Example sentences of "if he be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The [ financier ] , wrote Angell , ‘ has no country , and he knows , if he be of the modern type , that arms and conquests and jugglery with frontiers serve no ends of his … ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where … there is reasonable cause to suspect that the person had died a sudden death of which the cause is unknown , the coroner may , if he is of opinion that a post-mortem examination may prove an inquest to be unnecessary — ( a ) direct any legally qualified medical practitioner … to make a post mortem examination of the body and to report the result of the examination to the coroner in writing . |
| 3 | Section 34(2) provides for the application to be made by the authority or the child and the question has been raised whether the child , in that context , means the child himself if he is of sufficient age and understanding to make the application . |
| 4 | If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ? |
| 5 | In this case the solicitor and the child , if he is of sufficient understanding , must have an opportunity to make representations . |
| 6 | They should also notify the child , if he is of sufficient understanding , and anyone else whose wishes and feelings they consider to be relevant . |
| 7 | Within seven days of the agreement to vary , written notification must be given to the child if he is of sufficient understanding , his parents and anyone entitled to contact under s34(1) . |
| 8 | In such a situation while the judge may rule that the case shall proceed and be considered by the jury it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict . |
| 9 | Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence . |
| 10 | If he was of Deiran royal descent , he ended more than a century of Bernician domination . |
| 11 | In Ashbridge Investments Ltd. v. Minister of Housing and Local Governments the Minister had power to modify a clearance order if he was of the opinion that land should not have been included in it . |
| 12 | ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with . |
| 13 | It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) . |
| 14 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any surgical , medical or dental treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 15 | The most promising argument in favour of W. having an exclusive right to consent to treatment and thus , by refusing consent , to attract the protection of the law on trespass to the person , lies in concentrating upon the words ‘ as effective as it would be if he were of full age . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any … medical … treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |