Example sentences of "or [subord] a person " in BNC.

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1 National rivalries were all the more intense and confused in these districts precisely because it was often not possible to tell who was which nationality , or where a person 's loyalties lay .
2 ( 2 ) The recognition of a recognised body shall expire where a winding-up order or an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 is made with respect to the body or where a resolution for voluntary winding-up is passed with respect to the body or where a person is appointed administrative receiver of the body .
3 Thus autonomy is lost or renounced either if someone is coerced into thinking/acting against their will , or if a person is treated perhaps willingly — as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires or ends .
4 Incontinence may be caused by disease or infection , or because a person finds it difficult to reach or use a toilet .
5 It is now generally applied to those who have neglected themselves over a long period of time or when a person has become seriously ill but is refusing hospital admission .
6 It is not a test for AIDS , nor will it show whether or when a person will become ill .
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