Example sentences of "be [verb] at [art] outset " in BNC.

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1 But it must be recognized at the outset that as soon as sampling is carried out the statements made about the cases involved become probability statements .
2 One more important aspect of using LIFESPAN which should be explained at the outset is that every module must have a charge code associated with it .
3 Since no firm of solicitors can ever afford to retain the services of any employee or partner whose conduct tends to reflect ill on the reputation of the practice , and since the circumstances may rarely be so clear cut as to secure withdrawal from the firm by consent , thorough consideration must be given at the outset to the conditions for expelling partners .
4 As much information about charging as is practicable should be given at the outset .
5 It enabled a larger number of European countries to be included at the outset .
6 The inevitability of partners leaving the firm for one reason or another is a matter which must be addressed at the outset when considering the terms of the partnership agreement .
7 Yet two facts must be stressed at the outset with relation to this problem in inter-war Britain .
8 However , it must be stressed at the outset that we can do no more here than to indicate the basic principles involved , and give illustrations of a few of the almost innumerable variants of basic methods that exist .
9 It should be stressed at the outset that maintaining that large companies are social enterprises involves no necessary finding that the root principle beneath the current rules of company law , that companies exist to make profits for the benefit of shareholders , is unsatisfactory .
10 It must be stressed at the outset , lest the importance of this form of liability be exaggerated , that the plaintiffs lost their case because the predominant purpose of the embargo was to promote the interests of the union members rather than to injure the plaintiffs , but their Lordships made it clear that if the predominant purpose of a combination is to injure another in his trade or business or in his other legitimate interests then , if damage results , the tort of conspiracy exists .
11 It must be stressed at the outset that correct identification is the chief problem .
12 It has to be stressed at the outset that all sites provided some level of economic servicing , which will have originated in several ways .
13 Decisions should be made at the outset on what is to be covered in the programme .
14 Three points should be made at the outset .
15 It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word .
16 But it should be said at the outset that none of the terms ‘ check ’ , ‘ control ’ or ‘ render accountable ’ has a single clear meaning : there are several ways of checking and controlling and several types of accountability .
17 On the other hand , despite the tone of much of the political debate in the United Kingdom , it should be said at the outset that questions such as the transfer of powers ( or sovereignty ) to the Community , the direct application and direct effect of Community law , and the correlative theory of the primacy of such provisions of Community law when they conflict with provisions of national law , were all established aspects of Community law when we joined in 1973 , and are not new problems relating to Maastricht .
18 It should be said at the outset , however , that the terminological distinction is not always maintained : it is somewhat blurred in the context of citizenship of the Union , which is inserted into the Community Treaty in a new Article 8 and 8a to 8e .
19 It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out .
20 Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account .
21 If you want one , we can do it at the same time as the valuation , at a reduced fee , but we must be told at the outset .
22 If you require payments on account of costs or in advance of disbursements , or you reserve the right to raise hourly rates during the lifetime of the case , the client must be told at the outset of the case .
23 There is an important distinction to be drawn at the outset in the support arrangements for students in further and higher education .
24 Whatever may be the position , the agreed capital shares must be agreed at the outset , for there is no presumption that capital entitlement is the precise reflection of capital contribution and , failing specific agreement , s24(1) of the Partnership Act imposes equal sharing .
25 This will be dealt with in greater detail in Chapter 8 , but it needs to be mentioned briefly here as something which should be agreed at the outset .
26 Such change is at the time of writing imminent , though it is unlikely that the whole profession will be affected at the outset .
27 It should be noted at the outset what is the nature of the problem with which we are concerned .
28 With a concrete pool it has to be appreciated at the outset that the excavation is going to be considerably larger than the finished pool , for room must be allowed for the layer of concrete .
29 These are the critical management questions that should be asked at the outset before decisions are taken in schools .
30 It can not be assumed at the outset that all elements are the product of similar processes of objectification .
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