Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced down one passage to no avail , then tried the next , just soon enough to catch the porter emerging from the third door along . |
| 2 | This was the contention that the court ought not to entertain the action ‘ because to do so would be detrimental to national security ’ , the defence referring to the long-established practice of Secretaries of State not to disclose or discuss the existence of a warrant . |
| 3 | WC apps : 9 Winners : 1966 Nobody has scored a World Cup goal against England since Maradona left the defence looking like a broken washing line in 1986 . |
| 4 | It was said that one result of reading the Section as I read it would be this : that Mr Astor would be liable to pay tax in respect of the income received by the trustee in the United States as income deemed to be his ( Part XV ) and also likely to pay tax on the income which the trustee was bound to pay over , the latter being ( within the decision in [ Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1930 ) 15 TC 693 ] ) the income springing from a foreign possession , namely , his right of action against the trustee . |
| 5 | Thus , the income arising to the overseas trustees ( whether actual or deemed ) may avoid a tax charge under general principles but on the other hand may result in the settlor or beneficiaries in an appropriate case being assessed under TA 1988 , s739 or under TA 1988 , s740 . |
| 6 | The settlor , when creating an overseas settlement must make certain that he does not come within any of the provisions of TA 1988 , Part XV , Chapters I — IV if he wishes to avoid tax on the income arising to the overseas settlement . |
| 7 | The charge would be on a preceding year basis although if additional funds are added to the account the income arising from the additional funds will be assessed on the actual basis in the early years . |
| 8 | It may be that if there is an overseas trust with X in the United Kingdom having a life interest therein and with the trust fund comprising UK source bank deposits ( for instance ) that the preceding year basis will apply ( with regard to the assessments made on X ) although if further monies are put into the trust ( and these are similarly put on deposit with the UK bank ) the income arising from the additional monies will be assessed on an actual basis in the early years as comprising income arising from a fresh addition to the source within TA 1988 , s66(3) . |
| 9 | The fact that the trustees had to retain some monies to cover expenses did not prevent the income arising from the specific assets . |
| 10 | Of all British cities Glasgow has the largest number of council flats in high blocks : 33,600 in blocks of five or more storeys ( almost twice the total of its nearest challenger , Birmingham ) , the majority resulting from a compressed ‘ burst ’ of construction in the 1960s . |
| 11 | The door was open and she stood just outside the aperture taking in the five men . |
| 12 | For example , if the business is heavily dependent on numerous long-term contracts , a purchaser may decide to investigate the contracts equating to a specified percentage of the turnover of the business plus one or two minor contracts . |
| 13 | The bustle at London termini to load newspaper trains ended in july when BR terminated the contracts remaining after the previous year 's transfer to road by News International and the Mirror Group . |
| 14 | Overall about 35 — 40 per cent of those aged 65 + rent accommodation from the local authority ( public sector housing ) , with the remainder renting from a private landlord . |
| 15 | Central government paid 10 per cent of the cost of unemployment benefit , the remainder coming from the republican government . |
| 16 | In the first round of voting 19 of the 28 seats were decided , with the remainder going to a second round ; 82 per cent of the 8,592-strong electorate went to the polls ( most of Andorra 's population of 60,000 being foreigners and not entitled to vote ) . |
| 17 | In 1960 the pattern which had emerged seemed likely to remain in force for some time to come , with the EEC countries preferring a maximum of integration and the remainder opting for a minimal level of intergovernmental association . |
| 18 | Delaney moved forward , keeping to the side of the superstructure , intent on the stairway leading to the next deck , and finally the bridge . |
| 19 | He 's even lightened the kerfing ( the strips running around the internal edges of the body ) by steam-bending thin pieces of solid maple to fit the exact curve , and then carving the wood away to the absolute minimum . |
| 20 | Note that the G appearing on the right-hand side of ( 7.16 ) is the usual gravitational constant and not some contraction of a tensor . |
| 21 | Highly competitive prices on the French side of the Channel could lead to one-way traffic and the link serving as an extra power station in the comparatively under-supplied South of England . |
| 22 | Here is the chance to see the direction alternating for the first time . |
| 23 | Held , allowing the appeal , that once an order was made under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 placing a child in the care of a local authority , responsibility for the care of the child was firmly with the local authority and the family proceedings court could not retain a power of review over the care order by including directions ; and that , accordingly , the direction relating to the continued involvement of the guardian ad litem would be deleted ( post , p. 812B , G ) . |
| 24 | He had thought of Doreen 's absences every night , the front-door banging in the early hours of the morning , the whine of a car drawing away from beneath his window . |
| 25 | Is there something significant in this , that the blackbird scolding through the bonny banks makes a heart that is weary and full of care , well up inside with pain ? |
| 26 | Paul ignored the rebuff and turned to Christina instead , pointing to his drawing and explaining : ‘ I drew the pool as an oasis , surrounded by traveller 's palms for maximum shade , and I thought the waterfall cascading through the coral-stone rock formation balanced it perfectly . ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps the argumentative Balbindor had been correct in saying I should not have drunk from the waterfall springing from the Other Side . |
| 28 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 29 | Her memory of the room had been of a dingy , barrack-like hall with fine plaster swags , marred by the fact that chunks of them had been missing , and they , and the room , not improved by having been painted in a weird mixture of colour : purple , pink , green , ochre , rather like the bike belonging to the old man on the S-Bahn . |
| 30 | There is an unbelievable variety of skeg shapes available which all aim to do the same job , namely , keep the board sailing in a straight line . |