Example sentences of "an [noun sg] to [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the majority of cases the conveyance will be a motor car and the ‘ taking ’ is proved by a witness stating that he saw the defendant take the car , or by an admission to that effect by the defendant . |
| 2 | The House of Lords passed an amendment to this effect , but the government overturned it when the legislation returned to the Commons . |
| 3 | In order that the firm can communicate directly with any other parties it may be appropriate to include an authority to this effect in the letter ; it is also sensible to include a comment to the effect that there is always an element of trade off between absolute confidentiality and achieving the desired result . |
| 4 | Clearly he can be dismissed if both Houses present an Address to that effect . |
| 5 | When twelve women who professed to be virgins were found , only two would swear an oath to that effect , but the executors decided to take the women 's word for it . |
| 6 | And since I 've just sworn an oath to this effect , it might seem pointless to offer further assurances , particularly since I ca n't back them up . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) The register may be rectified pursuant to an order of the court or by the registrar , subject to an appeal to the court , in any of the following cases , but subject to the provisions of this section : — ( a ) Subject to any express provisions of this Act to the contrary , where a court of competent jurisdiction has decided that any person is entitled to any estate right or interest in or to any registered land or charge , and as a consequence of such decision such court is of opinion that a rectification of the register is required , and makes an order to that effect ; ( b ) Subject to any express provision of this Act to the contrary , where the court , on the application in the prescribed manner of any person who is aggrieved by any entry made in , or by the omission of any entry from , the register , or by any default being made , or unnecessary delay taking place , in the making of any entry in the register , makes an order for the rectification of the register ; ( c ) In any case and at any time with the consent of all persons interested ; ( d ) Where the court or the registrar is satisfied that any entry in the register has been obtained by fraud ; ( e ) Where two or more persons are , by mistake , registered as proprietors of the same registered estate or of the same charge ; ( f ) Where a mortgagee has been registered as proprietor of the land instead of as proprietor of a charge and a right of redemption is subsisting ; ( g ) Where a legal estate has been registered in the name of a person who if the land had not been registered would not have been the estate owner ; and ( h ) In any other case where , by reason of any error or omission in the register , or by reason of any entry made under a mistake , it may be deemed just to rectify the register . |
| 8 | I shall make an order to that effect . ’ |
| 9 | An order to this effect came from the president 's office . |
| 10 | Where the husband is not legally represented or has disappeared , then obviously the wife 's solicitors should have complete conduct of the conveyancing and in these circumstances the wife 's solicitors may have already asked the court to give an order to this effect ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) A retiring partner may be discharged from any existing liabilities , by an agreement to that effect between himself and the members of the firm as newly constituted and the creditors , and this agreement may be either express or inferred as a fact from the course of dealing between the creditors and the firm as newly constituted . |
| 12 | The head of the UN Environment Programme , Mostafa Tolba , announced on Sept. 5 that two European companies , planning to store and dispose of industrial and hospital waste in Somalia , had signed an agreement to this effect with a representative of one of the warring factions there . |
| 13 | He said that the companies , subsequently identified from other sources as Acher Partners and Progresso , had signed an agreement to this effect with a representative of one of the warring factions . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Aycliffe had better post an advertisement to that effect , then , before I am burned at the stake ! ’ |