Example sentences of "[conj] as a matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to assert that a general duty of supervision exists in the absence of fraud by the member States , which would be hard to ascertain , or as a matter of policy to ensure the responsible operation of an international organisation . |
| 2 | Subject to paragraph 2 , it is applicable not only to ‘ information ’ or ‘ ideas ’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference , but also to those that offend , shock or disturb . |
| 3 | The situation described above raises the question of how much of the content of UK weapons systems are owned and controlled by US companies , either as a result of security considerations or as a matter of ( patent ) law and what the terms are under which this technology is received . |
| 4 | Politics is thus not conceived of as ‘ a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants ’ ( Burke ) , nor as a matter of interests , conflicts and political goals , but instead as part of the struggle between good and evil . |
| 5 | The schools lacked any concept of educational advancement and were not providing a popular education as the basis of a common citizenship nor as a matter of occupational utility . |
| 6 | Held , dismissing both appeals , the tape recording of an interview was itself the primary exhibit , although as a matter of convenience it was usual for the prosecution , with the consent of the defence , to provide an abbreviated transcript of its contents for the use of the court and the jury . |
| 7 | Although that is the position in law , the court emphasised that as a matter of commonsense a tenant should first complain to the landlord before exercising the right to prosecute . |
| 8 | His Lordship reached that decision without enthusiasm because it seemed that as a matter of common sense , notice should be given in such circumstances before criminal proceedings were launched . |
| 9 | The element of the image which suggests that as a matter of principled obligation all members of a group rushed to the aid of , say , an aggressive and irresponsible cattle-thief or rapist , may therefore be the product of the practical consideration that men related to an offender prudently assumed they would be held collectively responsible for his actions . |
| 10 | They may be sufficient to account for the feeling that as a matter of meaning , recognition is a condition of possession of legitimate authority . |
| 11 | The English court will not investigate the likely relevance of the evidence sought to issues raised in the foreign proceedings , regarding that as a matter for the foreign court ( which will not have made its request without due consideration ) 520 . |
| 12 | However , the Article dealing with special remuneration drew a distinction between the Board and a committee of the Board so that as a matter of construction ‘ the Board ’ in that context meant the Board and not the committee . |
| 13 | For these reasons I conclude that as a matter of interpretation the powers of the Director do not cease , as regards the questioning of the person under investigation , when he is charged ; that the principle of common sense , expressed in the maxim generalia specialibus non derogant , entails that the general provisions of the Code yield to the particular provisions of the Act of 1987 in cases to which that Act applies ; and that neither history nor logic demands that any qualification of what Parliament has so clearly enacted ought to be implied . |
| 14 | On appeal by the defendants , the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and discharged the injunction , holding that as a matter of domestic law there was no justification for extending to local authorities bringing proceedings under section 222 of the Act of 1972 to enforce the criminal law the privilege enjoyed by the Crown alone of being granted an interlocutory injunction without giving a cross-undertaking as to damages ; and that since it had not been established that the defendants had no defence under article 30 of the E.E.C . |
| 15 | ‘ In the light of the foregoing I would hold that as a matter of law the parental right to determine whether or not their minor child below the age of 16 will have medical treatment terminates if and when the child achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed . |
| 16 | They all seek declarations to the following effect : ( a ) that as a matter of law in the case of a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the Secretary of State is required to set a period for retribution and deterrence which does not exceed the tariff recommended by the judiciary ; ( b ) that the Secretary of State is required by law to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended , and the reasons for that recommendation , and also if he has departed from that recommendation to tell the prisoner his reason for doing so ; ( c ) that the prisoner is entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before the tariff is set , and for this purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State will make his decision which is not in his , the prisoner 's , possession . |
| 17 | It is suggested that where a woman demonstrates her lack of consent , it is no hardship for a man to enquire whether her consent is present and that as a matter of policy the law should demand that he do so . |
| 18 | I should have thought that as a matter of course , when it sent out its communications to the applicant , it would include the list . |
| 19 | It must be said that as a matter of civil law the existence of an equitable proprietary interest is doubtful . |
| 20 | The question of remoteness of damage arises where causation in fact is established , but the court holds that as a matter of law the damage is too remote . |
| 21 | In agreement with the judge we thus conclude that as a matter of substance and reality each of the two parties to the agreements placed himself or herself under merely individual obligations … |
| 22 | But I would regard that as a matter of public , not private interest . |
| 23 | It is clear that as a matter of prudent management in a firm of any size one of the partners or a senior member of staff should be given overall responsibility for ensuring that all partners and employed solicitors ( whether or not held out as partners ) comply with these basic requirements of professional practice ( by keeping a check on replacement and renewal dates , collating relevant statistical information , ensuring timeous completion and posting of applications , etc ) and that the firm is spared the embarrassment of financial penalties or , even worse , an unwanted dissolution . |
| 24 | The first point is the Revenue could take the simple point that as a matter of law no credits are available to the beneficiaries . |
| 25 | As far as the County Highways Authority 's concerned , I think they 've made it quite clear that as a matter of principle , when they considered the new settlement , the new settlement proposal was then around nineteen hundred dwellings , larger than what is being proposed at the moment . |
| 26 | to bringing the claim , if it is pursued , the claim maybe good , it maybe bad and it depends upon the circumstances of the underline agreement , that 's one example where something maybe good or it maybe bad , it 's like an intellectual property ride , depending on how you exercise the right , it maybe good or it maybe bad , if you use it to block parallel imports or for some anti competitive purpose then it may be bad , erm it , it 's not necessarily the case that if you have a clause in the contract it is always in every circumstance bad , where the clause itself allows the undertaking concerned , to exercise it in a particular way , now , erm so so that as a matter of principal not all clauses could be automatically said in a standard form contract to be good or bad and it may depend upon how they are to exercise in a particular way , what we have said is the , the , erm , the provision in on , on the , the unfettable authority , er , erm and powers of the agent , erm is void it would depend upon the facts of each individual case whether or not every other restriction as your Lordships seen again only through and the cases they side , erm that other provisions in a standard form contract may on the facts be had , it depends upon the significance of the particular clause in the circumstances , my Lord in , in answer to your Lordships question , I do n't think it necessary follows that every clause is bad , but we do say it depends upon the facts and we have pleaded that not all loss might be erm defensible against . |
| 27 | As has been shown , analysis of NCTs main 1979 survey results demonstrates that in general poorer people , less well educated people , those in lower social classes , old people and women rather than men are less well informed about credit , and more likely to use a type of credit out of habit or convenience rather than as a matter of rational choice . |
| 28 | Governors were kept informed but as a decision of the headteachers rather than as a matter of right . |
| 29 | The exception to this approach was reflected in the willingness to cap institutional claims — an issue which on the whole was regarded as a strategic and tactical consideration in the relationship between the profession and the lending institutions , rather than as a matter of high principle . |
| 30 | The object of our scientific interest is these alterations themselves , not ( except as a matter of subsidiary , intermediate or even incidental interest ) the relationships governing prices and quantities in the equilibrium situation . |