Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [prep] force " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appointment is an honorary title which has been in force since 1681 . |
| 2 | The immediately following articles give the newly independent State the right to succeed to any treaty which had been in force in its territory , regardless of the wishes of any other party to the treaty . |
| 3 | The purpose was to make applicable to building societies the composite rate system which had been in force as respects bank interest since the Finance Act 1984 . |
| 4 | After reviewing the procedure which had been in force since 1983 , he referred to the decision of the Divisional Court in Ex parte Handscomb and said that he accepted the conclusion of that court : ‘ that there are strong arguments for carrying out this consultation exercise as soon as practicable following the imposition of a discretionary life sentence . ’ |
| 5 | On May 17 the Legislative Yuan approved a motion to repeal the draconian Statute of Punishment for Sedition , which had been in force since 1949 . |
| 6 | The SNC agreed to contact the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , requesting him to send personnel to control the ceasefire which had been in force in Cambodia since early May . |
| 7 | A ban on certain political parties , which had been in force since the time of the 1980 military coup , was removed by Cabinet decree on July 3 . |
| 8 | It added that the procedures which have been in force since June 1988 for the screening of Vietnamese arrivals should be suspended forthwith . |
| 9 | In addition to Moore , neither Geoff Cooke , England 's manager , nor Dick Best , the coach , were greatly impressed by the experimental ruck and maul variations , which have been in force at under-19 level in England this season . |
| 10 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |