Example sentences of "is that the law " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said yesterday : ‘ The problem is that the law is artificial . |
| 2 | ‘ All I can say is that the law is the law and its enforcement requires no commendation from me . ’ |
| 3 | The point is that the law demands the right to define the permissible exceptions . |
| 4 | My position is that the law is so constructed that in all probability , only the lucid , self-assertive patient who has a sympathetic , understanding doctor is able in most circumstances to have his way and be left alone , free from further interference , to die . |
| 5 | The basic principle under English law is that the law which the parties intend to apply will govern the agreement . |
| 6 | The result of this is that the law relating to fraud and commercial affairs in general is strictly limited in its scope . |
| 7 | Their Lordships ' conclusion , in agreement with Lord Upjohn , is that the law did take the wrong turning in Rex v. Sheridan [ 1937 ] 1 K.B . |
| 8 | The problem is that the law makes its intelligent decision as to what it thinks should happen which may accord with your wishes . |
| 9 | If we postulate , and we just have , that within un- , sub- or supernatural forces the probability is that the law of probability will not operate as a factor , then we must accept that the probability of the first part will not operate as a factor , in which case the law of probability will operate as a factor within un- , sub- or supernatural forces . |
| 10 | It might have been anticipated that the Criminal Law Revision Committee would seek to put an end to this uncertainty , particularly since , if any guiding principle has informed its final report , it is that the law should distinguish firmly between consensual and non-consensual sexual activity . |
| 11 | One of the reasons which the Committee gives for this proposal is that the law should be brought into line with the law of rape . |
| 12 | They want to see the elimination of the use of knives in crimes of violence , but their approach is that the law is adequate to deal with the problem and that nothing needs to be changed . |
| 13 | Presumably the reason why the bank has an equitable proprietary interest is that the law imposes a constructive trust . |
| 14 | What is required , Locke argues , is that the law of nature be embodied in a set of known and established laws that there be an ind in short that it 's not just up to the individual to state what the law of nature is in any particular case , you know , you 've got a set of known and established laws , you know , which do that . |