Example sentences of "be [adj] of an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the huge TV screen set up for the occasion is now predicting that the Tories will be shy of an overall majority by a mere eight seats : John Major will surely be back at Number 10 . |
| 2 | The argument advanced is that the doctor is not obliged to respect the request of the patient — indeed , he is obliged to disregard it — since otherwise he would be guilty of an offence under section 2 . |
| 3 | Section 6(1) provides that a person who behaves in that way ‘ shall be guilty of an offence . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 5 | ( 3 ) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising rights conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 6 | ( 5 ) If any person knowingly and wilfully contravenes this section , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) The clerk of a licensing board shall not , himself or by his partner or clerk , act as solicitor to , or agent for , any person in any proceedings before that board or in any appellate proceedings which may result therefrom and , if any person contravenes this subsection , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) If any applicant for the grant , renewal , or permanent transfer of a licence or for a regular extension of permitted hours , either by himself or by another person at the instigation of the applicant , attempts to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application at any time before its consideration by the board , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 9 | ( 4 ) If the holder of the licence or his employee or agent contravenes a condition attached to an occasional licence , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 10 | ( 5 ) If a condition attached to an occasional licence is contravened as regards any club , every person whose name is , at the time of the contravention , contained in the list lodged under subsection ( 3 ) ( b ) of section 103 of this Act , or as the case may be in the new list last lodged under subsection ( 5 ) or ( 5A ) of that section , in respect of that club , shall be guilty of an offence : |
| 11 | ( 3 ) In granting an occasional permission under this section , which shall be in writing , the licensing board may impose such conditions as it thinks fit including a condition as to the type of alcoholic liquor which may be sold under the permission , and if the person to whom the permission is granted contravenes such a condition he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 12 | ( 6 ) The person to whom an occasional permission is granted shall ensure that the provisions of this Act or any byelaws or regulations made thereunder relating to the conduct of licensed premises are observed in the premises or place in respect of which the permission was granted as if he were the holder of a public house licence , and if he contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence : Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under this subsection if he proves that he used due diligence to prevent the occurrence of the offence . |
| 13 | If the holder of a licence makes default in complying with an order made under this section , he shall be guilty of an offence , and he shall be guilty of a further offence for every day on which the default continues after the expiry of the time fixed by the order . |
| 14 | ( 4 ) The holder of any licence or any employee or agent of his shall be guilty of an offence if he commits a breach of any byelaw or any condition attached to a licence by virtue of a byelaw . |
| 15 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) Any licence granted under this Part of this Act shall provide that at all times at which alcoholic liquor is sold , food and beverages other than alcoholic liquor shall also be provided for sale , and if such food and beverages are not so provided , the holder of the licence or his employee or agent , as the case may be , shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) If any person contravenes this section he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 18 | ( 7 ) The secretary of any club to the premises of which this section applies shall notify the licensing board for the area within which such premises are situated of any reconstruction or extension of , or alteration in , the premises which affects the facilities available in the premises for the provision of the customary main meal at midday , and if the secretary of any club contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 19 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any person contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 20 | ( 7 ) The secretary of any club to the premises of which this section applies shall notify the licensing board for the area within which such premises are situated of any reconstruction or extension of , or alteration In , the premises which affects the facilities available in the premises for the provision of substantial refreshment , and if the secretary of any club contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 21 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any person contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 22 | ( 7 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any licence-holder contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 23 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 24 | ‘ ( 1 ) Any person who at a lawful public meeting acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an offence … ( 2 ) Any person who incites others to commit an offence under this section shall be guilty of a like offence . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) If any constable reasonably suspects any person of committing an offence under the foregoing provisions of this section , he may if requested to do so by the chairman of the meeting require that person to declare to him immediately his name and address and , if that person refuses or fails to so declare his name and address or gives a false name and address he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection . ’ |
| 26 | Nor can the performer be guilty of an offence by aiding and abetting the director ; the ordinary principles of complicity are expressed not to apply . |
| 27 | ‘ ( 1 ) Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both . ’ |
| 29 | Croom-Johnson J. plainly thought that he is ; one of the reasons advanced for accepting the contentions of the appellant was that , if the law were otherwise , the ‘ well meaning ’ defendant who went to the aid of the police and accidentally obstructed them would be guilty of an offence . |
| 30 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |