Example sentences of "[v-ing] that the law " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm .
2 A point can often be scored by demonstrating that the law applicable to a problem may depend upon the court before which the case comes .
3 Bukharin was not therefore proposing an eternal law , but indicating that the law of labour expenditure was an historical feature of human interaction with nature .
4 The law was only accepted after the addition of amendments excluding anyone " whose sexual orientation involves minor children " and indicating that the law did not endorse homosexuality .
5 If this had happened , and if one could state confidently that the Parliament of England had survived these events , albeit in an altered state , whereas the parliaments first , of Scotland , and later , of Ireland , had disappeared from the scene , then there would be some warrant for assuming that the law , customs , conventions and powers of the Parliament of England had survived , whereas those of the others had not .
6 The Kansas attorney-general has sued the federal government , arguing that the law bars free access to ports .
7 In fact , it is particularly important for any popular movement to avoid the all-too-tempting trap of merely asserting that the law is what we would like it to be .
8 He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to .
9 I think — I measure my words carefully — that the Attorney-Generally behaved politically , in party-political terms , before he carried out his responsibility of ensuring that the law of the land is enforced .
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