Example sentences of "[be] in [art] [noun] give " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And they 're all staring at you and when you 're in the docks giving evidence , it is very very frightening . |
| 2 | Coming from IBM , I am in a position to give a reasonably objective view as to the pros and cons of the various ways in which you can implement a Computerised Personnel Information System . |
| 3 | I I have only one point I would like to raise , Mrs , and this is whether or not er you are in a position to give me any comments er in relation to the er colony of Great Crested Newts in this pond . |
| 4 | While I accept that , I have to say that we expect those undertaking the review to have complete power to look into all areas and , specifically , to consider whether safety representatives who are not backed by a trade union are in a position to give the same kind of expert advice as would be expected from safety representatives appointed by a trade union . |
| 5 | Once suitable terms have been settled and , one hopes , clearly and concisely set out in a signed agreement , you will be in a position to give the job your undivided attention , secure in the knowledge that you have created the right conditions for job survival . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not merely a question of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person who may not be in a position to give true consent . |
| 7 | Your supplier should be in a position to give you information on the bigger ones . |
| 8 | Why should the Leader of the House be in a position to give the wrong information to the House , given that he will almost certainly be making another business statement this week ? |
| 9 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |
| 10 | When we have resolved the matter we shall be in a position to give them all the reassurance they can ask . |
| 11 | If we wish to know why hysteria is now so rare and why modern forms of psychopathology in general seem so often removed from their classical , nineteenth and early twentieth-century manifestations , we may now be in a position to give at least part of the answer . |
| 12 | In this regard , the teacher will know the pupils who need more help , and , as in all classes , will be in a position to give them any extra help needed in order to achieve the learning outcomes . |
| 13 | It remains to be seen whether the board can get together and be in a position to give an answer in the time set . ’ |
| 14 | A patient who believes his delusional thinking may not be in a position to give an informed refusal of medication , because he does not believe he is ill . |
| 15 | A mortgage of tangible property is made by a deed , which is called a Bill of Sale ; and , under the Bills of Sale Act 1882 ( as modified by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ) , it must be in the form given in the schedule to the latter Act , and attested and registered as required by that Act . |
| 16 | Money was short in the party by 1921 because there had been no proper revival since the war ; members were constantly described as apathetic , and were in no mood to give their time or their money to a party that did not know where it was going . |
| 17 | Stay with that a minute , erm , erm , I mean I would n't have thought we were in a position to give an assurance that er erm , that that no other complaints which appear to be outside the local ombu ombudsman 's restriction will be dealt with by support staff , I mean I should think we 're continuing looking continually looking for ways of dealing with complaints at the most efficient and effective way , and if that |
| 18 | Jack Pertwee was getting married in the morning and the Kingsmarkham and District Darts Club were in the Dragon to give him what George Carter called a send-off . |
| 19 | Where the fund of damages is likely to be substantial , including future nursing costs and the like as well as loss of earnings , an accountant 's evidence can help the court to decide the multiplier , as well as the multiplicand , for example in the case of a one-man business where the accountant has been concerned with the accounts over a number of years and is in a position to give an expert opinion as to the future prospects of the business . |
| 20 | The puzzling aspect of our conclusions is in the refusal to give a yes or no answer to the question : is the authority of the government legitimate ? |
| 21 | Much as she might have wanted to help , Diana was in no position to give Charles the attention he needed . |
| 22 | By a notice of appeal dated 23 April 1992 the Treasury Solicitor appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) on a true construction of the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 the court was precluded from making the order for examination ; ( 2 ) the deputy judge had erred in law in making the order and in holding that ( i ) it was possible to interpret section 9(4) of the Act so as not to preclude the order sought , ( ii ) the exclusion contained in section 9(4) was restricted to cases where the actual capacity in which the witness was called on to give evidence was a Crown capacity and that the fact that the evidence sought was acquired in the course of the witness 's employment as a servant of the Crown was not of itself sufficient to bring the case within the exclusion , ( iii ) the fact that the witness was now retired from his position was relevant to the question whether the exclusion in section 9(4) applied , ( iv ) if some other interpretation were possible , it would be unacceptable to approach section 9(4) as requiring the court to refuse to make the order that a witness who was competent and compellable within the United Kingdom should give evidence for foreign proceedings , ( v ) there was nothing in the material sought to be given in evidence which it could have been the policy or intention of the Act to have prevented being explored ; ( 3 ) the deputy judge had erred in law in approaching the question of capacity by concentrating on the position of the witness at the time that the evidence was to be given as opposed to the position of the witness at the time that he acquired the information which was the subject matter of the evidence and the nature content and source of such evidence ; ( 4 ) the judge had wrongly ignored the fact that the Crown as a party to the Hague Convention was in a position to give effect to it and to provide evidence to foreign courts in accordance with it without recourse to the court ; and ( 5 ) the judge had wrongly approached section 9(4) on the footing that it most likely addressed prejudice to the sovereignty of the state . |
| 23 | There were cited to your Lordships a number of cases involving the abstraction of moneys from a limited company by a person who was in a position to give the consent of the company to the abstraction . |
| 24 | I was in a position to give the poor fellow employment and accommodation . |
| 25 | This was a momentary memory-lapse , as Eliot himself had written a poem on the saint , entitled ‘ The Love Song of St Sebastian ’ , the text of which was in the notebook given to John Quinn and now in the Berg Collection , New York . |