Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that if we started to challenge everything we should end up like the centipede that became paralysed through analysis of the movement of its many legs . |
| 2 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received in favour of taxation policies to benefit the environment ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 3 | The value transferred is to be reduced by the value of any other interest in possession in the property to which the beneficiary becomes entitled at the same time or by the amount of any consideration in money or money 's worth which he has received in respect of the determination or disposal . |
| 4 | The rate of tax payable is arrived at by reference to the total of that value and the value of any previous chargeable transfers made by the beneficiary , but that value is to be reduced by the value of any other interest in possession in the property to which he becomes entitled at the same time or by the amount of any consideration in money or money 's worth which he has received in respect of the termination or disposal of the interest . |
| 5 | This latter aspect has developed without knowledge of BSL and has led to an uninflected form of signing which has been slow to change . |
| 6 | Provided we give a narrow meaning to ‘ intention ’ the law may well for practical purposes come close to the proposition that it is tortious intentionally to cause damage by any unlawful act , but it has developed by way of distinct , nominate torts and it is necessary to retain that division for the purposes of exposition . |
| 7 | However , as I am conscious of the strong feeling that the hon. Lady has registered on behalf of her constituents , I assure her that before a plant can be registered for an incinerator it must comply with the emissions standards enforced by Her Majesty 's industrial pollution inspectorate . |
| 8 | Her visit to the Association 's headquarters in Carlisle in November 1983 was the first of many engagements she has undertaken on behalf of the BDA in later years . |
| 9 | Such costs are unlikely to cover all the work that a solicitor has undertaken on behalf of a client . |
| 10 | A different possible interpretation of a contract is that , not the buyer , but the seller has undertaken to accept the risk that the goods might not exist , i.e. he has undertaken as part of the contract that the goods do in fact exist . |
| 11 | The landlord has parted with control of the premises so the tenant will be the occupier . |
| 12 | The rule against prior restraint is secure in libel cases " because of the value the court has placed on freedom of speech and freedom of the press when balancing it against the reputation of a single individual who , if wronged , can be compensated in damages " . |
| 13 | This method has relied on disaggregation of intact crypt/villus units , which contain proliferative stem cells , functional epithelial cells , and mesenchymal tissue within the villus core . |
| 14 | Richard Lines , executive chairman of chemicals company ITM , has resigned as chairman of Teesside Polytechnic . |
| 15 | CHRISTOPHER Heath , once the UK 's highest paid businessman , has resigned as chairman of Baring Securities , which he founded . |
| 16 | Another former North-East player , ex-Sunderland winger Terry Curran , has resigned as manager of HFS Loans League Goole Town . |
| 17 | As a Cheltenham magistrate Cranog Jones has sat in judgement of many but tonight he 's waiting for a jury to delever it 's verdict on him . |
| 18 | The Chinese parliament has voted in favour of the controversial Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze river , the biggest hydro-electric project in the world , which will be capable of generating one-eighth of all the power now produced in China . |
| 19 | A secured creditor may , with the agreement of the trustee or leave of the court , at any time alter the value which he has , in his proof of debt , placed upon his security , but if he is the petitioner for the bankruptcy order or has voted in respect of his unsecured balance , he may revalue his security only with the leave of the court ( r 6.115 ) . |
| 20 | You are liable to find that every time you go to use your car one of any number of people has parked in front of the garage and that neither painted notices nor threats will deter them . |
| 21 | The company says that overseas royalties it has earned on behalf of the authors , artists and publishers it represents have increased five-fold in the last three years , and that it currently licenses its properties in 25 countries . |
| 22 | Perhaps , the greatest shift in offering support to families has come through awareness of the need to work in partnership with parents and for specialist and intervention services to work more within community and across agency settings . |
| 23 | It adds that evidence has come to light of two possible explosions involving similar waste . |
| 24 | The child has come in search of nature and is thwarted . |
| 25 | The growth has come from privatisation of services provided in the public sectors , particularly healthcare and education and from catering for the public . |
| 26 | Now if our assets if by promoting the right to buy , by having capital receipts we seem to have a large balance building up , there is the distinct risk given the sort of policies that this government has pursued over time of a we will be running a risk there , we do n't know what they 're going to do , you do n't know what they 're going to do . |
| 27 | This principle has been applied , and the money held to be recoverable , in cases where the sanction has amounted to duress of the person of the subject or of his goods . |
| 28 | Nobody can suggest that you can by any arithmetical calculation establish what is the exact sum of money which would represent such a thing as the pain and suffering which a person has undergone by reason of an accident … |
| 29 | ‘ During 1992 , CAFOD has featured as part of the life and curriculum in more schools in the diocese than before , ’ John says . |
| 30 | Arthur 's business has grown by word of mouth and now much of his work comes from private commissions . |