Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a person " in BNC.
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| 1 | To call an activity , or aspects of an activity , or even a person ‘ professional ’ is not necessarily to apply a seal of approval . |
| 2 | The underlying idea is that citizens are expected to keep control over their behaviour , but that in circumstances where even a person of normal self-control might be provoked , the offence may be reduced from murder to manslaughter . |
| 3 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 4 | There is a rule that normally a person is bound by his signature , Saunders v. Anglia Building Society ( 1970 H.L. ) . |
| 5 | the fact that Freud linked the two things together , the very title of the book shows the evil th that group psychology and ego psychology were intimately intimately connected with one another and er the central idea was that as Dean rightly says is that in a group the leader or the leading principal , and it does n't always have to be a person , although usually a person plays , kind of represents the , the er the leader in the way that the Pope represents Christ for example , you know Christ ca n't be here right now , he 's doing other things elsewhere I presume . |
| 6 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 7 | ‘ In charge of ’ means that once a person takes a vehicle on a road or public place he normally remains in charge of that vehicle until he has taken it off the road or public place again . |
| 8 | It follows that once a person reaches the level of authentic faith — which he sees as the third and highest stage along the path of life , following others which he terms the ‘ aesthetic ’ and the ‘ ethical ’ — it is led and governed purely by obedience to God and not by anything merely human , however lofty . |
| 9 | The third example is a young man who falls into the rare category of those who pose a serious threat to public safety , a threat which in some instances exists for only weeks or months , although occasionally a person may remain potentially dangerous for some years . |
| 10 | The interest of the members in the company is freely transferable between the members , but in case of any intended sale to an outsider , first the other members ( in proportion ) , secondly the company itself , and thirdly a person appointed by the members ' meeting has a right of pre-emption . |
| 11 | ‘ The plaintiff was en ventre sa mère at the time of her brother 's death , and consequently a person in rerum natura so that both by the rules of the common law and civil law she was to all intents and purposes a child . |
| 12 | Tony Lewis , the Glamorgan chairman and certainly a person of some sensitivity himself , has gone into print : to soften the arguments and smooth the flow of the ageless Taff . |
| 13 | Trustees comprise a body of persons and therefore a person for the purposes of the income tax code ( see the Interpretation Act 1978 , Sched 1 ( person ) , Reid 's Trustees v IRC ( 1929 ) 14 TC 512 , Luke v South Kensington Hotel Co [ 1879 ] 11 Ch 121 , Kelly v Rogers ( 1935 ) 19 TC 692 and ITC for London v Gibbs ( 1942 ) 24 TC 221 at 247 and Dawson v IRC ( 1989 ) STC 473 ) . |
| 14 | But naturally a person who already has these qualifications starts with an advantage . |
| 15 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 16 | The Bar was not just a place , but also a person ; The Bar was Madame . |
| 17 | In the official English-language biography of Nicolae Ceauşescu , published in 1983 , the subject was broached and settled in the following inimitable way : ’ ‘ I would like to ask you , ’ a journalist from abroad [ in fact Le Figaro ] asked the Romanian Head of State , — ‘ what is the role of Madame Elena Ceauşescu , who is not only your wife , but also a person with a political function : she is First Deputy prime Minister ? ' ’ |
| 18 | Very often this aspect of rehabilitation is overlooked because once a person starts to walk without discomfort or restrictions the strengthening programme is stopped . |
| 19 | Up until that moment I had seen myself as simply a person ; colour of skin had n't registered with me . |