion and could only be attacked on Wednesbury principles or other recognised rules . |
| 2 | It is a defence for a person charged with ‘ Being in Charge ’ to prove that at the time he is alleged to have committed the offence the circumstances were such that there was no likelihood of his driving the vehicle whilst the proportion of alcohol in his breath , blood or urine remained likely to exceed the prescribed limit ; but in determining whether there was such a likelihood the court may disregard any injury to him and any damage to the vehicle . |
| 3 | It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place . |
| 4 | It would also be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had the article with him or her for use at work ; for religious reasons or as part of any national costume . |
| 5 | There is implied permission for a person to enter premises and state their business to the occupier . |
| 6 | The law does make provision for a person on a child-abuse register to know and to challenge that decision but the information does not have to come through the school record . |
| 7 | Moreover his style is pleasantly direct and his inclusion of occasional personal allusions will encourage the lay reader to trust his judgement as a person and not only as a philosopher of science . |
| 8 | A link between a person 's effort and his or her pay is a powerful means of improving performance . |
| 9 | This is of course the mandatory sentence for a person convicted of murder . |
| 10 | Try writing your own story about a person who is ordinary except for one special quality . |
| 11 | A short , usually amusing story about a person or event . |
| 12 | I have written elsewhere ( Bolton , 1982 ) that the basic skill of acting is : ‘ an ability to engage with something outside oneself using an ‘ as if ’ mental set to activate , sustain or intensify that engagement' and I go on to say , ‘ I am using the word ‘ engagement ’ as a central feature because it implies a relationship at an affective level between a person and the world outside him' ( p. 135 ) . |
| 13 | I look on David as a person . |
| 14 | Since 1979 , the Government has taken three measures to lower the replacement ratio — that is , to increase the gap between a person 's income when in work compared with when he or she is drawing the dole . |
| 15 | Alistair Mitchell-Innes , chief executive , said his appointment was the culmination of a long search for a person ‘ with good City contacts . ’ |
| 16 | Held , allowing the appeal , there was an important distinction to be made between cases where the complainant claimed to recognise the assailant as a person he already knew well and those where the complainant had never seen the assailant before . |
| 17 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 18 | Morrissey , of course , prefers arch playfulness and that is his prerogative as a person and a songwriter . |
| 19 | It is often said that you can discover a great deal about a person 's character by the books on their shelves . |
| 20 | Flora , always spoilt , is never lonely — until at the last she has the frightening experience of seeing herself as one pair of hostile eyes saw her : the eyes of a person so ill-conditioned as to sent her an anonymous letter , and yet a painter of distinction . |
| 21 | Aldous J. said the question of infringement involved an objective test through the eyes of a person to whom the design is directed ( in this case , a pig farmer ) . |
| 22 | These require that where a company is charged , the mental state ( i.e. of knowledge or recklessness ) must be proved to have existed in the mind of a person who was or formed part of the directing mind of the company . |
| 23 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 24 | ‘ Conveyance ’ means any conveyance construed or adapted for the carriage of a person or persons whether by land , water or air , except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it , and ‘ drive ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 25 | A horse is not a " conveyance constructed or adapted for the carriage of a person … " |
| 26 | The objective is to transform instincts and desires in such a way that they can be fitted to the overall goals of a person 's deliberative life . |
| 27 | Few claimants will want to attract the social stigma which attaches to a characterisation of a person as disabled . |
| 28 | Only by realising that a painting is much more than one facet of a face , that it is a distillation of a multitude of images of a person , have recent audiences come to see its worth once more . |
| 29 | All the above types of violation of a person 's autonomy involve what Kant described as treating the person as a means to someone else 's end , and not as an end in themselves . |
| 30 | We have concluded that a standard effect — one that is not a decision , choice , or the like of a person , or a following action — is indeed taken to be an event necessitated by a causal circumstance . |