Example sentences of "act [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , allowing the appeal ( Lord Lowry dissenting ) , that an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner of goods or consented to by him could amount to an appropriation of the goods within section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 where such authority or consent had been obtained by deception ; and that , accordingly , the defendant had been rightly convicted of theft ( post , pp. 1073F , 1076G–H , 1080C–F , 1081C–D , 1109F , 1111E ) . |
| 2 | In the context of section 3(1) , the concept of appropriation in my view involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 3 | ‘ involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 4 | While it is correct to say that appropriation for purposes of section 3(1) includes the latter sort of act , it does not necessarily follow that no other act can amount to an appropriation and in particular that no act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner can in any circumstances do so . |
| 5 | ‘ involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 6 | The actual decision in Morris was correct , but it was erroneous , in addition to being unnecessary for the decision , to indicate that an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner could never amount to an appropriation . |
| 7 | ‘ In the context of section 3(1) , the concept of appropriation in my view involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 8 | ‘ In Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 the House of Lords held that ‘ In the context of section 3(1) , the concept of appropriation … involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of [ the owner 's ] rights . ’ |
| 9 | WIGAN boss John Monie has warned British rugby league : ‘ Get your act together or you 'll never be world champions . ’ |
| 10 | This is not a plea for historical recorders to get their act together and check facts first-hand — I think the forces of establishment and vested interest are too strong for that to work , and anyway it would n't solve all the problems . |
| 11 | WC apps : 9 Winners : 1930 , 1950 If they really have got their act together and manage to cut out the cynical stuff , Uruguay could achieve much more this time . |
| 12 | Both the introduction of new rules on how societies could raise funds for mortgage loans and the 1987 stock market crash — which prompted small investors to get out of equities and put their money into building society saving accounts — made it possible for the societies to get their act together and fight back . |
| 13 | ‘ It motivated me to get my act together and take myself seriously ’ |
| 14 | By this time MI6 and the government had got their act together and decided to leak a false version of events to the public . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , he was patient and , eventually , I got my act together and spent the night with him . |
| 16 | She seemed to have got her act together and held down a steady job as a capstan lathe operator in a local tool factory . |
| 17 | Come on , Fred , and all the others of like mind , get your act together and take up ‘ drag hunting ’ . |
| 18 | Rather belatedly the local Labour Party got its act together and , along with the Trades Council , passed resolutions condemning its own councillors . |
| 19 | Before anyone else hastily reaches for the rope in despair at The Cure 's ‘ betrayal ’ of their faith , I have had but one message : get your act together and think again . |
| 20 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 21 | Why can not this incompetent Government get their act together and put those building workers to build houses for those families ? |
| 22 | It is high time that the Minister went to see Anglo-United and told it to get its act together and stop polluting the environment . |
| 23 | It is a timely reminder to us of the true value and cost of ’ rediscovered ’ writers , and a challenge to Black women writers , not just in the USA , but throughout the Black Diaspora to get our act together and chronicle our lives and our times for ourselves . |
| 24 | Before anyone else hastily reaches for the rope in despair at The Cure 's ‘ betrayal ’ of their faith , I have had but one message : get your act together and think again . |
| 25 | A similar view may be taken where the parties embark on a criminal act together and the plaintiff is injured as a result of the defendant 's negligence . |
| 26 | Leeds fortunately got their act together and started passing the ball around and a couple of minutes later Forrester volleyed in from ten yards after good work on the right by Dave White . |
| 27 | In other words they must get their act together and sell the R.L.P.O. to their loyal audience . |
| 28 | ‘ A lot of people are saying that the board must get its act together and get some money to spend . |
| 29 | Contractors must get their act together and take more responsibility . |
| 30 | But why ca n't they get their act together and |