Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are all concerns central to our own current culture , and the essays help detail some of Shakespeare 's negotiations with us as well as the possible ‘ social energy ’ of his own era . |
| 2 | Recently the experts have deemed this unlikely . |
| 3 | To sum up , when buying clubs it comes down to two things — that you must seek the judgement of a qualified professional golfer you trust , and the clubs have to feel right and look right for you . |
| 4 | One area where the accounts do show some growth , though , is in special projects . |
| 5 | What the child does not understand is that unfortunately the GIANTS have to do this . |
| 6 | Two factors explaining the low standard of competence imposed by the courts have thus emerged : management is not a profession , and the courts wish to avoid second-guessing business judgment . |
| 7 | But the courts like to know these things ; it creates a comfortable illusion of precision and that 's what justice is about . |
| 8 | However , in practice the courts tend to impose higher sentences for assaults on the police , and it is therefore worth noting that this offence is committed even though D was unaware that he was striking a police-officer . |
| 9 | Over the years , the courts have adopted varying approaches . |
| 10 | They have not shrunk from setting aside gifts made to persons in a position to exercise undue influence over the donors , although there has been no proof of the actual exercise of such influence ; and the courts have done this on the avowed ground of the necessity of going this length in order to protect persons from the exercise of such influence under circumstances which render proof of it impossible . |
| 11 | The courts have ruled that breach of the Prison Rules do not provide a basis for an action of breach of statutory duty . |
| 12 | Since 1979 the courts have ruled that review and appeal are available only where certain standard forms of contract need to be interpreted by the court or an award is plainly and seriously wrong : see Jaffe in ( 1989 ) Arbitration vol 55 , p184 . |
| 13 | In fact , since Anisminic the courts have gone one step further and now presume that any error of law by an administrative tribunal is subject to review by the higher courts , even where there is an exclusion clause purporting to prevent such review . |
| 14 | The courts have made clear on several occasions that section 76 lays down a ‘ general principle ’ of parental choice which is only one of a number of factors to which an LEA could or should have regard when exercising their functions . |
| 15 | Following the GCHQ case , the courts have appeared willing to go beyond the rules of natural justice when implying procedural impropriety . |
| 16 | Over the last 40 years , the courts have developed general principles of judicial review . |
| 17 | It is now clear that the courts have developed three different tests for determining the question of reasonableness . |
| 18 | The courts have developed some complex tests based on control whereby the subsidiary may be deemed to be an agent of the parent company . |
| 19 | Rather , the courts have upheld commercial contracts incorporating the rules of commodity associations . |
| 20 | Because the courts have held that appropriation does not occur instantaneously they have been able to expand and contract the term to catch those who are " manifestly guilty " . |
| 21 | However , because of the high levels of use , particularly during the dry periods of spring and early summer , and also because the courts have lain idle while the issue of land ownership was resolved , the surfaces have deteriorated to the point where complete refurbishment is necessary . |
| 22 | The courts have invented new laws , as in the new liabilities to restrain picketing during the miners ' strike . |
| 23 | However , in a number of cases the courts have required special notice to be given to individual terms . |
| 24 | In the past the courts have construed statutory and common law rights to information restrictively and have either required an applicant to show a special reason for wanting the information or have denied access to a person with an ‘ indirect motive ’ such as a councillor helping a constituent in a complaint against the authority . |
| 25 | On the other hand , although in recent years the regulation of the financial services industry has generated a lot of judicial review applications against regulatory bodies , the courts have discouraged these largely because they do not want court proceedings to be used as tactical weapons to delay financial transactions by parties disappointed by the failure of a regulatory body to give the applicant the protection it sought from financial predators . |
| 26 | The way in which the courts have interpreted improper purposes , relevancy and unreasonableness must now be examined in more detail . |
| 27 | The courts have used regulatory rules in determining whether an obligation under the general law exists or has been broken in a number of ways . |
| 28 | Although the courts do have wide powers to re-allocate property and can require an ex-husband to take out life assurance , such arrangements do not necessarily compensate for the loss of an index-linked widow 's pension in old age or a lump sum and widow 's pension payable on a husband 's death in service . |
| 29 | Back over on Emmerdale ( 9.64 million ) only the ducks have gone quackers ! |
| 30 | The Germans have grabbed all the wheelchairs again ! ’ |