Example sentences of "or [noun sg] [adj] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain powers or direction available to the Treasury in the E & AD Acts are obsolete and should be removed in any new legislation . |
| 2 | The result of the application of the test will establish entitlement to advice free of charge ; or entitlement subject to a contribution ; or disentitlement . |
| 3 | However , loss or damage due to the fault of the guest is not within the scope of the innkeeper 's liability . |
| 4 | To put it another way , the risk which under section 20 passes with property ( i.e. which falls upon the owner ) does not include the risk of loss or damage due to the other party 's negligence . |
| 5 | Over other property of an infant , neither parents nor guardians have now — if they ever had — any effective powers , except such as a will or settlement or an order of the court may give them ; they can not , for instance , give a valid receipt for a legacy or money payable to the child . |
| 6 | A character may be equipped with any of the weapons or armour available to the ordinary troops in the list . |
| 7 | A character may be equipped with any of the weapons or armour available to the ordinary troops in the list . |
| 8 | This case was decided under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 , the defendant being acquitted of applying a false trade description because the sale was not in the course of a trade or business due to the absence of regularity . |
| 9 | Similarly , guests who have booked half or full board may miss a meal on arrival or departure due to the timing of the flight . |
| 10 | This novel way of selling means participating companies can offer vendors another option to selling through the fat cattle ring or deadweight direct to the abattoir . |
| 11 | The Mug Mate is a miniature hot plate , a ‘ personal cup heater ’ and it will keep coffee , tea or soup hot to the last drop . |
| 12 | Lyons boldly lists the following ( 1977a : 574 ) , over and above universal principles of logic and language usage : ( i ) knowledge of role and status ( where role covers both role in the speech event , as speaker or addressee , and social role , and status covers notions of relative social standing ) , ( ii ) knowledge of spatial and temporal location , ( iii ) knowledge of formality level , ( iv ) knowledge of the medium ( roughly the code or style appropriate to a channel , like the distinction between written and spoken varieties of a language ) , ( v ) knowledge of appropriate subject matter , ( vi ) knowledge of appropriate province ( or domain determining the register of a language ) . |
| 13 | Unlike the 19th century bill , the contemporary bill of lading often does not arrive at the port of destination or transhipment prior to the arrival of the goods , especially when the maritime journey lasts a few days or less . |
| 14 | Normally , such an agreement will impose strict limitations and involve a fee or royalty payable to the artist . |
| 15 | The freeholder may of course sell the land or property subject to the leaseholder 's interest being maintained . |
| 16 | In most cases , however , a transfer of property from the former husband to the former wife will fall within the provisions of s10(1) mentioned above and the Inland Revenue have issued a Press Statement ( see Orange Tax Handbook 1992/93 , Butterworths , IHT Statements of Practice , E12 ) to this effect : Transfer of money or property pursuant to an Order of the Court in consequence of a Decree of Divorce or nullity of marriage will in general be regarded as exempt from Inheritance Tax as transactions at arm 's length which are not intended to confer any gratuitous benefit . |
| 17 | Failure was due to some weakness or perversity peculiar to the individual " . |
| 18 | The distinctive feature of the beliefs is that they assert or imply the honour or prestige due to the group over and against another or other groups , and consequently motivate the group to achieve such honour on the field of social conflict . |
| 19 | The pattern of deprivation in the North Side did not then present a universal picture of disinvestment or devalorisation prior to the declaration of the programme . |
| 20 | Refractory pouchitis — We selected 24 cases that were well known to their gastroenterologists and that fit the clinical , endoscopical , and pathological criteria for RP as adopted at an International Workshop on Pouchitis in London in January 1989 , including clinical symptoms ( bloody diarrhoea , malaise , or weight loss , or all three ) ; resistance to treatment with antibiotics and steroids ; and endoscopical features ( serpiginous ulcerations , cobblestone mucosa , or ileitis proximal to the reservoir , or all three ) . |