Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [subord] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no provisions corresponding to the ‘ guarantees ’ of Articles 15 and 16 of the Hague Convention , but there is a provision as to non-commitment to recognition of a judgment based on the Inter-American Convention . |
| 2 | He once defended a racist skinhead who 'd committed a burglary while on parole . |
| 3 | If the Secretary of State has considered a proposed merger and made a decision as to clearance or otherwise in respect of it a fee will also be payable even if no application for clearance has been made . |
| 4 | The very essence of the children 's hearing system is that a hearing , once it has jurisdiction in respect of a child , is empowered to examine the child 's entire social background in arriving at a decision as to disposal in the child 's best interests . |
| 5 | The providers , be they directly NHS managed or self-governing , will not be guaranteed a budget as at present . |
| 6 | But the projections on which the " cut " is based far exceed six others from expert groups and serve to make the target look like a reduction when in practice it is not . |
| 7 | More often than not you get a refund cos of course you have personal allowances for a whole year but you 've not er not er lived a whole year as often as not and therefore there usually spaced over the twelve months and you 've paid a bit too much tax if you 've died in the course of the twelve months . |
| 8 | The only German in the field , Michael Stich , beat top seed Stefan Edberg to ensure continuing home-country interest in the absence of Boris Becker , who is giving the tournament a miss because of tiredness . |
| 9 | Common Law would treat a provision in a contract as to time as being ‘ of the essence of the contract ’ , meaning that if a certain act was not done by one party within a certain stipulated time , he should lose all rights under the contract ; Equity treated such a provision in general as not being of the essence of the contract , but as giving a right only to damages . |
| 10 | Still there is that curious ringing in my ears , a noise as of metal spades on lead — unhappy sounds which seem to shake my very bones … |
| 11 | It should be apparent from this case that in assessing what damages are recoverable ( i.e. within the rules in Hadley v. Baxendale ) for breach of a term as to quality , one does not ask simply ‘ What type of damage could the seller at the time of the contract have predicted ? ’ |
| 12 | And they were shattered to discover that the ir much-publicised ‘ Run With The Ball ’ scheme , devised last year to recompense players for the increased commitment required at international level , has made a loss because of advertising and expenses . |
| 13 | In this instance we have used five-year steps for both age and service , coming up with a result as in figure 7 . |
| 14 | Only an expert may give an opinion in evidence , although a witness as to fact , who is also an expert in the relevant field , may be asked to express an opinion . |
| 15 | Teesside Development Corporation , which has planning powers over the site , said it had considered doing something with the site but had been deterred from making a bid because of site access problems . |
| 16 | Cley himself had a sheen as of metal about him . |
| 17 | Philip Giles fell more than thirty feet onto a hillside while on holdiay in California but doctors expect him to make a full recovery . |
| 18 | Even when children care desperately for their elderly parents and have to put them in a home because of lack of personal resources , they are not always able to keep up regular contact because of moving to find employment . |
| 19 | In his Scottish dances Bournonville highlighted the Highland characteristic of an upwards lift from the floor on the first beat of a bar whereas in English and French dance the movement is downwards . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , as with all other perpetual motion machines , it will grind to a halt because of friction in the moving parts . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) That the fact that the competent minister of a member state had a power to dispense with the nationality requirement for an individual on the ground of his length of residence in and involvement in the fishing industry of that state could not justify , in regard to Community law , a rule under which registration of a fishing vessel was subject to a nationality requirement or a requirement as to residence and domicile ( post , pp. 341H — 342A , 343D–E ) . |
| 22 | This part of the question essentially asks whether the fact that the competent minister of a member state has the power to dispense with the nationality requirement in respect of an individual in view of the length of time such individual has resided in that member state and has been involved in the fishing industry of that member state can justify , in regard to Community law , the rule under which registration of a fishing vessel is subject to a nationality requirement and a requirement as to residence and domicile . |
| 23 | Consequently , the answer to be given to the national court must be that the fact that the competent minister of a member state has the power to dispense with the nationality requirement in respect of an individual in view of the length of time such individual has resided in that member state and has been involved in the fishing industry of that member state can not justify , in regard to Community law , the rule under which registration of a fishing vessel is subject to a nationality requirement and a requirement as to residence and domicile . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) The fact that the competent minister of a member state has the power to dispense with the nationality requirement in respect of an individual in view of the length of time such individual has resided in that member state and has been involved in the fishing industry of that member state can not justify , in regard to Community law , the rule under which registration of a fishing vessel is subject to a nationality requirement and a requirement as to residence and domicile . |
| 25 | Lord Salisbury , who had a poor opinion of Clarke 's abilities ( as had Halsbury ) , wrote in much perplexity to the Lord Chancellor but saying that the Rolls should be offered to Clarke ‘ on party grounds ’ because he would do less harm as a judge than as Attorney-General . |
| 26 | But at least it is a benefit as of right and without means test . |
| 27 | So it seems to me that you can not do analysis in a group because by definition the ego of a person in a group is , is detracted from , whereas in individual psychoanalysis and ideally the ego of the person is added to and enlarged to give them more competence by being made to face up to its repressions . |
| 28 | So , although there is an irrational element to eroticism , it ought , I am arguing , not to be so irrational a process as to violate the other 's autonomy . |
| 29 | The prosecutor presents the facts fairly and cogently to the judge who , after hearing the defence submissions , reaches a conclusion as to sentence . |
| 30 | The Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 re-enacts the earlier legislation and specifically defines insider dealing which is when an individual knowingly transacts in a security whilst in possession of unpublished price sensitive information relating to that security . |