Example sentences of "[conj] as a consequence " in BNC.

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1 Neurophysiological recording from the sites of cellular change should detect altered electrical responses from the neurons during and/or as a consequence of memory formation .
2 This took place either as a result of beachrock development in an intertidal environment , or as a consequence of vadose and phreatic diagenesis during phases of subaerial exposure .
3 It has happened in an ad-hoc way , growing out of need and not out of legislation , or as a consequence of dictates from local or central government .
4 Section 56 is breached by entering into an investment transaction in the course of or as a consequence of an unsolicited call .
5 Whether the battle of Otford in 776 was fought in the aftermath of the death of Heahberht or as a consequence of some other matter in dispute between Ecgberht and the Mercians , after 765 there is no certain evidence that Ecgberht was for long , if at all , ‘ a mere dependant ’ of Offa .
6 This is because its construction did not take account of many of the equivalences that can arise between IF constructs , between ALT constructs , or as a consequence of
7 8.1 The Department is committed to support any member of staff who is assaulted either whilst carrying out their official duties or as a consequence of official duties .
8 9.5 The various schemes of conditions of service require local authorities to make payments to an employee who suffers permanent disablement arising from a violent or criminal assault in the course , or as a consequence , of employment or , in the event of death , jointly to the dependents of the employee .
9 As for government mistakes , he said : ‘ I think that as a consequence of the Stock Exchange crash in 1987 , when the richest countries in the world all decided collectively to avoid a 1930s-type recession , and collectively there was an expansionist policy followed across the world and the tap marked ‘ money ’ was turned on , perhaps that tap was left on too long ; not only in our country but in other countries as well . ’
10 The fact is that as a consequence of climbing out of the depression in the early 1980s , of remodelling our business processes , and of becoming a serious entrant into the high tech race , the work force profile has changed and will continue to change .
11 Investors are reminded that as a consequence of the general nature of the investments held and of possible exchange and interest rate fluctuations , the value of their shares and the yield from them may go down as well as up and that past performance is no guide to the future .
12 The women 's organizations are now confident that a unified representative body will be formed and that as a consequence , both their work to incorporate more women into the movement for social justice and a popular democratic government and their work in favour of women 's rights will be greatly strengthened .
13 Certainly , it may be admitted that as a consequence of challenges to humanism , the overt force of the national concept within English studies has been diminished ( but far from extinguished ) , and the space for a new and valuable concern with methodology has been opened up .
14 Hartmann ( 1979 ) argues that male workers are able to keep women out of the better jobs because of their organization , and that as a consequence women are obliged to marry on unfavourable terms , such that they have to do most of the housework .
15 Braverman believes that as a consequence of the changes outlined above the skills required of most routine white-collar workers are now minimal .
16 By notice of appeal dated 22 April 1992 the father appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that any consideration of the children 's welfare in the context of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was relevant only as a material factor if it met the test of placing the children in an ‘ intolerable situation ’ under article 13 ( b ) ; ( 2 ) the judge should have limited considerations of welfare to the criteria for welfare laid down by the Convention itself ; ( 3 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that in the context of the exercise of the discretion permitted by article 13 ( a ) the court was limited to a consideration of the nature and quality of the father 's acquiescence ( as found by the Court of Appeal ) ; ( 4 ) in the premises , despite her acknowledgment that the exercise of her discretion had to be seen in the context of the Convention , the judge exercised a discretion based on a welfare test appropriate to wardship proceedings ; ( 5 ) the judge was further in error as a matter of law in not perceiving as the starting point for the exercise of her discretion the proposition that under the Convention the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the state from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 6 ) the judge , having found that on the ability to determine the issue between the parents there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England , was wrong not to conclude that as a consequence the mother had failed to displace the fundamental premise of the Convention that the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the country from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 7 ) the judge also misdirected herself when considering which court should decide the future of the children ( a ) by applying considerations more appropriate to the doctrine of forum conveniens and ( b ) by having regard to the likely outcome of the hearing in that court contrary to the principles set out in In re F. ( A Minor ) ( Abduction : Custody Rights ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 25 ; ( 8 ) in the alternative , if the judge was right to apply the forum conveniens approach , she failed to have regard to the following facts and matters : ( a ) that the parties were married in Australia ; ( b ) that the parties had spent the majority of their married life in Australia ; ( c ) that the children were born in Australia and were Australian citizens ; ( d ) that the children had spent the majority of their lives in Australia ; ( e ) the matters referred to in ground ( 9 ) ; ( 9 ) in any event on the facts the judge was wrong to find that there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England as fora for deciding the children 's future ; ( 11 ) the judge was wrong on the facts to find that there had been a change in the circumstances to which the mother would be returning in Australia given the findings made by Thorpe J. that ( a ) the former matrimonial home was to be sold ; ( b ) it would be unavailable for occupation by the mother and the children after 7 February 1992 ; and ( c ) there would be no financial support for the mother other than state benefits : matters which neither Thorpe J. nor the Court of Appeal found amounted to ‘ an intolerable situation . ’
17 A major criticism of the town-planning sections of the 1909 Act had been that the provisions were cumbersome and that as a consequence the operation of town planning schemes was slow and protracted .
18 The research evaluates the claim that the latter view emerges at around 4 years and that as a consequence , children 's views about motivation will change in three ways .
19 This was emphasised by those heads of department who had taken a lot of time over their self-appraisal and who claimed that as a consequence other things had had to suffer .
20 Some won their battles , but many others discovered that in law they were merely tenants-at-will and that as a consequence they had to pay much higher rents than before .
21 Charles Wesley congratulated himself in 1744 that as a consequence of his having preached against wrestling on his visit to Cornwall in the preceding year , the village of Gwennap had been unable to find enough men for their next contest , " all the Gwennap men being struck off the Devil 's list , and found wrestling against him not for him " .
22 This is the distortion of perception referred to by Bruch , but I must add that in my case I see it less as a longstanding perceptual difficulty than as a consequence of my general state of confusion as to my self-image .
23 Against any liability which may be incurred by him ( other than as a consequence of his wilful act for the enforced payment of customs duty after temporary import of the insured car into any country within the Territorial Limits provided such liability arises as the direct result of any loss of or damage to such car which loss or damage is the subject of indemnity under this Policy .
24 Each entity , or group , is uniquely defined and has no relationship to any other in the file ( except as a consequence of file order ) .
25 Suppliers are not being paid by Brent Walker head office and as a consequence are threatening to withhold their services .
26 Reserve police in the RUC wear the same uniform , for all that an outsider can distinguish , and as a consequence face the same security risks , but most are marginalized by the restricted range of duties they perform and the short-term status of their contract .
27 And as a consequence , it has always been prohibitively expensive .
28 The hungry or thirsty horse becomes anxious if it can not satisfy these needs , and as a consequence drives itself harder to find food or water .
29 So the horse may be able to cope with one incident that provokes anxiety and stress ; but if two stressful incidents happen at the same time , the horse may be unable to cope and as a consequence refuse to eat or get colic .
30 The Empress miscarried in April 1853 and as a consequence remained extremely unwell for months .
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