Example sentences of "to make statements [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Anthropology has played a significant part in illustrating ways in which symbolic use is made of the body to make statements about the condition of society itself ( Mauss 1935 , Douglas 1973 , Blacking 1977 , etc. ) , and hair became an apposite symbolic indicator of the problems the forces of control were faced with at this time .
2 The choice of co-opted members to the governing body provides , opportunities to make statements about the direction that the school intends to take .
3 Our goal is to make statements about the way different parts of the brain contribute to behaviour .
4 Nevertheless , sedimentologists dealing in the lithified materials frequently wish to make statements about the textural characteristics of their rocks .
5 These enable us to make statements about the relative influence of parents and peers and the effect of social and linguistic maturation .
6 In Armagas Ltd v Mudogas SA [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 385 the House of Lords held that where an agent had no apparent authority to make statements about the subject matter of the contract , a party dealing with the agent could not argue that the agent had apparent authority to make statements about his own authority , nor that the principal was vicariously liable for his fraud .
7 We er , the we , we have also to make statements on the indigenous people and land rights because we were confronted with the position of Aborigine people in er , Australia .
8 Apart from these special sessions we encouraged more and more people to make statements in the main inquiry ( where the atmosphere was more formal and they could be cross-examined by a CEGB barrister ) .
9 It is difficult and probably impossible to allow people thus abused to make statements in the press which can only interfere with the process of justice by which someone is tried .
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