Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The legislation embodies numerous illogicalities and anomalies , including the double capital tax charge on gifts made within seven years before death , the taxation of some settlements as if no interest in possession exist when , in fact , they do , and the effect of the ‘ pooling ’ rules for shares etc , which can result in a chargeable gain which greatly exceeds the actual gain on a disposal of a recently acquired holding , eg on a rights issue . |
2 | By the Adoption Act 1958 , property of adopter and adoptee is to devolve in all respects as if the adoptee were the child of the adopter , born in lawful wedlock . |
3 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 80486 — is n't quite there yet . |
4 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 486 — is n't quite there yet . |
5 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
6 | Femininity is fine , but suggestiveness is n't — the office is not the place for braless nipples or knickerless minis , and if you 've any doubts about whether an outfit is unsuitable , do n't wear it ; |
7 | In other cases , individual workers made their own judgements about whether a person was likely to benefit from the care programme approach . |
8 | Then erm one could go on , because the building industry , for instance , civil engineering , road construction , actual buildings being constructed , they 're all very weather-prone , for quite a large extent of the contract , and so we provide erm weather advice to these people throughout the contract period usually , and not only throughout the contract period , but if the contract is held up because of weather then the , we get extension of contract comes into this , we can advise both sides on whether the claim is justified or not , because we have the statistics of how much rain fell , how cold it was , or perhaps it might have been a windy spell . |