Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun] [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The principle laid down in the Convention is that jurisdiction is vested in the courts of the state of the defendant 's domicile and that the jurisdiction provided for in article 6(1) is an exception to that principle .
2 1.6 It is the Department 's policy that unless the member of staff and manager concerned make a case to the contrary , it will press for charges to be brought against an assailant while recognising that such a decision is wholly the province of the Procurator Fiscal following report by the police ( there being no scope for private criminal prosecution in Scotland ) .
3 Councillors and officials will demand that such ships should have a mandatory duty to contact the Orkney Harbour 's Department and that the Government should pay for a tug to escort them through the Pentland Firth .
4 The centre has implemented effective systems for ensuring that consistent standards are applied to the evaluation of the candidates ' work and that the standards comply with those specified in the unit/model .
5 Of course the pace of the game will be different , the level of skills much lower , but you can bet your granny 's pension that if the second team game need a thumping tackle to be made , then Peter Winterbottom would make it .
6 It seems to follow from Darwin 's ideas that as the generations pass , so the organisms in a particular line of descent ( lineage ) must become better and better adapted to the prevailing conditions .
7 On demurrer it was held by the majority of the Court of Queen 's Bench that while the authorities had until then confined liability for enticement to the relation between master and servant ( which that between Lumley and Wagner clearly was not ) yet the plaintiff 's claim succeeded .
8 Not , for him , chance as the hero 's luck but as the effect of random events on the particular weakness or strength of an individual .
9 They checked at the girl 's school and whether the man was known to police .
10 It is a much debated question whether those who voted for these resolutions were truly representative of their countries ' educators and whether the debate preceding them was fairly conducted .
11 Er notwithstanding having said that , er we were always of the opinion in the shop stewards ' committee that if a man left , we would then go after the employer to re-engage someone else you know , or engage someone er in his place .
12 Diana no longer felt so different because of her parents ' divorce but because a voice inside her told her that she would be separate from the herd .
13 It 's not overly demanding at 6,149 yards ( par 71 ) from the visitors ' tees and although the fairways are wide the greens are on the small side .
14 Thus it became certain that Rennenkampf could not , for at least two , possibly three , days , come to Samsonov 's aid and that the entire German Eastern Group could , therefore , assail Samsonov 's right wing with impunity .
15 Although it would have been interesting to have known which were Dr. Blair 's books and where the others came from , the important point is to realise what a very wide range of reading was available to the small number of people in this village .
16 Room rates are stored in the computer 's memory and when the cashier enters the room rate code and presses the room rate look-up key ; the terminal locates the rate in its memory , prints it on the folio and updates the totals .
17 Smith also remembered Minton 's advice that if a picture was going badly he should sit back , view it coldly and decide which bit he really liked .
18 These are sometimes suggested if a baby has an allergy to cow 's milk or if the parents are vegans , and is made from a soya bean protein ( an example is Wysoy ) .
19 Please pray that the Lord would heal Joel 's ears and that the family would continue to know the Lord 's blessings as they serve Him out in Brazil .
20 Dundee United will take the view that there could be no more fitting postscript to the public dispute between themselves and the Ibrox club over Duncan Ferguson 's future than if the big striker was to score the goal at Tannadice today which brought to an end Rangers ' remarkable unbeaten run of 36 matches .
21 ( a ) conducted in a lawful and orderly manner such that no nuisance or annoyance is caused to the University or others lawfully on the University 's premises and that the University 's name or standing is not brought into disrepute .
22 It was decided that the First Aid Post would be at Doctor and Nancy Little 's cottage and that the village hall was to be the Rest Centre .
23 Use a long , thrusting snap punch to the opponent 's face and if the chance presents itself , follow up quickly with a reverse punch .
24 These results show that there is a higher complication rate if there are features of Crohn 's disease but that the medium term functional results are acceptable if the pouch can be retained .
25 We feel that it is much better to recognize clearly that some roles should be the teacher 's province and that the program designer should not try to employ the program in such roles .
26 What is not clear , even now , is whether another fort was established in the vicinity before the construction of nearby Stanwix on Hadrian 's Wall or whether the Carlisle position was left unguarded for a time .
27 Doberman-cross Major allegedly attacked one of Coun Sydney Emery 's neighbours and when a policewoman went to investigate , two-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback Maggie sunk her teeth into her arm , magistrates at Totton , Hants , were told .
28 They were aware of the plaintiff 's difficulties and that the price was too low .
29 The court had to decide whether the damage was solely as a result of the negligence of the plaintiff 's husband or whether the negligence of his workmate was also a factor .
30 Editors invented elaborate textual corruptions to explain this , claiming for instance that Shakespeare had written two different versions of Brutus 's reactions and that the text used for the 1623 Folio ( where the play first appeared ) had mistakenly copied them both .
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