Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April of the same year William Symons and John Wood of Halling were bound over 10 shillings each to keep the peace against Richard Wissenden of Gillingham and Henry and Joan Jackson both of Gillingham . |
| 2 | By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales . |
| 3 | The only leeway occasionally permitted to Member States is the ability to choose the means and the pace of implementing a policy : a Commission Regulation is applicable in all Member States equally , while a Directive specifies the end , but leaves the Member States free to adopt the method . |
| 4 | So for infinite lives , just Reset the game and enter POKE 2048,32 POKE 2–40.153 ; POKE 2-5-.57 ; POKE 1328-.44 SYS 2–49 to restart the game . |
| 5 | People with his sort of skills willing to give a bit of time to the Church are in rather short supply . ’ |
| 6 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 7 | His argumentative gifts as a popular orator attracted crowds willing to pay a penny or two to hear him . |
| 8 | For instance , Barnet have to go to Scarborough , with fans due to begin the trek at 6am for an 11am kick-off . |
| 9 | Around the core that these estimates seek to identify was a much large penumbra of sympathizers willing to assist the revolutionaries , be it with money or temporary lodgings . |
| 10 | Major Owens was one of the handful of mostly Black and Latino lawmakers willing to oppose the war during two days of nationally televised Congressional debates . |
| 11 | This would be quite sufficient to lend distinctness to the double-bass part , and would leave a large proportion of the cellos free to play the 1st cello part . |
| 12 | The basic principle of the UGIX design is that in order to make a GIS easy to use the process of making a database enquiry , plotting a map or carrying out spatial analysis must be broken down into manageable parts , linked by a pathway for the user to follow . |
| 13 | However , in the late seventeenth century , perjury became a problem , so writing was required by the Statute of Frauds 1677 to prevent the wrongful enforcement of alleged oral agreements for the sale of land ( as well as for certain other contracts ) . |
| 14 | These involve predicting the outcomes of different tactics and choosing those tactics likely to produce the desired results . |
| 15 | The use of stewards was banned at open air meetings , and insulting words likely to cause a breach of the peace were declared unlawful in public speeches . |
| 16 | There are thus two possible lines of inquiry ; the first , the argument from descent , is to look to relationships likely to connect the human species with ape-like ancestors ; the second is to compare man with less closely related primates that have followed a similar evolutionary path in invading the savannah lands , an argument therefore by analogy . |
| 17 | In the view of the WEA , and unlike the position elsewhere , the Cambridge Board appeared to be in an anomalous position which would create new and reprehensible precedents likely to threaten the traditional and unique role of the WEA as a recognised providing body for liberal adult education . |
| 18 | Montagu and Duppa attacked ‘ error ’ in all its forms , whether as birds nesting inside the neglected parish church of Lancing , or too much ‘ popularising in the pulpit ’ , the hour-long sermons by Puritan clergy unwilling to toe the episcopal line . |
| 19 | Last June the Monarchs beat the Dragons 21–0 to lift the World Bowl trophy but last week 's 31–28 defeat by Frankfurt exposed weaknesses in the London team . |
| 20 | The use of questionnaires fed back to teachers revealed the base of interest and enthusiasm for science too often missed by schools concerned to promote a curriculum informally based on male interests . |
| 21 | Elephants , which lack colour vision but have a strong sense of smell and favour large , smelly , dull fruits , are the only animals able to swallow the pyrene of Panda oleosa ( Pandaceae ) and collected seeds do not germinate unless passed through an elephant , in whose dung they germinate . |
| 22 | British scientists at a conference last week , organised by the Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine and held at the Royal Marsden Hospital , London , described neural computers able to diagnose a host of medical conditions — from heart problems to eye defects — with up to 98 per cent accuracy . |
| 23 | These are the mainstay of many an army — tough , reliable fighters able to hold a battleline against almost any enemy . |
| 24 | We want the Minister to say that sales will not proceed until there is agreement not consultation — among the parties concerned to ensure the success of buy-outs . |
| 25 | This need not be an inhibiting factor , because there will normally be a wide selection of rugs available to suit every pocket and taste . |
| 26 | But here it must be said that John Calvin wanted a weekly communion and the only reason that Knox did n't follow suit in Scotland was the difficulty of organising such events in the rural parishes with a paucity of reformed clergy available to celebrate the sacrament . |
| 27 | But this is quite clearly a pastiche by two journalists desperate to match the efforts of rival newspapers . |
| 28 | There are several erudite and comprehensive books available to guide the unwary through the maze that has been constructed over the centuries to form our current property law and which seems to be continually evolving . |
| 29 | Stretching her eyes open to see the light , bulging with the strain , Tallis helplessly experienced her rising gorge . |
| 30 | Last year 's Benson & Hedges winners Lancashire , without the mercurial Akram , on tour with the Pakistanis , but with the ever improving DeFreitas will have their supporters keen to take the 8–1 on offer with Coomes and Dennis. , Hampshire , now able to welcome Malcolm Marshall back and as vice-captain , have the combined batting and bowling talent to make any opposition shudder . |