Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [prep] [noun] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the real issues had nothing to do with the balance of power , which merely dictated that Britain should be on terms of benevolent neutrality with whoever won in Spain . |
| 2 | Socialists should be in favour of maximum democracy . |
| 3 | People wishing to collect semen or inseminate goats , or vets wishing to transfer embryos must be in possession of current licences from the BGS and must give requisite prior notice to the BGS Office of their plans . |
| 4 | The launch suggested that the Russians must be in possession of effective inter-continental missiles . |
| 5 | It is convenient first to consider a jurisdictional point raised by Mr. Beloff , who submitted that the only proper mode of challenge by the plaintiffs to the validity of the notice must be by way of judicial review against the Bank of England , rather than by way of an action against the defendants for injunctive relief , since in a normal case ( i.e. one without an injunction ) there would be no question of a customer having locus in any court other than by way of judicial review . |
| 6 | However , he cared little about his life at this time , and it was possible that this lone female might be in need of courteous assistance . |
| 7 | The Community Charges Registration Officer has discretion therefore to omit names from the public extract if the individuals concerned could be in danger of physical violence . |
| 8 | The organization believes that the new plans could be in breach of European law requiring full environmental impact studies to be carried out . |
| 9 | In some areas urban pressure on the periphery creates additional problems because expansion may be into areas of considerable landscape value . |
| 10 | Acting for a seller , who may be at risk of heavy damages payable to a disappointed buyer , the seller should be asked explicitly whether anyone else has an interest in the property : if so , that person 's written consent to the sale should be obtained , or he or she should join in the contract for sale to declare and relinquish his or her interest , if any . |
| 11 | In other words , a large proportion of the elderly receiving supplementary benefit are elderly women living alone and apart from those belonging to the very top socio-economic group , such women may be in receipt of supplementary benefit irrespective of the socio economic background of themselves or their deceased husbands . |
| 12 | ( See " Parties to an action " , p. 251. ( b ) The employer may be in breach of statutory duty and the employee suffer injury as a result . |
| 13 | The employer may be in breach of statutory duty , in breach of his personal duty of care , or vicariously liable for the tort of one of the other employees . |
| 14 | The Social Work ( Scotland ) Act 1968 says that where a child has been detained in a place of safety , and the Reporter considers that the child may be in need of compulsory measures of care , he shall , wherever practicable , arrange a children 's hearing to sit not later than in the course of the first lawful day after the commencement of the child 's detention to consider the case . |
| 15 | If , on the other hand , your elderly parent shows a quite uncharacteristic withdrawal from her normal concern for you and for others and is totally obsessed in an agitated fashion with herself and her own troubles , over a long period , you should begin to wonder if , in fact , she is suffering from a true depressive illness and may be in need of medical help . |
| 16 | Police say they 're anxious to trace the mother as she may be in need of medical help . |
| 17 | This project investigates a major application of standardised testing in primary schools : to identify children who may be in need of special attention or teaching . |
| 18 | AI stated that it strongly feared that the refugee population would be at risk of certain torture , ‘ disappearance ’ or execution if returned to Iraqi Government control . |
| 19 | Ralph Manners , who owns the farm , was unable to tell firemen what the final cost would be in terms of lost hay and damage to his buildings . |
| 20 | As the different factors are viewed as performing different tasks in the production process , one way to present data would be in terms of so-called functional shares , that is the share of income going to land , labour and capital . |
| 21 | Nazim Yanine Díaz to head a newly created directorate within the National Police which would be in charge of specialized forces protecting transport installations and senior government officials . |
| 22 | For another , there was little or no chance that the National government , working with a very large Conservative majority , would be in danger of political defeat even on the matter of ‘ appeasement ’ . |
| 23 | He also says that he fears that he and his family , as members of the Bengali community , would be in danger of racial harassment if they lived in Carradale House , and this he supports with an affidavit on the subject of such harassment sworn by a former employee of his solicitors . |
| 24 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 25 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 26 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 27 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 28 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 29 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording on the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 30 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |