Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could apply where a trader 's brochure is accurate when put out and accurate when read by the consumer but becomes inaccurate after that . |
| 2 | Where a company 's Articles of Association state that only the Board of Directors can grant special remuneration to a director , a committee of the Board does not have authority to pay a special fee to one of its members . |
| 3 | The chapter first provides a critical overview of the standard ‘ referential communication task ’ , where a child 's skills are gauged when required to communicate with another about an array of objects or drawings , while speaker and hearer can not see one another , being placed behind opaque screens to encourage verbal and preclude non-verbal communication . |
| 4 | Where a child 's capacity to understand fluctuates his overall competence must be suspect . |
| 5 | Where a child 's mental condition renders her competent on some days but irrational on others she will lack the ability to make an informed decision ( Re R ( a Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 31 July ) . |
| 6 | National rivalries were all the more intense and confused in these districts precisely because it was often not possible to tell who was which nationality , or where a person 's loyalties lay . |
| 7 | Where a person 's actions either cause direct physical and economic harm to another , or cause another to incur wasted expenditure , then a legal duty arises to compensate the other for the harm done . |
| 8 | In effect , where a firm 's customer is an intermediary dealing on behalf of his own clients , the firm must in principle treat the intermediary 's client as its own customer if it knows the client 's identity ( except where the firm is dealing with a market counterparty , see page 29 below ) ; in certain circumstances , however , the intermediary can be treated as the customer ( see below ) . |
| 9 | This can be done , however , only where a taxpayer 's total income is below the level of their personal allowances . |
| 10 | I 've seen an American training video where a policeman 's legs just buckled when one was used on him . |
| 11 | Where a manufacturer 's instruction book specifies the use of alkaline batteries , then these should be used . |
| 12 | ‘ Another scene cut was one where a man 's brains are splattered over a window . ’ |
| 13 | Imitation in the Renaissance was practised as a dialogue with the past , where a text 's individual distinctions was founded on its relation , both similarities and dissimilarities , with other earlier texts . |
| 14 | The statement says that where a member 's opinion is sought on the application of accounting standards or principles to specific circumstances or transactions of an entity of which he is not the auditor , he should ensure that he has access to all relevant information , he should contact the auditor to provide an opportunity for the latter to bring to his attention any relevant facts and , given his client 's permission , he should provide a copy of his opinion to the auditor . |
| 15 | It was where physical prowess was under constant assessment and where a boy 's self-respect could be built up or crushed . |
| 16 | An example of this occurred where a daughter 's care for her dependent father was continually met with ingratitude and unkindness . |
| 17 | Where a claimant 's income rises above the ‘ needs allowance ’ , tapers are applied so that , as income rises , the size of benefit falls in direct relation to the excess income over the needs allowance . |
| 18 | Where a Master 's degree course is paired with one for a Diploma , students are registered concurrently for both qualifications . |
| 19 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 20 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 21 | It should be noted that where a business 's UK branch makes supplies that were previously zero-rated but which now fall outside the scope of VAT , Customs have confirmed that these supplies can be included in proportional calculations for input tax recovery . |
| 22 | The pair of travellers slept in a somewhat makeshift room , where a woman 's dress hanging on a rope acted as a partition between two beds . |
| 23 | Stephen considered that it would be rape where a woman 's permission was ‘ extorted by force or fear of immediate bodily harm . ’ |
| 24 | Where a partner 's actions bind the partnership . |
| 25 | Where a partner 's actions do not bind the partnership . |
| 26 | The remnants of this practice still exist in the form of the viva voce , where a student 's work is assessed by examiners . |
| 27 | Films such as The Sleeping Tiger ( 1954 ) , where a psychologist 's efforts to reform the mugger he 's picked up off the street are subverted by his own drives and the desires of his wife , The Criminal ( 1960 , The Concrete Jungle in US ) , in which Stanley Baker plays a loner trapped between the violent prison system and the criminal underworld , or The Servant ( 1963 ) , in which butler is pitched against master , focus on tensions in British society much more interesting than anything opened up by Anderson 's contemporaries . |
| 28 | At corner Inn the ostlers were the only visible representatives , and the doors were still closed ; but at the village a number of the natives were astir , and came to a little stone pier where a boat 's crew were exchanging for the coin of the realm the sparkling treasure netted in the night season , and many of the lodgers would have the freshest of fresh herrings waiting them for breakfast . |
| 29 | Branagh himself , for all his vocal assurance , has a flat , thin-lipped , distinctly inexpressive mouth , a considerable drawback for a screen actor , especially in close-up , where a viewer 's attention is likely to flicker back and forth between mouth and eyes . |
| 30 | It would be good to know , for example , where a restaurant 's beef come from . |