Example sentences of "[subord] to the proper [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Where the application is made to the district judge he may , if in doubt as to the proper order to be made , refer the application to the judge forthwith or at the next convenient opportunity , and the judge may hear the application and make such order as may be just or may refer it back to the district judge with directions .
2 In other words , doubts as to the proper division of property at death , as well as rights between living partners , were resolved by having legal rules prescribing a formula , but only applying within the context of a sanctioned , and thereby state-controlled , relationship .
3 On this appeal questions as to the court 's jurisdiction and as to the proper construction of the university 's statutes have been raised .
4 Once you leave the bosom of Mother India , she points out , you always find a disturbing ignorance as to the proper preparation of dal and rice as well as an infuriating lack of gurdwaras in which to say your morning prayers .
5 Perhaps , rather surprisingly , there is no authority as to the proper approach by the court when further evidence is sought to be filed in relation to a matter of contempt .
6 At the hearing in the county court the preliminary issue was raised whether issues as to the proper discharge of the duty imposed on the council by section 69 of the Act of 1985 could only be challenged by way of proceedings in the High Court for judicial review .
7 In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take .
8 One knows this not from anything the parents have said but from customary ideas as to the proper behaviour and upbringing of children .
9 The two limitations were that recovery will not be available : ( 1 ) where it can properly be said that the payment was made to close the transaction , and ( 2 ) where the payer was mistaken as to the proper interpretation of the statute .
10 On such a problem , although you may venture an opinion as to the proper verdict on the point , and argue your opinion to the best of your ability , you should not , in the last resort , usurp the function of the jury ( or of the judge when there is no jury ) .
11 Hence they will not substitute their views as to the proper management of a company but they are prepared to articulate standards of review which are designed to catch self-dealing on the part of managers .
12 This may consist either of views as to the proper policy-making procedures — the way things are to be done — or of particular sets of policies that are perceived to be in the best interests of the nation .
13 For benefiting others need not be an overriding principle , but merely a competing principle as to the proper theory of justice .
14 This decision depended on highly loaded definitions of contested terms such as ‘ economic ’ and appeared to substitute judicial for electoral decisions as to the proper balance between the interests of ratepayers and public-transport users ( Griffith , 1991 , pp. 128–36 ) .
15 The trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice express their views as to the proper period to be served by the prisoner for the purposes of retribution and deterrence voluntarily , in accordance with the agreement made by the Lord Chief Justice with the Home Secretary .
16 I start by observing that if the Lord Chief Justice does not agree with the view expressed by the trial judge as to the proper period to be served for retribution and deterrence , there are two judicial views .
17 One approach was to attempt to revise the idea of a liberal education so that it might provide guidance as to the proper application of science within society .
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