Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a person " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question might be phrased as : do you believe it dishonest for a person not to pay a fare which he believes he does not owe ? |
| 2 | Is it not possible for a person to ‘ remember ’ something he never did ? |
| 3 | With the best counselling in the world , it is n't possible for a person like me , sometimes feeling guilty at even being alive , firm in my belief that I have only to breathe to be a nuisance , to suddenly switch through 180 degrees and see myself as white or even grey after seeing myself as black for sixty years . |
| 4 | It was possible for a person to be given a legacy on the understanding that he would manumit a slave . |
| 5 | Is it possible for a person to move smoothly through the first three levels of understanding and still leave out something essential ? |
| 6 | In other words , is it possible for a person to know his need , to know that if Christianity is true it provides an answer , to know on the basis of sufficient evidence that it is in fact true , and yet believe inadequately ? |
| 7 | Many Christians believe that it is possible for a person to be possessed by a force contrary to good ; a force called evil . |
| 8 | ‘ it seems to me that it is not possible for a person in the position of the bank to exclude the discretion of the court , but one nevertheless starts from the position that the contractual position between the parties is that the costs will be paid on an indemnity basis . |
| 9 | However , three of the examples quoted suggest that the alternatives are not mutually exclusive , and that it is quite possible for a person to be concerned both for people and for the task , for example . |
| 10 | Our ordinary sense of language suggests that it is not possible for a person to use words or conduct ‘ towards another person ’ if he is unaware of that person 's existence . |
| 11 | ( d ) It is possible for a person to be visitor in relation to one occupier and a trespasser to another |
| 12 | This paragraph seems to indicate that it may be possible for a person who has received information in confidence which he could have obtained through other sources to relieve himself of the 'special disability " under which he is otherwise placed by going to those sources . |
| 13 | However , it may still be possible for a person who signs a document after a misrepresentation of its effect by an agent of the other party to argue that , regardless of authority , the other party is vicariously responsible for the agent 's misrepresentation , and that the misrepresentation prevents reliance on the signed document . |
| 14 | One possible answer to this is that such a person is felt to be not only a representative but also representative as a person of those who chose her/him . |
| 15 | Again , it might be argued that there can be nothing wrong for a person voluntarily to allow themselves to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires . |
| 16 | This suggests , I think , that I must refine my earlier criterion in the following way : it is wrong for a person to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desire , and only allowable for them to be treated , with their consent , as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , if no other means for their satisfaction can be made available . |
| 17 | ‘ Is it compassionate for a person to be kept alive with tubes going into their stomach ? |
| 18 | It makes you feel you are not acceptable as a person … ’ |
| 19 | It cuts the ground from under her , and depresses her , at a time when she is fully aware that she is no longer sexually desirable , but is trying to build a new and satisfying image as an elegant , wise , elderly woman who is still interesting as a person . |
| 20 | A person in 1990 will have a different store of knowledge from a person in 1890 , and even more different from a person in 1790 . |
| 21 | There is nothing impossible about a person 's forehead feeling cold to him , although , when he touches it , it feels hot to his hand . |
| 22 | It is not easy for a person with one sort of conceptual background to understand an account which presupposes a different conceptual background . |
| 23 | However , it is all to easy for a person to establish his own business or become self-employed , however inadequately trained or qualified . |
| 24 | This will be awkward to achieve ergonomically because it is more easy for a person to hammer nails straight in . |
| 25 | Graham argued that all this is indicative of a person who has n't grown , fully grown out of his childhood worries , problems , especially the er , he has n't actually dealt with the true feelings that he had towards his father , and who instead chose to vent his rage on others and political career , which resulted in Wilson being , er well , losing some of his rationality , which led to his poor performance in er negotiating and gaining acceptance of the Treaty of after World War One . |
| 26 | They give rise to behavioural responses to external stimuli that are enduring and consistent within a person 's psychological constitution . |
| 27 | cheques payable to a person who wishes to pass it through another person 's bank account , e.g. if they have no bank account of their own ; |
| 28 | In 1970 an attendance allowance was introduced , payable to a person in need of substantial care and attention . |
| 29 | It is only necessary that as a result of the transfer of assets income becomes payable to a person who is domiciled or resident outside the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | Taxes Act 1988 , s740 has effect where there is a transfer of assets , either alone or in conjunction with associated operations , and income becomes payable to a person resident or domiciled outside the United Kingdom . |