Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By notice of appeal dated 22 April 1992 the father appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that any consideration of the children 's welfare in the context of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was relevant only as a material factor if it met the test of placing the children in an ‘ intolerable situation ’ under article 13 ( b ) ; ( 2 ) the judge should have limited considerations of welfare to the criteria for welfare laid down by the Convention itself ; ( 3 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that in the context of the exercise of the discretion permitted by article 13 ( a ) the court was limited to a consideration of the nature and quality of the father 's acquiescence ( as found by the Court of Appeal ) ; ( 4 ) in the premises , despite her acknowledgment that the exercise of her discretion had to be seen in the context of the Convention , the judge exercised a discretion based on a welfare test appropriate to wardship proceedings ; ( 5 ) the judge was further in error as a matter of law in not perceiving as the starting point for the exercise of her discretion the proposition that under the Convention the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the state from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 6 ) the judge , having found that on the ability to determine the issue between the parents there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England , was wrong not to conclude that as a consequence the mother had failed to displace the fundamental premise of the Convention that the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the country from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 7 ) the judge also misdirected herself when considering which court should decide the future of the children ( a ) by applying considerations more appropriate to the doctrine of forum conveniens and ( b ) by having regard to the likely outcome of the hearing in that court contrary to the principles set out in In re F. ( A Minor ) ( Abduction : Custody Rights ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 25 ; ( 8 ) in the alternative , if the judge was right to apply the forum conveniens approach , she failed to have regard to the following facts and matters : ( a ) that the parties were married in Australia ; ( b ) that the parties had spent the majority of their married life in Australia ; ( c ) that the children were born in Australia and were Australian citizens ; ( d ) that the children had spent the majority of their lives in Australia ; ( e ) the matters referred to in ground ( 9 ) ; ( 9 ) in any event on the facts the judge was wrong to find that there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England as fora for deciding the children 's future ; ( 11 ) the judge was wrong on the facts to find that there had been a change in the circumstances to which the mother would be returning in Australia given the findings made by Thorpe J. that ( a ) the former matrimonial home was to be sold ; ( b ) it would be unavailable for occupation by the mother and the children after 7 February 1992 ; and ( c ) there would be no financial support for the mother other than state benefits : matters which neither Thorpe J. nor the Court of Appeal found amounted to ‘ an intolerable situation . ’ |
| 2 | Gibraltar was discussed in talks between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd and the Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez in London on Feb. 12 , 1991 , and again during Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González Márquez 's visit to London in May 1991 [ see p. 38201 ] . |
| 3 | The fact that both Liz and Alix seemed to accept that extra Latin might be preferable to netball indicated that further interchange might be possible , and they continued to talk , through the fruit tart and custard , of the nature of intellectual and physical education , of matter and spirit , of Descartes ( brought up by Esther ) , of T. S. Eliot ( brought up by Alix ) and of schizophrenia ( brought up by Liz ) . |
| 4 | The Hill Samuel plan envisages splitting off the UK naval and avionics businesses and giving shareholders one share in the new company for every share they hold in the existing organisation . |
| 5 | John Keegan of the IDA Automotive and Engineering Department said the lesson of the Raybestos Manhattan affair was that , while the people of Ireland supported the IDA , the same people ‘ were not prepared to see an industry right on their doorstep ’ . |
| 6 | The announcement yesterday came after members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union voted heavily in favour of industrial action over the threat of compulsory job losses . |
| 7 | The annual meetings of the churches ' central bodies are a forum for religious political debate and have been known to express tensions between the values of the majority Northern and minority Southern protestants . |
| 8 | Taking account of the skills available and patient care required , the manager allocates available staff to produce the best possible match . |
| 9 | Some libraries want their own library group others are quite happy to be joined in with one or more libraries within the adjoining group and the constitution does in fact provide that investment wish what we have n't said what those who should be at maximum membership membership and to their claim will common sense not to make it too large otherwise it might turn out to be more than than sensible discussion among a reasonable amount of people but this but then to decide that equally to encourage them to ah find ways and means of the public other than library users who will be represented on the committee and to that . |
| 10 | Use of the e.p.s.p. mean and variance to estimate P and v 1 is invalid if the amplitude distribution is bimodal , as can be produced if there are failures of stimulation . |
| 11 | APR 's include an estimate of the lenders legal and valuation fees together with an acceptance fee of £150 with loan repayable at the end of the term . |
| 12 | The signing , in the ZOO framework , of the World Monetary and Banking Assimilation Treaty ( WOMBAT ) has written them out of history . |
| 13 | Hilary gave a brief report of the VIIth International and Commonwealth Conference on Sport , Physical Education , Recreation and Dance which she had been invited to attend on behalf of the M&D Division of the C.C.P.R. It was held at the University of Queensland , in Brisbane , Australia from 23–28th September , immediately preceding the Commonwealth Games . |
| 14 | Another study by Luoma ( 1988 ) reports data for some details of the environment other than road signs , in particular houses , roadside advertisements and pedestrian crossing lines on the road . |
| 15 | I have had a meeting with Craig McDevitt of the Student Advisory and Counselling Service , during which we discussed the Garden 's staffing structure , re-structuring , effects of economics , and other matters affecting staff morale . |
| 16 | You know er it has to come really out of the Christmas Fair or Sir 's donations , something unallocated . |
| 17 | Athletics was a popular sport before the age of the Oxbridge blue and village cricket was thriving when county cricket was still unknown . |
| 18 | Local authorities should begin with a general review of the area concerned before work on the scheme proceeded , when the essential elements would be established : use zoning , roads , reservations and preservation of trees and protection of woodlands . |
| 19 | The pre-pilot open interviews will be conducted with a small sub-sample of the population concerned and will , in the earliest stages , be as much hypothesis-seeking as anything else . |
| 20 | She helped the teachers , was kind to the younger girls , respectful to the older ones and friendly to the two daughters of a Rajput textile millionaire who , as the school 's sole representatives of a race other than Anglo-Saxon , were not sought-after companions . |
| 21 | And a passing glimpse of a profile clear as bronze , and at the moment of passing as aloof and serene . |
| 22 | The geography of family types is incoherent , he claims , reflecting the operation of no factors other than chance and what we term here structuration . |
| 23 | FERRARI yesterday decided to drop its appeals against the £32,000 fine and ban imposed on Nigel Mansell following his failure to stop after being disqualified from the Portuguese Grand Prix , writes Maurice Hamilton . |
| 24 | After training as a chef , he completed three years ' National Service in the Army , and worked as a sales representative and marketing manager . |
| 25 | The research has drawn attention to the many ways of creating worthwhile opportunities for talk and collaboration , for learning in a group and as a group other than structuring tasks for cooperative working . |
| 26 | And in the second version he introduces a three-dimensional hand not , as in the Velázquez with the fingers straight and limp , but drawn up into an uneasy gesture , that claws at her skirt rather than rests against it . |
| 27 | On Dec. 19 , 1989 , Shevardnadze had talks in London with the UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , and with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 28 | The UK government reaffirmed that all appointments in Hong Kong up to 1997 would be made by the Governor after consultation with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary . |
| 29 | Maxim Vengerov Young Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov , unanimous winner of the last Carl Flesch Competition , plays two performances of Tchaikovsky 's Violin Concerto with the London Philharmonic and conductor Zubin Mehta . |
| 30 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |