Example sentences of "a matter [prep] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first point is the Revenue could take the simple point that as a matter of law no credits are available to the beneficiaries . |
| 2 | One may be to say that , although the use of the word ‘ threatening ’ is primarily a matter for the tribunal of fact , as a matter of law a person can not be held to threaten when his threatened conduct is ‘ lawful . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ In the light of the foregoing I would hold that as a matter of law the parental right to determine whether or not their minor child below the age of 16 will have medical treatment terminates if and when the child achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed . |
| 4 | The question of remoteness of damage arises where causation in fact is established , but the court holds that as a matter of law the damage is too remote . |
| 5 | The benefit which the taxpayers in this case received was the placing of their children in surplus places at the college , if as a matter of discretion the college agreed to do so . |
| 6 | Perhaps he was just in the kind of trance he went into as a matter of course every time illness was discussed . |
| 7 | Most of the men who wished to keep the age of consent at 12 and 13 accepted as a matter of course an outlook in which young girls from the working class were perceived to be easy sexual targets . |
| 8 | I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species . |
| 9 | While the physical interface , in one form or another , is supplied as a matter of course the user is still forced to communicate with the system by means of a very artificial language . |
| 10 | The twin city of Ankh-Morpork , foremost of all the cities bounding the Circle Sea , was as a matter of course the home of a large number of gangs , thieves ' guilds , syndicates and similar organisations . |
| 11 | In my judgment , as a matter of principle the colore officii cases are merely examples of a wider principle , viz. that where the parties are on an unequal footing so that money is paid by way of tax or other impost in pursuance of a demand by some public officer , these moneys are recoverable since the citizen is , in practice , unable to resist the payment save at the risk of breaking the law or exposing himself to penalties or other disadvantages . |
| 12 | As a matter of history the case was retried later . |
| 13 | Where once you would have had as a matter of necessity a plot with at its heart some intricate deception , often unlikely , now your plot will arise from the characters you want to write about . |
| 14 | Erm , it 's a matter of choice a free choice within the present laws of this country er , even more important perhaps than that , that it really is up to the hunts to convince those farmers that the , that the farmers want them . |
| 15 | As a matter of interpretation the only possible answer is that it can not . |
| 16 | For these reasons I conclude that as a matter of interpretation the powers of the Director do not cease , as regards the questioning of the person under investigation , when he is charged ; that the principle of common sense , expressed in the maxim generalia specialibus non derogant , entails that the general provisions of the Code yield to the particular provisions of the Act of 1987 in cases to which that Act applies ; and that neither history nor logic demands that any qualification of what Parliament has so clearly enacted ought to be implied . |
| 17 | The specification of the objects and purposes of a corporation was necessary for the protection of both investors and creditors , and as a matter of policy the Courts enforced the compliance of the corporation . |
| 18 | It is suggested that where a woman demonstrates her lack of consent , it is no hardship for a man to enquire whether her consent is present and that as a matter of policy the law should demand that he do so . |
| 19 | As a matter of fact a fre fellow named lived in here and he was a traveller to er George he 's one of the best , biggest rim lockmakers in the town , anyway , they 're on this erm now and er he was going round for orders for regulars of his , for his firm and somebody , one day , asked him look here , we 've got a little awkward job here , you know anybody the can you do it ? |
| 20 | ‘ As a matter of fact the man with the cleaver is one of the warders here . |
| 21 | In addition , the charge may be so all-embracing that it confers on the chargee as a matter of fact the exclusive right to supply the debtor company with credit . |
| 22 | As a matter of fact the Tates are friends ; after all I 've known them for years . ’ |
| 23 | Causation in fact deals with the question of whether as a matter of fact the damage was caused by the breach of duty . |
| 24 | If it is a matter of urgency a consultation can be arranged quickly . |
| 25 | invites the Bar Council to support as a matter of urgency the need for the strengthening of the statutory remedies and sanctions in relation to racial discrimination and for the adoption of specific legislation to combat racial harassment ; |
| 26 | invites the Bar Council to consider as a matter of urgency the legal assistance it can provide to the families of the victims of racial murders ; and |