Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [noun sg] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After evidence had been led for the prosecution counsel for the defendant submitted that there was no case to answer on the theft charges because the manager of the shop had authorised the transactions , so that there had been no appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Act . |
| 2 | He says that as well as being the major sponsor of the game , the Midland is the largest private sector employer in Sheffield , and the game provided another opportunity for the bank to demonstrate that it is prepared to invest in the city . |
| 3 | Under previous legislation , it was a defence for the publisher to show that his intention was to publish only to members of a private association or group of which the publisher or distributor was a member . |
| 4 | Thus , it was held that there was no need for a fight — in the sense of two willing participants attacking one another — actually to take place as part of the offence ; where one person was attacking another and the public fear was sufficiently aroused , it should not be a defence for the attacker to assert that his victim was acting in self defence . |
| 5 | An employer is liable for the offence of ‘ using ’ an unlicensed vehicle if the vehicle is driven on his business and it is no defence for the employer to show that he had not authorised the journey if , in fact , the journey was on his business ( Richardson v Baker [ 1976 ] RTR 56 ) . |
| 6 | It would , for example , be no defence for the seller to say that his farm fertiliser was perfectly safe and effective when applied in the right concentration ( at the right time of the year ) if the instructions supplied with the fertiliser stated in error the wrong concentration , whether too weak to be effective or so strong as to kill the crops . |
| 7 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 8 | It is no defence for the director to say that he was absent when the play was performed , unless he can take advantage of the special defence that he did not know , and had no reason to suspect , that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour . |
| 9 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 10 | The main blow to Mr Yeltsin 's critics came when the prime minister , Viktor Chernomyrdin — read out a government statement of support for the president pledging that the defence , interior and security ministers would remain faithful to ‘ the principles of the constitution . ’ |
| 11 | The tenant will not wish to restrict himself to too narrow a use , for while this might be satisfactory in the short term , if the lease is for 25 years much can happen to the tenant 's business , eg expansion or contraction resulting in the necessity for the tenant to assign or sublet the premises , in which case the assignee or subtenant may wish to carry on a different use . |
| 12 | The report said : ‘ A safety-critical task … was undertaken by one individual who also carried total responsibility for the quality achieved and the installation was not tested until the aircraft was airborne on a passenger carrying flight . ’ |
| 13 | The strong points in their argument have been that they exhibit voluntaryism in its purest form , that they are free of any obligation to find a programme for the tutor-organiser to teach and that , in managing on voluntary effort alone , they are saving the District that portion of a full-time salary which would not be covered by government or local authority grant-aid . |
| 14 | A lawyer for the Brotherhood said that it would appeal to the High Administrative Court . |
| 15 | Where percentage factors are introduced the operative will receive a disproportionate amount of bonus for the effort involved and will , therefore , have a reduced incentive to increase his productivity . |
| 16 | A spokesperson for The Boss confirmed that Springsteen is currently scheduling a run of major stadium dates in early summer . |
| 17 | A spokesperson for the band confirmed that the new material is more extreme than ‘ Copper Blue ’ , signalling a return to Bob Mould 's musical roots with Hüsker Dü . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , a spokesperson for the band confirmed that live dates are due to be announced in the coming days : ‘ There will be a handful of shows spread across the country . |
| 19 | In the Alexander case , unlike the 1985 case , there was no work for the employee to do and the employers did not have complete confidence in the employee anyway . |
| 20 | But meanwhile clearance for the dam continues and the likely new environment minister , Barry Jones , says he may attempt to get a court injunction to halt work . |
| 21 | Kirchhoff 's voltage law for the circuit means that assuming that there is no initial stored energy , that is , that there is no current in the circuit or charge stored on the capacitor at time . |
| 22 | The regional plan for the South-east proposes that some 57,000 new homes should be provided each year . |
| 23 | It is left as a useful exercise for the reader to show that if L 1 and C 1 represent the inductances and capacitances in the parallel resonant series arms , while L 2 and C 2 represent the corresponding quantities in the series resonant parallel arms , and the critical pulsatances between which attenuation occurs are given by |
| 24 | It is left as an exercise for the reader to show that where , again in agreement with equation ( 4.47 ) obtained before . |
| 25 | A new home for the museum exhibits that are seldom seen . |
| 26 | In the latter case the policewoman has to write a report on the child for the superintendent to determine whether or not prosecution should follow . |
| 27 | A proposal for a National Institute for the Environment to coordinate and fund scientific research on the environment , modelled on the National Institutes of Health , may soon gain the support of the National Academy of Sciences . |
| 28 | Thus we might wish to teach a particular structure or word meaning not on the grounds of frequency of occurrence but because its acquisition provides a basis for the learner to understand and learn other structures or meanings by extension . |
| 29 | In most prosobranchs , the saliva lacks any digestive function , being predominantly mucous and functioning as a lubricant for the food collecting and swallowing activities of the animal . |
| 30 | It is advisable for the precise extent of the centre to be readily identifiable and the tenant should take care to ensure that where there is a right for the landlord to extend or reduce the centre , such extension or reduction does not adversely affect the tenant 's use or occupation of the premises and that there is provision for any specific service charge percentages to be varied accordingly . |