Example sentences of "[noun sg] to perform [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict . |
| 2 | Therefore s 1(1) was contravened when , as happened in the present case , a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer . |
| 3 | Held , that , in the opinion of the court , in section 1(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1990 the words ‘ causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer , ’ in their plain and ordinary meaning , were not confined to the use of one computer with intent to secure access into another computer ; so that section 1(1) was contravened where a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer ( post , pp. 437A–B , C–D , 438A , E–F ) . |
| 4 | S 1(1) provides that ‘ a person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he causes a computer to perform any function to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( b ) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised ; and ( c ) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ A person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( b ) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised ; and ( c ) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case . |
| 6 | It 's marvellous that the Brighton Corporation came in , but nevertheless the building to perform a function which is going to be useful for the community as a whole has got to be properly funded . |
| 7 | These various substantives evoke a state or quality which disposes the support to perform an action ( willingness , desire , impudence , ability , etc. ) , an action he performs which prevents or could prevent him from realizing it ( hesitation , refusal , reluctance , etc. ) , something he needs in order to realize it ( right , permission ) , a circumstance in which he finds himself which favours something 's occurrence ( chance , occasion ) , etc. — all of which evoke a situation existing before the infinitive event , and so imply a reference to a prior position of the support . |
| 8 | Once a specific PCR has been developed for an organism , it requires little expertise to perform the test . |
| 9 | We took the opportunity to perform a postmortem on one of them , a 5 ½ m male . |
| 10 | So far as cancellation and termination are concerned , in most conventional types of contracts , the seller would wish to perform , or be given the opportunity to perform the contract . |
| 11 | It is thus a defence to show that the reason for the alleged act of discrimination was not the plaintiff 's disability but rather an inability to perform the work in question . |
| 12 | Bound up with the question of compliance with specification is the question of acceptance , since , until the goods have been accepted by the buyer , the seller can not be sure that he has discharged his basic liability to perform the contract , even if he has delivered the goods to the buyer . |
| 13 | For example , a proprietor of a garage may be restricted as to the amount of work that can be taken on due to a lack of skilled motor mechanics ; however , the proprietor can overcome this constraint in the long term by training non-skilled labour to perform the task . |
| 14 | From there it is an easy step to the setting up of conventions of symbolic violence , in which just the display without the intention to perform the action , can serve a ritual purpose , that is fulfil some other intention than that usually associated with those expressions , stances , shouted insults and so on . |
| 15 | The beginning of the text is evidently concerned with interpreting the testator 's intention : when he said scio did he really mean to bind his freedman to perform a trust ? |
| 16 | Elderly people 's ‘ need ’ for support is difficult to measure directly , but a reasonable indicator can be obtained by asking them about their capacity to perform a range of daily living activities and self-care tasks , and about their mobility . |
| 17 | Sections 3(1) and 3(2) of the UCTA prevent the use of an exemption clause to exclude liability for breach , deviation or failure to perform a contract , in whole or part , unless it satisfies the test of reasonableness . |
| 18 | Clearly , total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all because of wilful default will not be reasonable under s 3 . |
| 19 | Equally , total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all because of circumstances beyond the control of the party in default ( ie reasons of force majeure or an act of the other party ) will conversely be reasonable in nearly all circumstances . |
| 20 | Total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all is unlikely to be reasonable where it occurs because of acts or omissions within the control of the party in default , which are caused by negligence , incompetence or inadvertence but not wilful default ( " inadvertent default " ) . |
| 21 | Either he can at once accept the anticipatory breach as a repudiation and immediately claim damages or else he can refuse to accept it as a repudiation and wait until there has been actual failure to perform the contract ( as opposed to an anticipatory one ) . |
| 22 | said that conditions ‘ go so directly to the substance of the contract or , in other words , are so essential to its very nature that their non-performance may fairly be considered by the other party as a substantial failure to perform the contract at all . ’ |
| 23 | The first was based on the concept that a contract might contain a fundamental term — a core obligation — so that a failure to perform the fundamental term would amount to a total failure to perform the contract . |
| 24 | Breach of statutory duty can take the form either of non-feasance ( i.e. failure to perform the duty ) or misfeasance ( i.e. bad performance ) . |
| 25 | These cases must therefore have been regarded as distinguishable , presumably on the ground that Slater 's case did not involve any refusal to perform a service unless an unlawful payment was made . |
| 26 | The operation could be ‘ mopped up ’ in three days , but troops may stay in place to perform a policing function , General Tom Kelly , a Pentagon official , said . |
| 27 | Firstly , by appointing a proxy to perform the oath , and secondly , transferring the fief and his rights over it to another person . |
| 28 | Elton , a surprise addition to the show , took to the stage with the wild Guns N' Roses singer to perform the band 's hit November Rain , backed by a 40-piece orchestra . |
| 29 | If you want to have a snapshot of yourself , see if you can find a friendly policeman to perform the task . |
| 30 | In 1986 , the satirical TV programme Spitting Image recorded The Chicken Song , in which the lyrics invited the listener to perform a range of bizarre activities , such as ( as I recall ) bury all your clothes , paint your left knee green , climb inside a dog , and ( the climax of the first verse ) pretend your name is Keith . |