Example sentences of "[to-vb] by virtue " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fundamental steps in the constitutional development of the country were the Bill of Rights 1689 which limited the power of the monarch to rule by virtue of the royal prerogative and the Act of Settlement 1700 which further strengthened the power of Parliament and provided for the succession to the English throne . |
| 2 | There are 650 M.P.s elected on a constituency basis by those entitled to vote by virtue of the Representation of the People Act 1983 . |
| 3 | 685 , where , as a result of there being no quorum at a half yearly meeting of a licensing court , the meeting could not be adjourned under the existing legislation and the Court of Session had to intervene by virtue of its nobile officium in order to prevent the expiry of certificates due for renewal at the meeting . |
| 4 | They claim that female psychologists have something special to contribute by virtue of their sex , and they often see work done by women as feminist simply because women do it . |
| 5 | Those who are alleged to be unfit to practise by virtue of illness can be referred by the Investigating Committee , Professional Conduct Committee or any concerned citizen to a separate UKCC Health Committee , so that their cases may be considered with medical reports and advice available . |
| 6 | Additionally , some regions of the genome may be hard to clone by virtue of their DNA sequences ( 8 ) . |
| 7 | In Weber 's terms , office legitimizes power in the sense of the decisions affecting and determining the behaviour of others that one is entitled to take by virtue of occupying an official position with a designated jurisdiction . |
| 8 | being a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of.the provisional licence ; |
| 9 | ‘ being a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of a provisional licence ’ The class or description of the motor vehicle when the provisional licence holder is required to be accompanied is as shown in his provisional licence . |
| 10 | ‘ being a class or description which he was authorised to drive by virtue of a provisional licence ’ By showing in the police officer 's statement of evidence that the provisional licence he held covered the class of vehicle he was driving . |
| 11 | I think it also probable that he had power to enjoy by virtue of paras ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) ( now s742(2) ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) ) . |
| 12 | In such a situation the true owner may have been divested of his claim against the wrongdoer under section 8(2) ( d ) but if not , he might still be entitled to sue by virtue of his title . |
| 13 | It possesses the potential to fall by virtue of its position . |
| 14 | It was an enormous leap , which he was able to make by virtue of the professional competence and political significance he had built up over the preceding twenty years . |
| 15 | P appealed to the High Court , contending that no part of his interest ‘ came to an end ’ within para 4(2) ; he had merely disposed of shares in Q. Similarly , para 4(2) was not deemed to operate by virtue of para 4(1) , which provided that a disposal of an interest in possession of any property was not a transfer of value , but should be treated as the coming to the end of an interest in possession , bringing into play para 4(2) . |