Example sentences of "subject only to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The 1947 Electricity Act laid down in some detail procedures for matters such as capital authorisations from the Ministry and the relative spheres of interest of Central Authority and Area Boards , but on the major questions of business policy the industry had a relatively free hand , subject only to a requirement to consult the Minister on matters of broad policy .
2 That being so , there was no reason why the words of section 29(3) should not be given their natural meaning and so read , the power was clearly all-embracing , subject only to the qualification that the Home Secretary could not lawfully require broadcasters to broadcast matter involving them in a breach of their statutory duty .
3 The decision whether to treat is dependent upon an exercise of his own professional judgment , subject only to the threshold requirement that , save in exceptional cases usually of emergency , he has the consent of someone who has authority to give that consent . ’
4 The decision whether to treat is dependent upon an exercise of his own professional judgment , subject only to the threshold requirement that , save in exceptional cases usually of emergency , he has the consent of someone who has authority to give that consent .
5 The statutory power to recommend a minimum period might , in practice , have been used to create a tariff among the judges for all murders , so that the recommended minimum came to be regarded as the appropriate period of detention , subject only to the question whether the prisoner was a danger to the public when it expired .
6 Technically , they still did not have total control of the machinery of state , but in practice their use of the Emergency Powers and willingness to use violence meant that , subject only to the threat of a Polish invasion , they could do more or less as they pleased .
7 Persons within the scheme are provided with an indemnity against the cost of legal services subject only to the payment of the contribution .
8 A local authority has the same powers and duties under an interim care order as it does under a final order subject only to the court 's power to limit the duration of the order and make directions for examination and assessment .
9 The appropriate forum for the correction of the Court of Appeal 's errors is the House of Lords , where the decision will at least have the merit of being final and binding , subject only to the House 's power to review its own decisions .
10 The whole purpose of imposing a section 2 requirement upon a suspected or accused person must be to obtain from him information and evidence which in an appropriate case , and subject only to the subsection ( 8 ) restriction on the use of statements made by him , can be deployed against him .
11 Henry of Almain was to take the profits of the forests and castle for himself , subject only to the duty of maintaining the castle .
12 The terms of the contract are not usually negotiable and offers are made subject only to an accountant 's report .
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