Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( b ) Money paid to a person in a public or quasi-public position to obtain the performance by him of a duty which he is bound to perform for nothing or for less than the sum demanded by him is recoverable to the extent that he is not entitled to it . |
| 32 | Secondly , Parliament provided machinery for administration in the situation where the power to appoint a receiver does not exist , or where the power does exist but has not been exercised , or where the power has been exercised , but the person by whom or on whose behalf the receiver has been appointed consents to an order being made . |
| 33 | Where the court is satisfied that any improper solicitation has been used by or on behalf of a trustee in obtaining proxies or in procuring his appointment as trustee , it may order that no remuneration be allowed to the person by whom or on whose behalf the solicitation was exercised ( r 6.148(1) ) . |
| 34 | An attempt to avoid liability on the part of the seller for any representations given by him/her or on his/her behalf save for replies to enquiries given by the seller 's conveyancer and stating that the buyer proceeds entirely on the basis of the buyer 's own survey and inspection . |
| 35 | The underlying attitude is perhaps that most people accept mentally handicapped people and are sympathetic towards them , but remain inwardly glad that it has not happened to them or to their children — ‘ there but for the grace of God , go I. ’ They also continue to believe the many myths surrounding the handicapped which have been passed on for decades . |
| 36 | Others refuse to accept risks from activities which , they believe , bring no benefit to them or to society at large . |
| 37 | In 1987 only half of the Progressive Democrats ' 14 TDs were elected on quotas made up of first-preference votes given to them or to party running-mates from whom they were transferred . |
| 38 | Co-existence and co-operation between the two organisations were apparently accepted by members , but these were not easy matters to explain to them or to the hearing world , and met with at least some opposition . |
| 39 | Both sides were later reported either to have used them or to be planning to do so . |
| 40 | The specificity of cognitive accounts of particular ages is so strong that feminist psychologists have not really managed to make links between them or across them . |
| 41 | The course of the split varies from one Species to another ; in some its lateral arms run dorsal to the antennal insertions , in others it runs to them or below them . |
| 42 | For deep in the vaults of Protestant Kirks there are no altars to the dead and no prayers to them or for them . |
| 43 | ‘ I had a phone call from the Anglo-Scots asking if I would interested in playing for them or for Scotland . |
| 44 | There have been times when I felt that our family was disintegrating , and while I know that more than one in three marriages fails , that does not make watching your own children admit their unhappiness any easier for them or for you . |
| 45 | There 's no escape , either for them or for me . |
| 46 | Mike Rosen , poet and broadcaster , was the champion of a strategy for reading dependent on enthusing readers by offering them books which they could enjoy , books which had been chosen by them or for them by people who knew about children 's books . |
| 47 | … but no — no , I can take nothing from you , either for them or for me ! |
| 48 | Most people got some informal care , and three-quarters had someone who spent on average at least an hour a day doing things with them or on their behalf . |
| 49 | Again the prosecution must rely on what the driver tells them or on written instructions and , in rare cases , on admissions by the employer . |
| 50 | We have no statistics to tell us how many children are involved , how long they spend in any one of these stages of transition , nor do we know what effect these experiences have on them or on their relationships with natural or step-parents . |
| 51 | It warns us that we should not have anything to do with them or with people who try to use their powers . |
| 52 | Mary Rose had no affinity with them or with racing . |
| 53 | So it 's never too early to read to them or with them . |
| 54 | There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home . |
| 55 | Moreover , they are often flown by early solo pilots who do not have much experience of flying them or of solo aerotowing . |
| 56 | Many people are not aware of the existence of some of them or of their own eligibility to make a claim , so are not taking them up ; and you may find that you are one of them . |
| 57 | Again it is possible to make categorical assertions in English without giving any indication of the evidence that one has for making them or of one 's attitude towards what one is saying : there are languages that can not do this . ’ |
| 58 | With almost every tournament director and the leading management companies either firmly opposing them or at least advising caution and most of their leading players apparently having doubts , a climbdown was already inevitable . |
| 59 | Two limitations in particular have driven young readers for many decades to prefer adult adventure stories to those written specifically for them or at least to find more satisfaction in junior tales with adult heroes . |
| 60 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |