Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] of amenities " in BNC.

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1 As at April 1985 the guideline figure for damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities in an average case of tetraplegia was set at £75,000 .
2 Usually when assessing damages in respect of non-pecuniary loss a court will award one lump sum in respect of " pain and suffering and loss of amenities " and in such cases it is generally impossible to say how much relates to " pain and suffering " and how much to " loss of amenities " .
3 3.10 Although the law recognises pain and suffering as a separate head of damages from loss of amenities , the general practice is to award a global sum for " pain and suffering and loss of amenities " .
4 This writer has personal knowledge of negotiated settlements made in 1992 where the damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities were agreed at £125,000 .
5 3.20 An interesting and important recent development in the assessment of general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities has been the publication of " Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases " .
6 It , too , must now be separately assessed in order to distinguish it from that part of general damages that bears interest — namely , damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities ( Pickett v British Rail Engineering Limited [ 1980 ] AC 136 ) .
7 But like the proverbial elephant , amenity is easier to recognise than to define , with the important difference that , though all would be agreed that an elephant is such , there is considerable scope for disagreement on the degree and importance of amenities : which amenities should be preserved , in what way they should be preserved and how much expense ( public or private ) is justified .
8 There was talk of the whole station 's being moved into purpose-built accommodation some time in the future , but so far nothing definite had been arranged , so they were forced to put up with the cramped conditions and lack of amenities , like parking .
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