Example sentences of "handed down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plainly there are different degrees of misbehaviour and the partners will not readily resort to the extreme sanction of expulsion , but it is in the interests of the firm that a tendency to depart from proper professional standards be investigated and warnings handed down at an early stage before serious harm is done . |
| 2 | Religious rituals and the arts have been , and still are , concerned with handling this unresolved problem handed down to the present by the institutions which preserve the archaic heritage of mankind , especially religions . |
| 3 | The opinions are printed and handed down to the parties rather than being read aloud . |
| 4 | yours swallowed whole , handed down on a plate , |
| 5 | The combination of clear , fragrant Alpine air , pedigree herds of cows , fresh milk and cheese-making skills handed down through the generations give the cheese its true taste and character . |
| 6 | Secondly , the feelings about parental figures are strong ; this is an emotionally highly charged area to work in , where each person 's experience will be unique ; family rules and prohibitions handed down through the generations hold sway . |
| 7 | I know the Counsellors restrict your access to books , but there must be legends , stories handed down through the years . |
| 8 | The people were so strong in the faith for which their forebears had fought and suffered ; their steadfastness and courage , handed down through the ages , lived on in the men and women who only a few years ago had defied the invader of their homeland . |
| 9 | The Guardian , The Observer and The Sunday Times are seeking a ruling that temporary injunctions handed down by a 3-2 House of Lords majority in 1987 , banning publication of details from the memoirs of an ex-MI5 officer , Peter Wright , were unnecessary prior restraints on free speech that breached Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 10 | Amoco had appealed against the original decision , handed down by a lower court in 1990 , arguing that the plaintiffs had failed to prove Amoco 's negligence . |
| 11 | Instead iussus , as often , refers to judgment handed down by an official , whether magistrate or deputy judge . |
| 12 | Arguably not , because until recently most political scientists saw the Diet as an institution which merely gave symbolic ratification to legislation handed down by the executive . |
| 13 | Consequently , the guidance handed down by the Court of Appeal is frequently way out of line with the levels of sentence that are typically imposed for similar offences by the lower courts . |
| 14 | At first sight this provision might seem to be a contradiction in terms , but some light is cast upon it by the Declaration appended at the end of the Single European Act , which , whatever its legal status may be , states that the conference considered that the provisions of Article 130R(5) ( 2 ) did not affect the principles resulting from the judgment handed down by the European Court in the ERTA case . |
| 15 | But 8m voters were eligible to choose members of the national assembly , a parliamentary body whose main job is to rubber-stamp decisions handed down by the ten-man Revolutionary Command Council through which Mr Hussein governs . |
| 16 | Our judges treat the techniques they use for interpreting statutes and measuring precedents — even those no one challenges — not simply as tools handed down by the traditions of their ancient craft but as principles they assume can be justified in some deeper political theory , and when they come to doubt this , for what-ever reason , they construct theories that seem to them better . |
| 17 | The late 1960s threw up extensive demands for public bodies to be more open and responsive to community groups and sectional interests ; the demand was for plan making to be a negotiable activity between interested parties , rather than a matter of technical decisions handed down from a monopoly elite in government . |
| 18 | The political aims of the centre are not written on tablets of stone and handed down from the Mount . |
| 19 | Her mother said to her , quite seriously , as if this was advice handed down in the family from mother to daughter since time immemorial , her mother said : ‘ It 's always a good idea to keep them on the hop . ’ |