Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] a person " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) Dealing as consumer Whether a person acts in the course of a business is a key element in establishing whether a person " deals as consumer " . |
| 2 | Deciding whether a person is an employee rather than an independent contractor can prove extremely difficult , The 1979 Parsons case ( quoted by Pritchard ) gives some indication of judicial thinking on the matter : |
| 3 | It is the reasonable foreseeability of harm arising from one 's conduct which in many types of cases not only gives rise to the duty of care to avoid inflicting such harm , but also provides the test for determining whether a person injured by the careless conduct of another falls within the class of persons to whom a duty of care is owed . |
| 4 | ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) For the purpose of determining whether a person occupying any land is in adverse possession of the land it shall not be assumed by implication of law that his occupation is by permission of the person entitled to the land merely by virtue of the fact that his occupation is not inconsistent with the latter 's present or future enjoyment of the land . |
| 6 | Bormuth 's landmark study ( 1969 ) seemed to offer the promise not only of more valid formulae which would incorporate the results of new insights in linguistics , but also a means of readily assessing whether a person was understanding a text or not . |
| 7 | The section defined secondary action in relation to a trade dispute as arising when a person induces another to break a contract of employment if the employer under the contract of employment is not a party to the trade dispute . |