Example sentences of "a person [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Nothing in the provisions of this Article shall be taken to require a person to repeat any testing , examination or research which has been carried out otherwise than by him or at his instance , in so far as it is reasonable for him to rely on the results thereof for the purposes of those provisions . ’ |
| 32 | For example , if a person supplies a computer in kit form which , when assembled , infringes a patent , then the supplier of the computer kit infringes the patent even if he is just a middle-man as long as he has the requisite knowledge . |
| 33 | Alternatively , it might be said that since it is unreasonable of a person to respond to such a threat by unlawful violence , it can be said that the conduct is not ‘ likely ’ to have such a result . |
| 34 | The demand must be dated and signed by the creditor himself or by a person stating himself to be authorised to make the demand on the creditor 's behalf . |
| 35 | It provides a simple and expeditious procedure for dealing with the situation where a constable believes that a person bailed is unlikely to surrender to custody , or alternatively , that a person bailed is likely to break a condition of his bail , or has broken a condition of his bail . |
| 36 | It provides a simple and expeditious procedure for dealing with the situation where a constable believes that a person bailed is unlikely to surrender to custody , or alternatively , that a person bailed is likely to break a condition of his bail , or has broken a condition of his bail . |
| 37 | For the chief defect of parliamentary democracy is that it is representative : when a person elects a representative he necessarily surrenders part of his sovereignty to him . |
| 38 | ‘ ( 4 ) Where a person elects not to perform an agreement which by virtue of this section is unenforceable against him or by virtue of this section recovers money paid or other property transferred by him under an agreement he shall repay any money and return any other property received by him under the agreement . |
| 39 | If so , they should show their dislike at seeing a person wearing a fur . |
| 40 | From the very beginning of her own spectacular career , therefore , even before her own personality could make its distinctive mark , she was a person to create doubts , and even fear . |
| 41 | An order may not be made under section 2 requiring a person to state what documents relevant to the proceedings to which the application relates are , or have been , in his possession , custody or power ; or to produce any documents other than particular documents specified in the order as being documents appearing to the High Court court to be , or to be likely to be , in his possession , custody or power . |
| 42 | Yet even when a person maintains the principle of non-violence , as Gandhi does , it is absolute only in the sense that it informs the spirit and circumstances in which acts of violence are done , and not in the sense that it constitutes a rule which permits no exceptions . |
| 43 | Section 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1986 amends s. 6(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 so as to provide that it is unlawful for a person to discriminate against a woman : |
| 44 | Is it really necessary for a person to leave a body behind , a body that must be buried in the ground or thrown into a fire ? |
| 45 | That expertise may be applied directly or indirectly ; for example , a person writing a report may draft it out on paper and then hand it to a word processor operator who enters it into the computer . |
| 46 | A person writing a computer program , or a company manufacturing computer equipment will not necessarily be potentially liable to the world at large in negligence ; they will be liable , however , to those whom they could contemplate being adversely affected by any negligent act or omission of theirs . |
| 47 | Again , illegitimate relations are included among the dependants who are entitled to claim compensation for the death of a person caused by an accident at work . |
| 48 | Sexual orientation towards the same or different gender is similarly something which a person learns rather than is born with . |
| 49 | The general rule is well established that if a person signs a document which contains contract terms , he/she is bound by those terms , provided that the document was presented for signature before the contract was concluded . |
| 50 | However , any sound within the correct range will attract it , even a person humming . |
| 51 | , Abraham ( c. 1793–1860 ) , bricklayer and the last man subjected to an ‘ appeal of murder ’ , by which a person acquitted of murder could be tried for the same offence a second time , was born c .1793 , the son of a Castle Bromwich builder . |
| 52 | owner of minibus who parks vehicle with keys in ignition although creating an allurement does not owe a duty to a person knocked down by minibus when it was in the hands of the thief . |
| 53 | But when this and fines imposed on others as well as those firms involved in the Folding-Carton industry conspiracy are calculated against the gross revenues and then standardized as a fine imposed on a person earning $15,000 annually , it is clear that they are relatively minuscule . |
| 54 | But against their gross revenues and then standardized for a person earning $15,000 per annum this represented only $96 . |
| 55 | ‘ I do n't see why it should be any different if a person loses a brain function . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ I 've seen what can happen when a person loses their heart — and their freedom — to someone else . ’ |
| 57 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 58 | A registered foreign lawyer ( ‘ RFL ’ ) is a person registered in accordance with section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 . |
| 59 | ( 7 ) In this Clause ‘ registered foreign lawyer ’ means a person registered in accordance with S.89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 . |
| 60 | ‘ registered foreign lawyer ’ means a person registered in accordance with S.89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ; |