Example sentences of "[verb] the force of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes said that rules in the last two categories ‘ lack the force of law ’ , that is , they are not enforceable in a court . |
| 2 | Horstmeyer says that oil drilling is tied to an 80-year-old principle of brute force — adding weight to rotary drills and using the force of gravity . |
| 3 | The Code of Guidance , the authors maintain , should be given the force of legislation . |
| 4 | The Code will have to be given the force of law and in some respects detailed adjustments may be necessary to conform with the requirements of the Directive . |
| 5 | It was held at Lyons in June and July 1245 , and ended with a sentence of deposition being passed against Frederick II , though a number of other canons concerned chiefly with structural matters within the Church were also given the force of law . |
| 6 | Any sort of housing standard to be effective must be given the force of law , but the sad lesson of history is that specific words of the law , while intended in spirit to be a minimum statement of what is acceptable , are usually interpreted and followed as the maximum of what has to be achieved in practice . |
| 7 | We called for a code of practice to be given the force of law . |
| 8 | The attitude adopted to precious substances helps to confirm the force of inertia in history . |
| 9 | More commonly , he will have been given power to make laws , subject only to the controlling authority of one or both Houses of Parliament to unmake them , or to withhold the endorsement necessary for them to continue to enjoy the force of law . |
| 10 | He looks like he unleashes the force of nature when he swings a club . |
| 11 | Grand unified theories do not include the force of gravity . |
| 12 | We do well to remember that societal opposition to cruelty to animals , especially opposition that has the force of law , is a comparatively recent development . |
| 13 | Their Notice No 700 has the force of law when stating in para 56 and 69(a) that the words stop the document from being a VAT invoice . |
| 14 | Such an assessment is required by an EC directive which has the force of law in Britain . |
| 15 | Causality is here contrasted with indeterminacy : either one pretends that the origin of psychological peculiarities is known and that it has the force of explanation , as in classical psychoanalysis , or one chooses to relinquish this concept and to see identity as a matter of discontinuity and flux . |
| 16 | As one read passages such as these one must acknowledge the force of Merleau-Ponty 's statement that ‘ one does not become revolutionary through science but through indignation ’ . |
| 17 | The by-laws of local authorities or of public corporations , for example , acquire the force of law without further reference to Parliament . |
| 18 | The energy has an equivalent-mass and so it attracts matter and therefore increases the force of gravity . |
| 19 | Anyone who does otherwise does not understand the force of reason . ’ |
| 20 | Holly-Tallis felt impelled to straddle the force of magic , and knelt above the grinning wood and let him enter , let him feed upon her and fertilize the growth of birds . |
| 21 | Sir Patrick 's role as attorney general in ensuring there would be no prosecutions of Royal Ulster Constabulary officers for alleged conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the ‘ shoot-to-kill ’ episodes investigated by John Stalker , as well as his insensitivity to Irish concerns on extradition , will give Sinn Féin ammunition for claiming he will not be a man to understand the force of argufment . |
| 22 | However , the implementation of the Directive , when adopted , may require a fundamental change in the present voluntary system under which takeover bids for UK public companies are regulated by a voluntary body ( the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ) under the City Code , which does not have the force of law although its decisions may be reviewed by the courts . |
| 23 | A reservation to this effect is contained in section 2(2) of the Act of 1990 , which provides that , inter alia , paragraph 10(1) ( e ) of the Rome Convention shall not have the force of law in the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | Codes do not have the force of law in their own right , but are nevertheless very influential when a court is determining the rights and wrongs of a situation . |
| 25 | One problem with professional standards , because they do not have the force of law , is ensuring compliance . |
| 26 | Although the City Code does not have the force of law , those who wish to take advantage of the facilities of the securities markets in the UK are expected to conduct themselves in matters relating to takeovers according to the City Code . |
| 27 | It will not have the force of law , the commission stresses , but will merely exert ’ moral pressure ’ . |
| 28 | Although the guidelines do not have the force of law , they do influence the doctors ' judgement . |
| 29 | The guidelines do not have the force of law but are persuasive given the power of institutional shareholders . |
| 30 | As mentioned in para 3.2 above , it does not have the force of law , but it does reflect what the City considers to be best practice in the conduct of takeovers . |