Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One area where the accounts do show some growth , though , is in special projects . |
| 2 | Two factors explaining the low standard of competence imposed by the courts have thus emerged : management is not a profession , and the courts wish to avoid second-guessing business judgment . |
| 3 | But the courts like to know these things ; it creates a comfortable illusion of precision and that 's what justice is about . |
| 4 | However , in practice the courts tend to impose higher sentences for assaults on the police , and it is therefore worth noting that this offence is committed even though D was unaware that he was striking a police-officer . |
| 5 | Over the years , the courts have adopted varying approaches . |
| 6 | Since 1979 the courts have ruled that review and appeal are available only where certain standard forms of contract need to be interpreted by the court or an award is plainly and seriously wrong : see Jaffe in ( 1989 ) Arbitration vol 55 , p184 . |
| 7 | The courts have ruled that breach of the Prison Rules do not provide a basis for an action of breach of statutory duty . |
| 8 | In fact , since Anisminic the courts have gone one step further and now presume that any error of law by an administrative tribunal is subject to review by the higher courts , even where there is an exclusion clause purporting to prevent such review . |
| 9 | Over the last 40 years , the courts have developed general principles of judicial review . |
| 10 | Rather , the courts have upheld commercial contracts incorporating the rules of commodity associations . |
| 11 | Because the courts have held that appropriation does not occur instantaneously they have been able to expand and contract the term to catch those who are " manifestly guilty " . |
| 12 | The courts have invented new laws , as in the new liabilities to restrain picketing during the miners ' strike . |
| 13 | However , in a number of cases the courts have required special notice to be given to individual terms . |
| 14 | The way in which the courts have interpreted improper purposes , relevancy and unreasonableness must now be examined in more detail . |
| 15 | The courts have used regulatory rules in determining whether an obligation under the general law exists or has been broken in a number of ways . |
| 16 | Although the courts do have wide powers to re-allocate property and can require an ex-husband to take out life assurance , such arrangements do not necessarily compensate for the loss of an index-linked widow 's pension in old age or a lump sum and widow 's pension payable on a husband 's death in service . |
| 17 | The seamen are therefore determined that they will have nothing to do with Germans of any description until the Germans have made full reparation for the cruel murders committed and the lives lost on the high seas from submarine action " . |
| 18 | Talking about front doors I 've noticed that a lot of the houses have got two doors on the front side |
| 19 | THE Lions have played seven Tests in Christchurch , venue for tomorrow 's series opener against New Zealand and won only once , in 1977 . |
| 20 | However , the proposals do contain some features of a Type I1 model . |
| 21 | The proposals have drawn fierce criticism from the Environmental Investigation Agency , which argues that EC funds would be better used to develop more environmental tourism in the region . |
| 22 | The proposals include using surplus materials from excavations to help integrate new embankments and bridges with the surrounding landforms , and planting of almost 200,000 native trees and shrubs which will form significant areas of new woodland within the Green Belt . |
| 23 | After all , it would be highly dangerous if the Russians start selling these aircraft anywhere else . |
| 24 | The Russians have bought 200,000 tonnes of beans with part of the $58m-worth of export credits recently allocated to soyabeans . |
| 25 | The cases have gained wide press coverage and raised public awareness of aboriginal concerns , but it is an uphill struggle . |
| 26 | The Rules do contain adequate provisions for appeal by the person upon whom a notice is served . |
| 27 | The Improvements have taken some years to transform the churchyard and to rebuild the wall around it . |
| 28 | In the same way , the literacy campaigns of the Cubans and the Nicaraguans have used Marxist-Leninist tracts , and other material , in line with revolutionary ideas . |
| 29 | The researchers have found three occasions on which they claim the signal in the detectors is consistent with the decay of a proton . |
| 30 | The Hammers have had five players sent off this season already — Dicks and Allen have both served suspensions — but manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ I 'm trying hard to improve discipline here . |