Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] fit " in BNC.

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1 Under the scheme , which will operate for four years , the Commission will have the sole authority to investigate and — where it deems fit — veto mergers involving transnational companies with a combined turnover of more than £3.5billion a year .
2 … it is doubtless true that the power of the imperial Parliament to pass on its own initiative any legislation that it thought fit extending to Canada remains unimpaired .
3 The Secretary of State at the head of its sponsoring Department of State must lay its annual report and accounts before Parliament which may debate them and which may , if it thinks fit , call the Chairman and others before a select committee , examine them and report on their performance .
4 This gives the authority the power , if it thinks fit , to refer the matter to the D.P.P.
5 ‘ If any such conditions as are referred to in subsection ( 3 ) above are complied with , the court may , if it thinks fit , discharge or rescind any such order as is referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above .
6 ( 2 ) Where an applicant for the grant of a licence or an objector there to : ( a ) has , through inadvertence or misadventure , failed to comply with any of the preliminary requirements of this Act ; or ( b ) having duly lodged his application or objection , has died before the meeting of the board at which such application or objection was to have been heard ; the board may , if it thinks fit , and upon such terms as the board thinks proper , postpone the consideration of the application or objection to an adjourned meeting .
7 ( 3 ) For the quarterly meetings of a licensing board , see s.4(1). 5.13(2) enables a hoard , if it thinks fit , to adjourn an application where there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of the Act , or where an applicant has died .
8 Order 20 , r 12A provides as follows : ( 1 ) Subject to paragraph ( 2 ) , at any stage in an action or matter the court may , if it thinks fit for the purpose of disposing fairly and expeditiously of the action or matter and saving costs , direct any party to serve on the other parties , on such terms as the court shall think just , written statements of the oral evidence which the party intends to lead on any issues of fact to be decided at the trial and RSC Ord 38 , r 2A shall apply to a direction under this rule .
9 The appellate court may then make the order if it thinks fit .
10 And I noticed that the skin was hanging loose in folds over the shoulder and behind it , as if it had fit a rounder form yesterday , before the rigours of birth .
11 The hearing will take place on 25 and 26 March , and the committee is empowered to extend Hateley 's statutory one-match ban if it sees fit .
12 It was almost under the mare 's hoofs when it saw fit to leap into the air and then dart away at speed .
13 The Government also ignored the Confederation 's plea to use its finances to support YT when it saw fit .
14 The corporation was empowered to grant licences for Sunday entertainment subject to such conditions as it thought fit .
15 The relevant statute empowered the council to pay such wages as it thought fit .
16 However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties .
17 Subsequently the Adoption Act of 1975 ( s. 8(7) , later section 12(6) of the Adoption Act 1976 ) made it more explicit that ‘ in making an adoption order a Court may impose such terms and conditions as it thinks fit ’ , but it was interpreted that any ‘ condition imposed should not impinge on the autonomy of adoptive parents ’ .
18 If a friendly settlement is not reached , the Commission must form its own opinion on the matter and report it to the Committee of Ministers making such proposals as it thinks fit ( Art.31 ) .
19 The current legislation states that : ‘ The powers of Council shall include that of giving , in such manner as it thinks fit , advice to nurses , midwives and health visitors on standards of professional conduct . ’
20 Even at this stage conciliation is encouraged and the EAT is enabled to take such steps as it thinks fit to enable the parties to avail themselves of the opportunity for conciliation .
21 That regulation empowers this court to ‘ affirm , vary or revoke the order as it thinks fit … ’ but it is silent as to costs .
22 ( 3 ) … the court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the company had not entered into that transaction . ’
23 ( 3 ) … the court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the company had not given that preference . ’
24 ( 2 ) The court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if that individual had not entered into that transaction . ’
25 The court has power to make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the transaction had not been entered into and also , in this case , for protecting the interests of persons who are the victims of the transaction : subsection ( 2 ) .
26 Section 423(2) provides that the court ‘ may ’ make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position and protecting victims of transactions intended to defraud creditors .
27 Sections 238 , 239 , 339 and 340 provide that the court ‘ shall , ’ on an application under those sections , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position .
28 Despite the use of the verb ‘ shall , ’ the phrase ‘ such order as it thinks fit ’ is apt to confer on the court an overall discretion .
29 ( 3 ) Where for the purposes of insolvency proceedings any process or order of the court , or other document , is required to be served on a person who is not in England and Wales , the court may order service to be effected within such time , on such person , at such place and in such manner as it thinks fit , and may also require such proof of service as it thinks fit .
30 ( 3 ) Where for the purposes of insolvency proceedings any process or order of the court , or other document , is required to be served on a person who is not in England and Wales , the court may order service to be effected within such time , on such person , at such place and in such manner as it thinks fit , and may also require such proof of service as it thinks fit .
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