Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This power existed where , as the statute provided , it appeared to him that there were reasons for doubting whether the trade union members , in taking part in industrial action , were acting in accordance with their own wishes . |
| 2 | In 1948 Scott LJ attempted to elucidate a modern formula for ascertaining whether a covenant was capable of running with the land : |
| 3 | It will not forgive politicians for over-spending when the economy picks up . |
| 4 | Notice that the design which has been used for weaving does not show as with the sample woven with the smooth yarn , always select simple designs for weaving because the pattern in the fabric results almost entirely from the yarn and not from the needle selection . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) Rigby Electronics ( Harvard OTC ) " They 've just brought out a device for checking whether a credit card belongs to a particular person or not . |
| 6 | Most hotels operate on the basis that unless previously notified by the guest that they will be a late arrival , the accommodation will be released for reletting if the guest fails to arrive by 6 p.m . |
| 7 | But is there not a contradiction between being so fiercely hostile to relativism in history and aesthetics and at the same time asserting that there are no objective criteria for deciding whether a work is good or bad ? |
| 8 | ‘ Precatory ’ neither ( as in English law ) implied caution about the clarity of intention , nor was used as the touchstone for deciding whether a disposition was a trust . |
| 9 | Redundant churches are safeguarded by the Pastoral Measure 1983 which provides procedures for deciding whether a church is still required for worship , and , if not , what the future of the building should be . |
| 10 | The information contained on Form BD8 was previously the main criterion for deciding whether a pupil required education in a special school or an ordinary school , and whether the pupil should be referred to and educated as a blind or a partially sighted child . |
| 11 | Dick Fletcher who runs New Media , one of Europe 's leading CD-I development companies , has for long suggested a simple rule of thumb for deciding whether a device is a computer or an appliance . |
| 12 | ‘ As the people with ultimate authority for saying when the campaign ends and when it resumes , this small group carry the supreme load of guilt for all the grief and tears and heartbreak which their campaign has caused . |
| 13 | For sowing when the ground is settled , and not hover ( loose ) . |
| 14 | Fig 37 Low tide is always better for learning as the water is much flatter and any waves have little power . |
| 15 | It is the reasonable foreseeability of harm arising from one 's conduct which in many types of cases not only gives rise to the duty of care to avoid inflicting such harm , but also provides the test for determining whether a person injured by the careless conduct of another falls within the class of persons to whom a duty of care is owed . |
| 16 | These record all screen and keyboard activity and provide the basis both for programme debugging in the event of the unexpected happening , and for determining whether a user needs advice or further training . |
| 17 | It refused to rule out the inclusion of other factors for determining whether a borrower was likely to default or not — like disability or homosexuality . |
| 18 | The Revenue 's criterion for determining whether a trustee is a " professional trustee " for this purpose is whether he is carrying out his functions as trustee in the course of his business ( being a business which , as a matter of fact , includes the management of trusts ) rather than as a private individual . |
| 19 | According to this principle , as Bentham understands it , the ideal method for determining whether an individual 's action , or a legislative enactment , is right or wrong would be through evaluation of its total tendency to promote happiness , on the one hand , and to promote unhappiness on the other ; if the former predominates the action is right , if the latter it is wrong . |
| 20 | Benthamism seemed to provide no basis for determining whether the principle of utility aimed to maximize an individual 's happiness or the happiness of all . |
| 21 | For determining whether the value and service potential of physical resources have been maintained during a period . |
| 22 | Even in their own computer in a context-free grammar no general procedure exists for determining whether the grammar can be ambiguous in any one of every single case , however long one ran the program . |
| 23 | Megarry V-C , in Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exports ) v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 set out a test of four elements which is most helpful for determining whether the information is too widely known to retain the necessary quality of confidence . |
| 24 | Where the alleged breach consists of the exercise of a contractual power in a particular way , it is unclear to what extent principles of public law ( as opposed to the ordinary law of contract ) can be used as criteria for judging whether the action taken was an abuse of the power . |
| 25 | This need for careful definition is ignored completely when one simply asks a panel of experts to name people with political power — one has not told them the criteria that they should use for judging whether an individual has power , and neither does one know whether the individuals have used even similar criteria for ascribing power to the individuals whose names they submit . |
| 26 | The written examinations would provide the opportunity for assessing whether the student had acquired a sufficiently analytical approach to the subject . |
| 27 | The starting point for assessing whether the defendant 's breach of duty is a factual cause of the plaintiff 's damage is the but for test . |
| 28 | In such cases , the supervisor has responsibility for monitoring whether the member of staff has returned or not . |
| 29 | As an executive with a long-term career plan to protect , you may have sound reasons for leaving before a dismissal occurs or for departing on mutually agreed terms . |
| 30 | It craves for planning as the alcoholic craves for drink . |