Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , it may be preferable to a partnership because the benefits associated with separate legal personality are still available . |
| 2 | Well , I suppose it 's better than nothing , but I 'd be grateful for a month or two 's notice when you do decide to go . |
| 3 | This draconian approach to handicap may be understandable in a country that , before escaping from communist rule , carried out over 50 abortions for every 100 live births . |
| 4 | The sub-committee reported back to the Council in July 1969 that within its Charter , or minor modifications of it , changes should be possible with a result that a college , ‘ as it reaches an appropriate state of excellence , should be subject only to that minimum of control by Council consistent with the duties imposed by its Charter ’ . |
| 5 | This would not be possible in a U-form because middle management has only functional responsibility : no one below the CEO has responsibility for overall operating performance in a given market . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) If any person unlawfully deprives the residential occupier of any premises of his occupation of the premises or any part thereof , or attempts to do so , he shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe , that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) The holder of any licence or any employee or agent of his shall be guilty of an offence if he commits a breach of any byelaw or any condition attached to a licence by virtue of a byelaw . |
| 8 | Section 12(1) states : … a person shall be guilty of an offence if , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , he takes any conveyance for his own or another 's use or knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority , drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it . |
| 9 | By s.25 : [ a ] person shall be guilty of an offence if , when not at his place of abode , he has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any burglary , theft or cheat . |
| 10 | ( 3A ) Subject to subsection 3B ( below ) the landlord of a residential occupier or an agent of the landlord shall be guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he does acts likely to interfere with the peace or comfort of the residential occupier or members of his household , or |
| 11 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 12 | ( 3 ) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising rights conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both . ’ |
| 15 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |
| 16 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 17 | An analogy would be with the familiar general principle of criminal law that a person can not be guilty as an aider and abettor unless ( in technical terms ) one can point to a principal offender who has committed the actus reus of an offence . |
| 18 | Whether anyone 's willing to be receptive to a music that is not as seriously , purgatively ‘ innovative ’ as the post-punk noise that veers towards the Rough Trade arena , not quite as vulnerably half-original as the music of this year 's Gig Of The Century bill ( Ratio , Teardrop , Echo ) . |
| 19 | It can only be confusing to a pupil if features of dialect are ‘ corrected ’ at the same time and in the same way as , for example , spelling errors . |
| 20 | Gallic reviewers find this British manque de passion and froideur to be manifest in a sound and a set of stylistic choices . |
| 21 | Your tutor may be generous to a fault but can not reward irrelevance or peripheral knowledge display . |
| 22 | You wo n't get a cup of tea , although you might be OK for a Garibaldi if there happens to be one lying around , but you 'll quickly be strapped into the beige and orange sofa , and invited to ‘ Convince us why we should vote for your lot . |
| 23 | The team on site must be self-sufficient to a degree that depends on the location . |
| 24 | Sometimes , however , polygamy could be liberating for a woman because the burden of household duties was shared . |
| 25 | But no one needed to be afraid of a future where 17 million ‘ dynamic ’ East Germans were united with 62 million West Germans . |
| 26 | At the same time their insistence on otherness was found to be inseparable from a fear and disavowal of the same , or the proximate . |
| 27 | colleges these days , but then I realised that he would not be interested in a girl unless she had cantilever overhangs and could be seen five miles away from the top of a bus . |
| 28 | She asked organic producers if they would be interested in a market and received enough positive responses to go ahead . |
| 29 | You may be interested in an event that happened to me after our Remembrance Service at East Kirkby early this July . |
| 30 | The media in the winner 's area may be interested in an interview and the newspapers will almost certainly take pictures of the presentation ceremony . |