Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [subord] the " in BNC.

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1 ( Although the user may recover before the ambulance arrives , it is better to be safe than sorry . )
2 Difficulty may arise where the purposes of the various parties to the combination are different .
3 Nevertheless , there is a risk that the insurer ought to anticipate if the case seems at all likely to throw up difficulties in relation to quantification of future loss .
4 To prevent overstressing the glider during a launch , the weak link should break if the climb is made too steeply at speeds above the maximum shown on the placard .
5 If any warranties are qualified as to knowledge , the acquirer should consider whether the warrantors have sufficient knowledge of the business .
6 If it is one of tantrums then the chart should go where the action usually happens — in living room or kitchen , for example .
7 In many training gliders it is difficult to demonstrate spinning and the spin may stop when the full opposite rudder is applied .
8 A further dilemma may arise when the individual whom professionals are trying to help has a very different interpretation of his or her circumstances , aspirations and prospects from those of relatives , or where the individual is suspicious and distrustful and does not want even close family to know what has happened to him or her .
9 In particular , it was believed that the speed of light ought to change as the earth moves through the ether on its orbit around the sun .
10 Over time , however , the balance of effect may change as the technology matures , competitors develop rival products or regulations shift .
11 If this decision were to be upheld , the appellants stand to lose their liberty and , in my judgment , it would not be right that such a result should occur when the evidence is excluded only on the basis of the rather stricter rules laid down in Ladd v. Marshall .
12 In In re Midland Railway Co. 's Agreement [ 1971 ] Ch. 725 there was no ‘ clearly expressed bargain ’ that the term should continue until the crack of doom if the demised land was not required for the landlord 's undertaking or if the undertaking ceased to exist .
13 The Convention establishes what have become known as the ‘ seven hurdles ’ of admissibility which an applicant must overcome if the Commission is to consider his case .
14 The size of the latent inhibition effect should decline as the interval is increased and the short-term effect is lost ; and when the exposure conditions are poor for association formation ( e.g. when there is just a single , brief exposure ) there may be only a short-term effect and no latent inhibition at all at the longer interval .
15 We strongly believe that neither action revoking damaging permissions , nor the imposition of new conditions , under the first review should wait until the whole review is complete , otherwise unacceptable damage will almost certainly occur .
16 In the United States , the Supreme Court held in the great case of The New York Times v Sullivan that no libel action could succeed if the plaintiff was a public figure and the allegation was honestly and diligently made .
17 Trading standards say legal action could follow if the company was n't bonded , to safeguard customers .
18 No physical remedy could succeed unless the spiritual remedy had first been applied .
19 The electorate would determine whether the local authority was getting out of hand and penalise accordingly .
20 Bush said that restrictions on trade and investment would continue until the elections , but offered humanitarian aid and direct financial assistance for the elections .
21 Under the Trade Disputes Act 1906 no action for conspiracy would lie unless the act would be unlawful if done by a person alone .
22 The mortgagor demises the land to the mortgagee for a term of years absolute , subject to a proviso that the term shall cease when the mortgagor repays the loan .
23 but the reverse rule would overgenerate if the input was , say , judge .
24 He promised attacks by his cartel would cease if the government agreed to negotiate .
25 One official admits that the entire programme will fail unless the transport problem is solved .
26 ‘ The king fraud will disappear when the exploiting of the people draws to a close , ’ claimed Keir Hardie , and even those on the radical wing of the party usually decide the game is scarcely worth the candle .
27 It will also be interesting to see how the ‘ scale fee ’ condition will operate if the Institute ceases to publish scale fees , as is quite likely to happen within the foreseeable future .
28 In addition , the research will examine whether the agency 's management structure and information systems are adequate for achieving its objective of promoting the growth of small businesses in the local community .
29 Only very detailed research will establish whether the legal definition of a particular market or fair reflected its economic importance in a region .
30 The solution it offers is that the pay-off to dangerous fighting will decrease as the habit becomes commoner , which will decrease the amount of dangerous fighting in nature .
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