Example sentences of "that [pers pn] took [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meester Northcliffe , ’ he trilled — and it was a measure of my disorientation that I took this further name-change in my faltering stride . |
| 2 | ‘ Given the depressed state of the UK market , it was absolutely essential that we took this painful action to bring down our break-even point and thereby tailor our company to its potential markets . ’ |
| 3 | But he will have been worried that it took four fine saves from John Lukic to keep City out . |
| 4 | ‘ ( a ) that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and ( b ) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such offence by himself or any person under his control . ’ |
| 5 | that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such offence by himself or any person under his control . |
| 6 | To establish his innocence , he must prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of an offence . |
| 7 | And any director or the secretary of the company is similarly liable unless he shows that he took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission or continuance of the offence . |
| 8 | If the approved accounts do not comply with the Act , every director who was a party to their approval and who knows that they do not comply or is reckless as to whether or not they comply is guilty of an offence and every director at the time the accounts were approved is taken to be a party to their approval unless he shows that he took all reasonable steps to prevent their approval . |
| 9 | Any person charged with an offence under the section has a defence if he can prove that he took all reasonable steps for securing that the accounts were delivered in time . |
| 10 | In addition to the defences above , it is a defence for anyone charged under the Consumer Protection Act to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence , section 39 . |
| 11 | In this respect s39 states : ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , in proceedings against any person for an offence to which this section applies it shall be a defence for that person to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence . |
| 12 | However , the defendant may be able to escape liability if he can prove that he took all due diligence to avoid the commission of an offence ( s12 of CPA 1987 ) . |