Example sentences of "under [art] [adj] [noun pl] act " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 1975 and I was being charged under the Obscene Publications Act and it was like the Oz trial , so I was interviewed . |
| 2 | Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr ( Subject of a celebrated prosecution in 1967 under the Obscene Publications Act ) , LAST EXIT is a tough , often harrowing film about life in a rough working class district of New York during the Korean War . |
| 3 | Intentionally or not he seems to suggest , as Lord Caithness also did at the Committee stage in the House of Commons , that the homosexual literature should pass the test of artistic and literary merit — characteristics which are necessary as a defence against a charge of obscenity under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 . |
| 4 | In 1989 a Private Member 's Bill attempted to bring television under the Obscene Publications Act , while widening the legal definition of obscenity . |
| 5 | Also in the list and discussed below are : Alex Comfort and Dr Martin Cole in the area of sex education , John Calder the publisher , John Trevelyan the erstwhile film censor , Roy Jenkins , Labour Home Secretary in the 1960s , as well as John Mortimer , the barrister , novelist and playwright , and what Mrs Whitehouse referred to as his ‘ travelling circus of expert witnesses ’ who were regularly in court to defend publications charged under the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 6 | The Well of Loneliness , a courageous and serious novel about lesbianism , was prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 , condemned as an obscene libel , and was not republished in Britain until 1949 . |
| 7 | Before then the office came alive with two pieces of news : Sniffy Wilson had been captured and Marilyn Duxbody had been charged under the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 8 | The investigation was carried out under the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 9 | THE Crown Prosecution Service in London has given the authority for a case involving a number of articles seized under the Obscene Publications Act to proceed . |
| 10 | Under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 , tenants of agricultural land , and under the Landlord and Tenant Acts 1927 and 1954 , other lessees , are entitled to claim compensation from their landlords for many improvements made by them , and also , in some cases , compensation for the disturbance by reason of notices to quit . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Mel Levine , a United States Congressman , is introducing a Bill in Washington today which will put trading in 24 types of anabolic steroids , used to enhance muscle growth , under the Controlled Substances Act . |
| 12 | Under the Dangerous Dogs Act , all pit bulls must be registered , neutered , and have an identification number tattooed on their inner rear thigh and a microchip identifier inserted into the scruff of their neck . |
| 13 | Just 90 Pit Bulls have been registered under the Dangerous Dogs Act , introduced in 1991 following public outrage against attacks on children and adults on the mainland . |
| 14 | Senior inspector Francis Fox said that there were an estimated 900 pit bulls in the province that had not been registered under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 . |
| 15 | Under the Industrial Courts Act of 1919 the minister may set up a court of enquiry into a trade dispute . |
| 16 | By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State exercised his powers to apply to the NIRC under the Industrial Relations Act 1971 for an order requiring a ballot of trade union members to be held . |
| 18 | Pursuant to an order made under the Allied Forces Act 1940 he was arrested by the Metropolitan Police . |
| 19 | The cause or matter in question was the application to the court to exercise its powers under the Allied Forces Act and the order , and to deliver the appellant to the Dutch military authorities . |
| 20 | As a consequence of the talks the Assam government lifted restrictions imposed under the Disturbed Areas Act on Sept. 1 and asked the ABSU to stop the violence in response . |
| 21 | If there was not , A might still believe that B was looking for something to steal , which could constitute an attempt to steal under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 notwithstanding that there was nothing there that B would have stolen . |
| 22 | Under the new Cheques Act , you can write Account payee between the lines of the crossing , and your cheque should then be paid only into John Smith 's account . |
| 23 | It was not a New Town under the New Towns Act created through the agency of a Development Corporation , and it was never intended that it should be . |
| 24 | The various public corporations ( such as the National Coal Board , the Airways Corporations , the Railways Board , and the Development Corporations under the New Towns Act 1946 ) require some lawyers on their staffs , but there is no standard method of recruitment . |
| 25 | However , access arrangements for certain categories of children in care were already under the control of the court , such as those in care under a High Court order , or a County Court order under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 . |
| 26 | Although agreement may be reached between the parties as to the future of the matrimonial home , it is strongly advised that such agreement be embodied in a " consent order " of the court ; if the court does not have the power directly to make an order under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ( for instance in relation to repairs to property held subject to certain conditions and in relation to payment of premiums of life assurance policies ) the same effect can be achieved by formulating the obligations of each party as undertakings given to the court ( see Livesey v Jenkins [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 106 and Salter , Matrimonial Consent Orders and Agreements , 2nd edn , Longman 1991 ) . |
| 27 | Recent cases have extended the rights of a spouse ( in practice , almost always a wife ) under the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 ( as amended ) to frustrate the sale of the matrimonial home by registering a land charge or a notice , according to whether the title is unregistered or registered . |
| 28 | Class F The right of a spouse ( commonly the wife ) to occupy the matrimonial home though having no legal estate therein under the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 as amended . |
| 29 | And land charge Class F ( unregistered title ) or a notice ( registered title ) give notice of a prior claim under the Matrimonial Homes Act . |
| 30 | There is no fee payable for the registration of a notice under the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 ( Land Registration Fees Order 1992 ( SI No 2089 ) , Sched 4 , exemption 4 ) . |