Example sentences of "[adv] of [art] [noun sg] [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ With the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ’ briefly means treating the property as his own regardless of the other 's rights , e.g. giving the property away , selling it , or painting it , etc .
2 ‘ 6(1) A person appropriating property belonging to another without meaning the other permanently to lose the thing itself is nevertheless to be regarded as having the intention of permanently depriving the other of it if his intention is to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights ; and a borrowing or lending of it may amount to so treating it if , but only if , the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal .
3 ( 2 ) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection ( 1 ) above , where a person , having possession or control ( lawfully or not ) of property belonging to another , parts with the property under a condition as to its return which he may not be able to perform , this ( if done for purposes of his own and without the other 's authority ) amounts to treating the property as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights .
4 Section 6(1) introduces a deemed intention of permanently depriving the owner of his property when the person appropriating the property ‘ for the time being , ’ as one might say , intends ‘ to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights ; …
5 The concept is explained in s.6(1) : A person appropriating property belonging to another without meaning the other permanently to lose the thing itself is nevertheless to be regarded as having the intention of permanently depriving the other of it if his intention is to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights ; and a borrowing or lending of it may amount to so treating it if , but only if , the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal .
6 An example of intending to treat the thing as one 's own regardless of the other 's rights is Chan Man-sin v A-G of Hong Kong [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 1 ( PC ) .
7 Section 6(2) states : … where a person , having possession or control ( lawfully or not ) of property belonging to another , parts with the property under a condition as to its return which he may not be able to perform this ( if done for purposes of his own and without the other 's authority ) amounts to treating the property as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights .
8 A parent may interpose in or dominate his or her child 's marriage to satisfy personal need regardless of the child 's feelings .
9 The Recorder held that since the bottles would be returned to the company , the defendants did not intend to treat the bottles as their own to dispose of regardless of the company 's rights .
10 One set of reactions is concerned with our acceptance or rejection of the book , regardless of the author 's hopes and intentions .
11 Was the accused treating the goods as his own to dispose of regardless of the owner 's rights because the owner could get the machinery back only by giving in to the demands ?
12 It was held that he was treating the property as his own to dispose of regardless of the shop 's rights contrary to s.6(1) .
13 For those who want a complete directory' not only of the world 's railways but also of manufacturers of railway equipment of every kind , from coaches to couplings , then Jane 's is your book — provided you have £50 to spare , which is £7 less than a second class return from London to Newcastle .
14 But to the Lamarckians it seemed much more natural to assume that the wasting away of an individual 's eyes when there was no light would be passed on to the next generation , resulting in a rapid loss of eyesight in the whole population .
15 Story-telling becomes a means of preserving the narrator 's protean fluidity and in that respect both of the novel 's titles are appropriate .
16 The taking up of a driver 's references , checking qualifications and licences are all done by Overdrive .
17 The Privy Council , it seems to us , consists solely of the protector 's minions .
18 She goes on : ‘ The problem with taking a management decision out of a farmer 's hands as an economic decision and putting it into conservationists hands is that the conservationists do n't always agree .
19 And out of the bracken and the thin , fine rain the Welsh boiled like foam out of a hound 's jaws , to confront the English in the narrows under the hill .
20 Eventually , control of the car could be taken out of the driver 's hands , and the brakes applied if a stationary vehicle is detected in the road ahead .
21 Marshes play an important part in keeping sediment out of the bay 's waters .
22 Although it was eventually pushed out of the company 's programmes by the success of Pineapple Poll , another comedy in which John developed further the idea of sailors getting their come-uppance , Tritsch Tratsch has never lost its popularity as a number suitable for galas and concert programmes .
23 Quite apart from this impulsive folly , there was another reason for Leopold to be anxious : Wolfgang had written that on being turfed out of the archbishop 's lodgings he had taken refuge with his friends the Webers , who had left Munich for Vienna in 1779 when Aloysia was taken on at the German opera .
24 When paid out of the firm 's profits ( or credited to current accounts ) such interest would be taxed as part of the receiving partner 's income from the firm .
25 It will be financed directly out of the firm 's profits .
26 Compensation for the loss of goodwill payments may be offered inter alia by : ( 1 ) consultancy arrangements , which guarantee the outgoing partner an income in return for a reduced work load , but do not survive his death and therefore can not benefit his dependants ; ( 2 ) annuities for himself and his family payable out of the firm 's profits , which are fiscally unattractive and can place undue strain on the firm 's finances ; and ( 3 ) guaranteeing the partner nearing retirement a generous level of income overriding , in a bad year , his strict entitlement under the agreed profit sharing ratios ; but the reluctance of younger partners to accept such arrangement may easily be imagined .
27 Suddenly the dwarf was tearing himself wildly out of the trooper 's hands , his arms still pinioned , sliding past them towards the darkness behind .
28 In view of Vane 's other commitments , Hutchinson must have had practical charge of parliamentarian naval finance , although it would seem that he was only paid a salary out of the treasurer 's profits .
29 Companion stuff from the new album — a gloriously lolloping ‘ Step It Up ’ , the pre-packed next single ‘ Ground Level ’ — rubs slick shoulder with pre-acceptance vintage like ‘ Lost In Music ’ , and the show goes on and on until people are dripping off the walls , and the last kind of urban excitement we need is a joke security alert on Charing Cross Road , which means we are all shepherded out of the Marquee 's tradesmen 's entrances like nuisances , sticking to each other and sapped of claustrophobic dancenergy .
30 The new vote will be on a revised deal agreed at the Edinburgh summit which allows Danes to opt out of the treaty 's plans for a common currency , joint defence , union citizenship and supranational police co-operation .
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