Example sentences of "be infer from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the apparent absence of identifiable buildings , market-places can only be inferred from the presence of large open areas near the centres of towns , which could have served for periodic markets and fairs . |
| 2 | ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’ |
| 3 | A traditional definition of idiom runs roughly as follows : an idiom is an expression whose meaning can not be inferred from the meanings of its parts . |
| 4 | It may be inferred from the decision in the Northwestern Utilities case that if the occupier knew or might with reasonable care have ascertained , that the danger existed , he is liable for its escape . |
| 5 | His date of birth has to be inferred from the preface to the third ( 1709 ) edition of his Compleat Course of Chymistry , in which he says that he was then seventy-eight . |
| 6 | Knowledge in this context means either actual knowledge , which may be inferred from the conduct of the accused , or wilful blindness , which exists where the accused is aware that certain circumstances might exist but closes his mind to them . |
| 7 | ‘ it was an unusual opportunity , to put it at its lowest , and that it is to be inferred from the evidence that it was one which was of particular interest to the Perot family . |
| 8 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 9 | Nothing is yet known of the gates of the town , although the position of the south gate can be inferred from the lines of the streets . |
| 10 | An agreement that the passing of risk shall not be simultaneous with the passing of property can be inferred from the circumstances . |
| 11 | Section 12(3) applies to a contract where it appears from the contract or is to be inferred from the circumstances that the parties intended that the seller should transfer only a limited title ( whether it be the limited title of the seller himself or of some third person from whom the seller would obtain it ) . |
| 12 | In Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 370 , Denning LJ suggested that a binding promise might be inferred from the circumstances if the seller stated a fact which was or should be within his own knowledge , and of which the buyer was ignorant , intending that the buyer should act upon it , and with the result that the buyer did act upon it . |
| 13 | This can be inferred from the line which Diodorus takes in what is left of Books 32–7 . |
| 14 | It may also be inferred from the relations between the parties . |
| 15 | The sentence unit must be inferred from the context , to some extent as with speech . |
| 16 | The following examples from China 's Panda Reserves illustrate ( a ) the use of adverbials to indicate time reference where necessary and feasible in a Chinese translation , and ( b ) the omission of time reference altogether where it can be inferred from the context or where the information is not felt to be important . |
| 17 | The connotations of pastness in the above extract can be inferred from the context , because of the reference to nineteenth-century botanists . |
| 18 | ‘ In future cases where a new regime comes to power unconstitutionally our attitude on the question of whether it qualifies to be treated as a government , will be left to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , which we may have with it , and in particular on whether we are dealing with it on a normal government to government basis . |
| 19 | The answers do confirm one applicable criterion , namely , whether the relevant regime is able of itself to ‘ exercise effective control of the territory of the state concerned ’ and is ‘ likely to continue to do so ; ’ and the statement as to what is to be the evidence of the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government provides another — to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , that Her Majesty 's Government has with it and whether they are on a normal government to government basis . |
| 20 | The judicial element should be inferred from the nature of the power and its effect on the individual . |
| 21 | Marshall wondered , first , whether NPVs for investment to increase market share would always be positive or negative as might be inferred from the BCG matrix . |
| 22 | Possibly the test is , ‘ Can it be inferred from the facts of the particular case that the occupier had such control over the licensee or over the circumstances which made his act possible that he ought to have prevented it ? |
| 23 | The reconstruction of the possible sequence of events in his life which can be inferred from the Office and personal remarks in his writings , is at best a complicated matter of academic conjecture which is of no direct help to the reader in engaging with his English works . |
| 24 | The level of safety in the workplace can be inferred from the fact that 20 per cent of the rise in death rates for men in their late thirties arise from ‘ accident ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ ( a ) the manner in which , and purposes for which , the product has been marketed , its get-up , the use of any mark in relation to the product and any instructions for , or warnings with respect to , doing or refraining from doing anything with or in relation to the product ; ( b ) what might reasonably be expected to be done with or in relation to the product ; and ( c ) the time when the product was supplied by its producer to another ; and nothing in this section shall require a defect to be inferred from the fact alone that the safety of a product which is supplied after that time is greater than the safety of the product in question . ’ |
| 26 | Thus , in our example earlier , Mrs. Jones 's assent can be inferred from the fact that she unlocked the coal house door . |
| 27 | The presence of these empty spaces can be inferred from the fact that when a polystyrene glass is dissolved in benzene there is a contraction in the total volume . |
| 28 | Negligence may be inferred from the fact that the product left the manufacturer in a defective state . |
| 29 | Section 3(2) of CPA 1987 expressly provides for this as follows : and nothing in this section shall require a defect to be inferred from the fact alone that the safety of a product which is supplied after that time is greater than the safety of the product in question . |
| 30 | Now , in most cases , when a new protein is found from a gene sequence , some idea of its function can be inferred from the similarity of its amino acid sequence , to those of other proteins whose function is known . |