Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] proceedings " in BNC.

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1 He is a retired reverend , and I thought that , as he had made the effort , it might be nice to ask him to say a prayer to round off the proceedings .
2 A note of discord surfaced during the proceedings with Tunisia , Algeria and Morocco failing to agree on the location for the AMU 's permanent secretariat and the choice of a secretary-general .
3 NEW BOOKS Rt Hon John Biffen MP will be signing his new ‘ everything you wanted to know about the proceedings of the House of Commons ’ Guide .
4 All necessary and desirable directions for disposing of the proceedings should be given at the pre-trial review , and the parties should as far as practicable ask for all the directions they need at the pre-trial review , giving prior notice to all interested parties ( Ord 17 , rr 1 and 3 ) .
5 As reported in the proceedings of the institute , this was followed by some comments on river maintenance which might have been made only yesterday. :
6 The archaeological section has papers on discoveries reported in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland from 1881 , reports of more recent excavations and an " Archaeological Gazeteer of Islay " in 1959 .
7 The babe at the christening has no more say in the proceedings at the christening than does the deceased at the burial , except that in this latter case , instructions in the deceased person 's will can be used to influence the form of burial .
8 The words ‘ otherwise than by proceedings in court ’ do not clearly indicate what is to be treated as being included in the proceedings .
9 In Lewis 's day , some formality was added to the proceedings by the undergraduate 's wearing a gown .
10 By a respondent 's notice dated 28 February 1992 the father contended that in the event of the appeal being allowed in part the order should be varied so that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing the costs incurred by the father in the family proceedings court and that sum to be calculated by a costs draftsman by reference to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 or alternatively , to an order that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing in relating to the proceedings below calculated in the same way but excluding all or part of the costs incurred on 27 and 28 January 1992 .
11 In his Beverly Hills suit and hand-painted 1950s tie , Kaufman looked like a divorce lawyer in ‘ LA Law ’ ; his presence at the Tory Party 's autumn festival could be explained only by the need to earn a crust ; he had been invited by the BBC , no doubt , to comment on the proceedings .
12 The four horses , amazed by the proceedings , were led into the great outdoors which they surveyed with apathy , fear , suspicion and greed respectively , Bones tugging Hoomey irretrievably to the nearest succulent patch of weed .
13 Some light on the date of the accession of Wulfhere 's brother and successor , Aethelred , is shed by the proceedings of the council of Hatfield , dated by reference to 17 September of the Eighth Indiction and by the tenth year of Ecgfrith , king of the Humbrians , the seventh of Hlothhere , king of Kent , and the sixth of Aethelred , king of the Mercians ( HE IV , 17 ) .
14 Although the IAAF do have a three-month ban for minor offences like using ephedrine , manipulation of a test is equivalent to a fully-fledged steroid offence — a point Mr Emig twice missed during the proceedings .
15 I have frequently been bothered by Maazel 's work on record for all sorts of reasons , but here he sounds thoroughly absorbed in the proceedings .
16 Where a foreign element is involved one of the factors which the court will consider is the apparent strength or weakness of the plaintiff 's claim that the defendant has a sufficient connection with England , in respect of the relief sought in the proceedings .
17 Feedback to groups can help the members to see what kind of role they played in the proceedings .
18 ( 4 ) An order under this section in respect of any costs may only be made if — ( a ) an order for costs would be made in the proceedings apart from this Act ; ( b ) as respects the costs incurred in a court of first instance , those proceedings were instituted by the assisted party and the court is satisfied that the unassisted party will suffer severe financial hardship unless the order is made ; and ( c ) in any case , the court is satisfied that it is just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case that provision for the costs should be made out of public funds .
19 There is also an issue arising out of orders for costs that have already been made in the proceedings .
20 ( 3 ) To make an interim care , supervision or s8 order provided that a previous interim order on the same terms has been made in the proceedings and all parties and the guardian ad litem have endorsed their consent on a written request for the order ( FPCR , r28 ) .
21 A first interim care or supervision order made in the proceedings may last up to eight weeks beginning on the date on which it was made .
22 As we argued throughout the proceedings of the European parliamentary elections bill , the Conservatives are entirely responsible for the fact that this process of drawing up the new European boundaries had to be compressed into such a short time .
23 Last night , a spokesman for the Lord Chancellor 's Department said : ‘ The secure area of the court was refurbished in 1989 and as always the Home Office was consulted throughout the proceedings .
24 He checked his notes , and shook his head , glanced at Cowley again , who remained impassively waiting for the proceedings to be officially closed .
25 More significant , however , was the influence which the English settlement in Normandy came to exercise upon the proceedings .
26 It is , therefore , very important to establish whether the property was recovered or preserved in the proceedings , since only then does the statutory charge apply .
27 By consent , the Attorney-General withdrew from the proceedings at the start of the hearing .
28 The Labour Party gave its evidence and for practical purposes withdrew from the proceedings .
29 But a worrying pall of familiarity hangs over the proceedings .
30 Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant .
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