Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 2 | She gained her Queen 's Award after spending two years working on several community projects including talking to young people about drug abuse and helping with conservation . |
| 3 | Twenty mothers were involved , and the main focus of the trial was the role of cow 's milk in causing colic . |
| 4 | Labour would go on getting the public 's support by constructing strong unity of purpose and by its conduct as ‘ a serious , socialist , self-disciplined party ’ , Mr Kinnock told delegates . |
| 5 | ANOTHER prop in the British government 's case for retaining some lead in petrol gave way yesterday . |
| 6 | We tried to work out what conditions were needed to support it , and the teacher 's part in creating these conditions . |
| 7 | Roland Barthes 's preface to this volume warns against the attempt made to ‘ naturalize ’ Robbe-Grillet 's fiction by adopting such a markedly humanist approach . |
| 8 | Stoddard Mercia 's expertise in weaving special designs to the customers ' exact requirements was a major factor in obtaining the Country Court order . |
| 9 | Services required are spread over three separate construction sites , however CCG 's expertise in co-ordinating multi-site activities gained from their experience on previous construction projects such as BP Wytch Farm Project enable them to provide a quality service to all those areas . |
| 10 | Not until early December of 1825 was a " … capital course of ore … nearly 2 feet thick of solid ore … " cut in Taylor 's Level after driving 65 fathoms . |
| 11 | A loud , acerbic beginning , with grunting low bassoons and shrieking high clarinets , leads into a sequence of seven moody and knottily polyphonic character-pieces , apparently inspired by Oliver 's experience of writing new recitatives for the Glyndebourne Clemenza di Tito . |
| 12 | And if there was any risk of their forgetting it , there was William 's grandad to remind them , who had a lifetime 's experience of dodging flying effluent , not always with complete success . |
| 13 | SmithKline could also benefit from Beecham 's experience in selling over-the-counter medicines . |
| 14 | Daniel Andrieu 's experience in designing successful racing boats is evident from the elegant profile of the hull and deck , the elliptical keel and fine torpedo-shaped ballast . |
| 15 | With the foundation of music colleges , the Church 's responsibility for producing future musicians diminished . |
| 16 | It is arguably the practitioner 's responsibility for creating such a climate . |
| 17 | The justly famous building that replaced it once more illustrated Wren 's genius for combining classical and Gothic themes . |
| 18 | There is widespread admiration for the Secretary of State 's persistence in tackling paramilitary terrorism and for his patience over the political talks . |
| 19 | This ensures that the manager seeks the artist 's permission before spending more than a certain amount of money . |
| 20 | Nature 's ingenuity in placing such a feature in a natural setting is such that it can be only marginally improved upon , and then only by skilful planting rather than major structural alterations . |
| 21 | Codebreakers based at Bletchley Park hastened Hitler 's defeat by uncovering most of Germany 's military secrets . |
| 22 | The Action Programme declares the Commissioner 's intention of making maximum use of contributions made by the Foundation whose work programmes have already included issues such as hazardous wastes , contaminated land , and voluntary initiatives in the environment . ’ |
| 23 | The next step in Hocazade 's career was that he was brought to Istanbul from Bursa by Mehmed II to dispute again with Molla Zeyrek , the latter having incurred the sultan 's displeasure by claiming one day in his presence that he — Molla Zeyrek — was superior to the highly revered scholar al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani ( Seyyid Serif : d. 816/1413 ) . |
| 24 | Today 's obsession with preventing another round of hostile takeovers is like the habit of generals always to be fighting the last war . |
| 25 | MAFF 's obsession with linking all incentives under the LFA Directive to the spiral of increasing agricultural activity , almost at any expense , accounts for the absence of any UK limit . |
| 26 | Both engagements illustrate Franco 's obsession with retaking lost territory , even where this was strategically unnecessary , regardless of the cost in terms of matériel , time and human suffering . |
| 27 | Equally , it did not find the hotel 's practice of sanctioning certain refusals of offers of work by the temporary suspension of further offers to be inimical to the absence of an employment relationship . |
| 28 | Dingleton 's practice of seeing all patients in their own homes ( or occasionally the general practitioner 's surgery ) has never been systematically evaluated . |
| 29 | In reaching their conclusions they were critical of BC 's practice of allocating central administrative overheads to individual pits . |
| 30 | Its survival is due to Blackpool 's practice of using ex-passenger cars for works duties , thus prolonging their working life . |