Example sentences of "[subord] a person " in BNC.

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1 The Commissioner referred to the letter to Age Concern England in 1988 , from Nicholas Scott ( now Minister for Social Security and Disabled People ) which stated , ‘ In the last analysis , where a person in a home can no longer meet his fees but still requires nursing home or residential home care it will fall to the NHS or local authority as appropriate to provide that care if it is not otherwise available to the person ’ .
2 The offence is committed where a person recklessly engages in conduct which places another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury .
3 Where a person does become so obsessional that this never happens , there is often some other problem .
4 The general rule is that a battery is committed where a person touches or strikes another , grabs hold of their sleeve or lapels and so on , without implied or express permission .
5 This should be taken as referring to the office of head teacher , so that where a person is acting in place of the head teacher ( usually this will be the deputy head teacher ) , s/he will be able to exercise this power .
6 In Malone , Sir Robert Megarry held that an action for breach of confidence does not lie where a person utters confidential information which is overheard by a third party .
7 Where a person borrows or enters a contract ( agreement ) involving some future form of payment , this will invariably be expressed in money terms .
8 Nigel Pennick refers to the ancient practice of ‘ sitting out ’ , where a person sits in the open at night in a meditative state , at high places of ancient sanctity , and solitary wild places of power .
9 National rivalries were all the more intense and confused in these districts precisely because it was often not possible to tell who was which nationality , or where a person 's loyalties lay .
10 S 284 states that where a person is adjudged bankrupt , any disposition of property made by that person , between the presentation of the petition and the vesting of the bankrupt 's estate in his trustee in bankruptcy , is void unless it was made with the consent of the court or was subsequently ratified by the court .
11 Problems arise where a person is not fully in control of direction and movement .
12 No other vehicle need be involved as where a person or animal or property is involved ( R v Pico [ 1971 ] Crim LR 599 ) .
13 Where a person is injured it is normal practice to take a statement to the effect that ‘ the following injuries were sustained ’ .
14 Reasonable excuse may be found where a person carries a weapon as self protection from imminent attack ( Evans v Hughes [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 412 ) .
15 Where a person is found in possession of recently stolen property it can be presumed by the court that he stole it , in the absence of a satisfactory explanation .
16 It does not matter where a person dies ; it matters only why they die .
17 NDEs come in two forms : out-of-body floating ( where a person claims to have been able to see himself from above ) and swirling tunnels of light .
18 Contrary to some popular images , normally this does not seem to be reversed in a significant way during the last years of life of the older generation , except perhaps where a person receives substantial personal care , but is not in a position to repay it through bequests after their death .
19 The Royal College 's proposals would allow a person to be recalled to hospital by a doctor without an application by an approved social worker , even where a person is symptom-free .
20 However , where a person is induced to make a contract by a false statement this may give rise to a civil action brought by the party to whom the statement was addressed for misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 .
21 The Health and Safety Inspectorate may ultimately prosecute the party concerned in the courts , and where a person is found guilty , substantial fines may be imposed .
22 Where a person has voluntarily chosen to undertake an economic transaction , he is legally bound to complete it .
23 Where a person 's actions either cause direct physical and economic harm to another , or cause another to incur wasted expenditure , then a legal duty arises to compensate the other for the harm done .
24 [ Where a person , not appointed as a trustee , ] has received trust property with actual or constructive notice that it is trust property transferred in breach of trust , or because , not being a bona fide purchaser for value without notice , he acquires notice subsequent to such receipt and then deals with the property in a manner inconsistent with the trust , [ he is deemed a constructive trustee . ]
25 Where a person offers a rule in this manner , it is reasonable to assume that the rule constitutes a reason for his actions , and in trying to make sense of the world of the football fan it is reasons , rather than causes , which we are seeking .
26 Intragenerational mobility , where a person changes their occupational level significantly during their worklife .
27 Where a person designs , manufactures , imports or supplies an article for or to another on the basis of a written undertaking by that other to take specified steps sufficient to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the article will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , the undertaking shall have the effect of relieving the first-mentioned person from the duty imposed by paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) to such extent as is reasonable having regard to the terms of the undertaking . ’
28 Where a person ( ‘ the ostensible supplier ’ ) supplies any article for use at work or substance for use at work to another ( ‘ the customer ’ ) under a hire-purchase agreement , conditional sale agreement or credit-sale agreement , and the ostensible supplier —
29 Where a person has been arrested and charged , the review officer is the custody officer .
30 Prior to the P. & C.E. Act applications were often made where a person had been arrested but not charged .
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