Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detinue lay where a man was in possession of another 's goods and refused to give them up but could it be said that such a mere refusal was a positive act ? |
| 2 | ( 2 ) That , although the scope of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed. ) extended beyond persons in detention , it was intended to protect suspects who were , or thought themselves to be , vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers , and applied where a suspect was being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as such for the purpose of obtaining evidence ; that , since the appellants were not being questioned by police officers acting as such and conversation was on equal terms , there could be no question of pressure or intimidation by the officers as persons actually or believed to be in authority ; and that , accordingly , Code C did not apply in the circumstances and the judge 's approach could not be faulted ( post , p. 237C–E , H ) . |
| 3 | In the former case the profits arose where the property was situated and in the latter case where the rights were exercisable . |
| 4 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 5 | It could n't have been because the pub was busy , it was more likely she 'd just forgotten where the phone was . |
| 6 | In one case the Divisional Court held that assault was committed where a woman was frightened by the sight of a man looking in through the window of her house , although there seems to have been little suggestion that the man was threatening to apply force either immediately or at all . |
| 7 | Of course they would , she thought bracingly , and , feeling more cheerful suddenly , she turned into the driveway of her apartment block — and saw a Jaguar parked where no Jaguar was normally parked ! |
| 8 | The defence has also succeeded where the employee was under no pressure to take a particular risk but deliberately chose a dangerous method of working . |
| 9 | The Education Secretary has been in the region lending his weight to the Conservative campaign , and denying that the Government was to blame for school underfunding . |
| 10 | Trade and industry minister Edward Leigh recently wrote to The Northern Echo firmly denying that the Government was responsible for any delay . |
| 11 | Few stories about their activities went beyond the editing-down of a long speech — except , perhaps , to relate that the occasion was attended by ‘ leading party and Government officials ’ . |
| 12 | What is , to my mind , incredible , is that he could ever have supposed that the money was being either paid by the plaintiffs or received by the defendants with the intention or on the footing that the defendants were to keep it in any event . |
| 13 | Earthworks in the area suggest that the village was once larger than it is today . |
| 14 | It was not stated in the judgment which paragraph or paragraphs of section 82(1) Luxmoore J. regarded as applicable , but the report of the argument of counsel and an editorial note at p. 667 suggest that the judge was invited to act under paragraph ( d ) . |
| 15 | The columns of The Lancet suggest that the operation was performed , though it aroused fierce opposition , and was soon abandoned . |
| 16 | Metal analyses of silver alloy brooches reported by Leigh ( 1980 , p. 185ff. ) suggest that the silver was moderately pure and was alloyed with a copper-based alloy , possibly of Roman origin . |
| 17 | One consequence of this is that although the observations suggest that the cloud was centred on the Equator , the model simulates a cloud at about 10°N , because it does not allow for rapid transport of the cloud into the tropics and Southern Hemisphere . |
| 18 | Mr Goodman adds that the company was fortunate to have started up in the recession , because services could be had more cheaply than in easier times . |
| 19 | H pylori infection has also been shown to increase the serum concentrations of gastrin and pepsinogen I. Levi et al proposed that the hypergastrinaemia was related to bacterial ammonia production which raised the antral surface pH , but studies from our own group do not support this . |
| 20 | These ideas proposed that the tail was asymmetrical , with a larger lower lobe and , when in use , tended to drive the head up to compensate for a heavy head shield and a lack of paired fins . |
| 21 | While still leafing through the statements he turned to Sara : ‘ We have a witness who claims to have seen you in Alexandra Road after eleven on Saturday night , and you may know that a woman was seen going in by the back door of this house at half-past . ’ |
| 22 | If it were not for the uninspiring mug-shots of individual candidates on the bleak official hoardings and the mercifully brief ( maximum one minute ) party political broadcasts on radio and television , one would hardly know that an election was on . |
| 23 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 24 | How did Selden know that the hound was following him ? |
| 25 | If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . |
| 26 | The accused need not know that the victim was present . |
| 27 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman will know that the House was advised in the summer of a new scheme to assist people during periods of very cold weather — well over 1 million payments are expected to be made for the recent cold spell . |
| 29 | He may even be compelled to pay interest on arrears of rent even though he did not know that the rent was in arrear ( Allied London Investments Ltd v Hambro Life Assurance plc [ 1985 ] 2 EGLR 45 ) . |
| 30 | The interesting feature of the case is that the corporation exacted the payments under a mistake of fact — they did not know that the limestone was to be burnt into lime , while the plaintiff made the payments under a mistake of law — he did not know of the exemption . |