Example sentences of "is [prep] a [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where clauses define the obligations undertaken under the contract , a party who performs in accordance with them is not in breach , and it is argued that the correct approach is for a court to interpret the contract as a whole , to identify extent of the obligations undertaken . |
| 2 | An obviously desirable situation is for a country to have a sufficiency of well educated and trained teachers working for reasonable lengths of time in areas where they are familiar with the people and their culture . |
| 3 | The most pressing need is for a centre-half to prevent the sort of soft header with which David Bardsley brought QPR back into contention , and a more productive partner for Lineker . |
| 4 | The Cut — 500 feet wide from shore to shore , 45 feet deep , illuminated at night by a blaze of red and white lights — is of a size to dwarf the vessels passing through it . |
| 5 | He who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock ’ ( Luke 6:48 ) . |
| 6 | The person who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug deep , and laid the foundation upon rock ; and when a flood arose , the stream broke against that house , and could not shake it , because it had been well built ’ ( Luke 6:48 RSV ) . |
| 7 | He is like a man riding a dolphin . ’ |
| 8 | Peter ‘ Penny ’ Murphy , a local farmer who acts as curator of the birthplace when Dr Kavanagh is in America , is like a man savouring a dream . |
| 9 | When a new drug arrives in a society , it is like an infant taking a screwdriver to a clock . |
| 10 | It might appear strange to classify a retailer as a manufacturer but this will only happen where he is under a duty to inspect the goods and fails to do so . |
| 11 | A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose . |
| 12 | It is suggested that if there is a breach , an employee is under a duty to mitigate the loss and this would probably involve joining the purchaser 's existing pension scheme even if the benefits are not as generous as under the vendor 's scheme . |
| 13 | The award compensates the employee for any loss sustained as a result of the dismissal itself and the employer 's actions but each employee is under a duty to mitigate the loss and the tribunal will make a deduction if the employee 's actions contributed to the dismissal . |
| 14 | As a matter of common law , if the purchaser receives information relating to the vendor 's business which he knows or ought to know is confidential , the purchaser is under a duty to maintain the confidence and not to use the information . |
| 15 | In respect of registered land , a transferee will not be concerned with the amount of stamp duty imposed on documents prior to the transfer to him ; the registrar is under a duty to check the sufficiency of the stamping on a document affecting registered land ( Stamp Act 1891 , s17 ) , so that an instrument can not be registered at HM Land Registry unless correctly stamped . |
| 16 | There is some authority to suggest that a doctor is under a duty to prevent the suicide of such a patient in so far as there is a duty to control the patient . |
| 17 | In considering any application , the local planning authority is under a duty to seek the enhancement of the Conservation Area , and consent is required for the demolition of any building . |
| 18 | Without such a condition the auctioneer is under an obligation to knock the property down to the highest bidder , which could be a financial tragedy for the seller ( and for you , in the shape of an action for negligence ) if the highest bid was below its fair market value . |
| 19 | In these circumstances the knowledge of the director will be attributed to the parent company if the director is under an obligation to communicate the information to it . |
| 20 | WHEN KIERON steps up onto the stage it is with a determination to trip the light fantastic and provide the evening with some of its more mellow moments . |
| 21 | To award damages , on the other hand , is in a sense to substitute a decision for that of the public authority . |
| 22 | Where the fund of damages is likely to be substantial , including future nursing costs and the like as well as loss of earnings , an accountant 's evidence can help the court to decide the multiplier , as well as the multiplicand , for example in the case of a one-man business where the accountant has been concerned with the accounts over a number of years and is in a position to give an expert opinion as to the future prospects of the business . |
| 23 | This court is in a position to define the extent of this common law tort in such a way as not to require a positive amendment of the law by Parliament . |
| 24 | Having obtained this information the salesperson is in a position to sell the model which best suits the needs of the buyer . |
| 25 | Unlike some of his neighbours , President Mugabe is in a position to take a relaxed attitude to dissent . |
| 26 | Arguably , too , the listener to recorded music is in a position to take a more active part in the music , by deciding how and when to listen by being able to ‘ edit ’ recordings to make up his or her own programmes on cassette tape . |
| 27 | A supervisor can tap such first-hand knowledge without wasting time studying Ordnance Survey maps or other records , while the competent field man is in a position to handle a problem immediately in an emergency without having to research the questions of where a pollution may have come from , where it will go , or what damage it might do . |
| 28 | Neither of us is in a position to make a judgment about that situation . |
| 29 | In such cases it may be necessary to maintain the status quo until the court is in a position to make a final order . |
| 30 | But companies are reporting that orders are still down on last year , with no sign from the catering industry that it is in a position to re-equip the dining room . |