Example sentences of "result [that] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phar Lap was ridden by Bill ‘ Urn ’ Elliott , who got the gelding smartly into his stride , but Phar Lap drifted right over to the outside rail , with the result that after a quarter of a mile of the ten-furlong race he was well adrift of the field . |
| 2 | By the same token , certain curriculum areas ( notably topic work and art ) might be seen as of tow priority and requiring little more than occasional and cursory monitoring by the teacher , with the result that unless the tasks set have an exceptionally high combination of challenge , motivating power and self-monitoring potential , children may spend excessive amounts of time either off-task or only partially engaged , or undertaking low-level learning . |
| 3 | The cumulative effects of section 3(4) ( which provides that no bystander need be or be likely to be present ) and 3(5) ( which says that affray is capable of commission in both public and private places ) complete the march of logic , with the result that if a person assaults another in private ( for example in a domestic assault ) and uses violence ( of such a degree that the other members of the household would be frightened if they were there ) , he is technically guilty of an affray . |
| 4 | That question was thought to have been partially settled by the House of Lords in United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1978 ] AC 904 where it was held that prima facie time limits are not of the essence , with the result that if a time limit is missed the review can still take place . |
| 5 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 6 | The corn earworm moth , whose hungry larvae can decimate an otherwise healthy crop , has antennae tuned to these as well as other specific frequencies , with the result that when the female flies about on a clear moonlit night , she ‘ sees ’ — through her antennae — the whole field lit up , like an array of a myriad natural light bulbs . |