Example sentences of "by a person " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’ |
| 2 | Paragraph 5 of the rule was directed not only at enforcement of a judgment in favour of a claimant who had obtained judgment in his favour but also at preventing , by means of the principle of res judicata , relitigation of the same case by a person who was properly represented by a claimant against whom judgment had been given dismissing the claim , whether that person tried to pursue his claim against a named defendant sued in his own right only , or against a named defendant sued both personally and as a representative of a class , or against a member of that class . |
| 3 | On October 19 1988 the Home Secretary issued directives to the BBC and IBA ‘ to refrain from broadcasting any matter which consists of or includes — any spoken words , whether in the course of an interview or discussion or otherwise by a person who appears or is heard … where ( a ) the person speaking … represents or purports to represent [ any organisation proscribed under the Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions ) Act 1984 or the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act 1978 and Sinn Fein , Republican Sinn Fein and the Ulster Defence Association ] or ( b ) the words support or solicit or invite support for such an organisation ’ . |
| 4 | A marriage contracted by a person so insane at the time as not to appreciate the nature of the obligations of the married state may be set aside at the suit of either party . |
| 5 | The severity of this rule has been the more acutely felt because the existence of a partnership , which needs no special form for its creation , has often been inferred — less often , it is true , in recent years than formerly — from the fact of the receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business . |
| 6 | In one particular sphere , however , other legal systems seem to disagree with the practicality argument : namely , cases of sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 committed by a person in a position of trust towards her . |
| 7 | Additionally , he found that when a horse discovered that the messages it was trying to convey were understood , either by another horse or by a person , its range of communication could be extended considerably . |
| 8 | No special interest need be shown by a person seeking to see particular items , and availability must usually be given in local public places as well as in relevant schools . |
| 9 | But consent by a person in Hobbes 's state of nature can be perfectly valid . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Coroner , the jury have , after very careful deliberation on all the evidence submitted to them , unanimously agreed that the evidence is too conflicting for them to definitely establish the guilt of any particular person , consequently they return a verdict of wilful murder by a person or persons unknown . ’ |
| 11 | 6% of households headed by a person aged 75 and over lacked basic amenities ( compared to under 2% for younger groups ) . |
| 12 | This meant that it could not be used if it was the result of a ‘ fear of prejudice or hope of advantage , exercised or held out by a person in authority ’ or if it was occasioned by ‘ oppression ’ . |
| 13 | A body known as the G10 Commission had the authority to decide , either ex officio or on application by a person believing himself or herself to be under surveillance , ‘ on both the legality of and the necessity for the [ surveillance ] measures ’ . |
| 14 | Options will normally only be exercisable after the expiry of three years from the date of their grant by a person who remains a director or employee . |
| 15 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |
| 16 | A private nuisance may be , and usually is , caused by a person doing , on his own land , something which he is entitled to do . |
| 17 | An operant is any item of behaviour shown by a person . |
| 18 | People asked to imagine they are riding a bicycle have brain waves similar to those generated by a person who is actually riding a bicycle . |
| 19 | The Japanese definition includes tools that need to be operated by a person , like mechanical hands . |
| 20 | In one lifetime the Atlantic may widen by a person 's height . |
| 21 | ‘ Hit on the head by a person or persons unknown . |
| 22 | While the majority are carried out by a person known to the victim , random attacks on strangers are on the increase . |
| 23 | A scholarship , exhibition etc held by a person receiving full-time instruction at a university , college , school or other educational establishment is exempt from income tax under s 331 , TA 1988 . |
| 24 | Application for an IVA may be made by an undischarged bankrupt or , more likely , by a person who , being insolvent , would be able to petition for his or her own bankruptcy . |
| 25 | A new extra-statutory concession has also been published to the effect that the Board of Inland Revenue will accept group relief claims signed by a person the company has authorised to make the claim , except where a liquidator has been appointed . |
| 26 | Mr Justice Hobhouse dismissed B's claim , saying that the statutory intention behind the Regulations , stated in s 203 , TA 1988 , was that income tax should be deducted by a person making any payment of or on account of any income assessable to tax under Sch E. There was a statutory obligation to deduct tax unless either the Regulations showed that there was to be no such obligation or they failed to provide any machinery whereby the payer could make a deduction . |
| 27 | The European Court further ruled in this case that Arts 48 and 59 of the EC Treaty do not prevent a member state from requiring that the exercise of the profession of auditor in that state by a person qualified to carry on that profession in another member state be subject to conditions which are objectively necessary to guarantee observation of professional rules concerning the permanence of the infrastructure in place for the completion of the work , the effective presence in the member state and assurance of the observation of professional ethics , unless respect for such rules and conditions is already guaranteed by a reviseur d'entreprises , whether a natural person or a firm , established and recognised in the state , and in whose service is placed , for the duration of the work , the person who intends to exercise the profession of auditor . |
| 28 | The offence does not include propelling the motor bicycle by a person on foot . |
| 29 | for proceeding to or from a public weighbridge for ascertaining its unladen weight or to or from any place for its registration or inspection by a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State ; |
| 30 | has been brought temporarily into Great Britain by a person resident abroad ; |