Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour or distribute or display to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , namely … which is threatening abusive or insulting , |
2 | ‘ threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour or distribute or display to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , namely … which is threatening , abusive or insulting ’ The phrases mean the same as under the old Section 5 Public Order Act 1936 . |
3 | ‘ threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour or distribute or display to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , namely … which is threatening , abusive or insulting ’ The type of actions used by the offender should be explained in the witness statement(s) . |
4 | It is not quite as wide for damage to the plant whilst in transit between sites , whereas such damage is only now covered provided the reason for removal is ‘ cleaning , renovation or repair to other premises ’ . |
5 | By this approach invasive fetal sampling techniques may be avoided entirely or limited to those cases where confirmation of a positive diagnosis is desirable . |
6 | In the private sector a large number of estate agents , landlords , accommodation agencies and building societies have been found to operate discriminatory registers , refusing to let or sell or lend to black individuals and families , while direct and indirect discrimination in many local authority housing departments has led to black tenants being allocated inferior council housing ( Gordon and Newnham , 1986 ) . |
7 | Distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , should all be given their ordinary meanings . |
8 | " A person is guilty of an offence it he ( a ) uses towards another person , threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign … which is threatening , abusive or insulting … with intent to cause another to believe that immediate violence will be used … or to provoke ( such ) violence . |
9 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
10 | This might be the best time to get that extra reading done ; to work on a project report ; to earn spare cash ; or to attend to non-urgent domestic responsibilities . |
11 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
12 | These fabrics come in various gauges , referred to by the number of holes or threads to 2.5 cm ( 1 ″ ) . |
13 | This letter stated that the weapons were " contemplated to be used by the Antiguan Forces " and that they would " not be passed , sold , or given to any third party " . |
14 | NIGEL BENN 's arrival on the world championship stage may have to be delayed or diverted to another country . |
15 | In solid floors , pipes can be laid in an underfloor duct ( not embedded in concrete ) ; note that all pipes and joints should be accessible and , where exposed to cold temperatures , well insulated . |
16 | We have already discussed or referred to various forms of energy in this chapter and earlier chapters . |
17 | Firms may use advertising to defend their existing position or to signal to potential entrants that incursions will be challenged . |
18 | An expert can be liable in contract or tort to both the parties who have referred an issue to him for decision : see 14.514.11 . |
19 | Secondly , the development of Docklands has been ‘ unplanned ’ in the sense that the Corporation has not followed or adhered to statutory plans of the Boroughs nor followed normal planning and consultation procedure . |
20 | Write to : Letters to the Editor , New Scientist , Stamford Street , London SE1 9LS , or fax to 071 261 6464 . |
21 | The manager 's inability to delegate responsibilities or to communicate to those lower down . |
22 | If the interests are restricted to the history of one particular place , or confined to one special area of study , then a private library of books and offprints is quite readily assembled . |
23 | All enclaves are of a sheltered-shore or intermediate form and the species is either absent from exposed headlands or confined to small areas of local shelter ( Kitching , 1977 ; Crothers , 1983b ) . |
24 | Initially , these Franco-German telecommunications satellites did not trouble US interests ; they were experimental or confined to educational or other non-commercial purposes . |
25 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
26 | ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Act , no person shall , except during the permitted hours : ( a ) sell or supply to any person in any licensed premises , or licensed canteen , or in the premises of a registered club any alcoholic liquor to be consumed either on or off the premises , or consume in , or take from , any such premises any alcoholic liquor . |
27 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
28 | In various articles of the forties Eliot refined his material , whether in relating poetry to religious ritual in ‘ The Social Function of Poetry ’ or returning to Primitive Culture and John Layard 's studies ‘ in the ‘ stone age ’ New Hebrides ' in ‘ Cultural Forces in the Human Order ’ which reworks many of the points in the earlier ‘ Notes ’ series . |
29 | The pickup is a bridge-mounted active piezo type , controlled by a 3-band EQ , with treble , mid and bass sliders providing a considerable amount of cut or boost to each frequency . |
30 | Under most insurance systems , hospitals and health care providers supply services to insured patients and are then reimbursed for the services by the insurer either according to retrospective full-cost reimbursement , or according to prospective reimbursement . |