Example sentences of "in [art] absence of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 But if the airspace is excluded from the demise , the tenant 's adviser should ensure that the tenant obtains a right to enter the airspace for the purpose of performing his covenants. ( g ) Fences In the case of wooden fences it is likely to be inferred that in the absence of freeboard the owner of land will use his land to the fullest extent ; and the fence will be deemed to belong to the person on whose side the rails and posts are placed , the palings being placed on his neighbour 's side ( Halsbury 's Laws of England , 4th edn , vol 4 , para 849 ) .
2 Furthermore , where an Act of parliament imposes a statutory duty on the defendant(s) to perform some necessary function , such as the provision of electricity or gas and public sewers , if in carrying out this statutory duty a nuisance arises by way of odours , for example , then in the absence of negligence the nuisance must be borne by the neighbours , however injurious to them or their property .
3 you , you , yesterday you said you do n't say that in the absence of restrictions the immunity is heard
4 In the absence of consideration the agreement is not a contract unless it is written and sealed , as with a deed .
5 In the absence of objection the district judge may rescind without further notice ( Ord 19 , r 4A ) .
6 In the absence of fault the court therefore has no power under the Act to apportion damages .
7 This was precisely the situation in which Charles and Elizabeth found themselves in 1772 ; and we may surmise that they did what brother John was to do later — in the absence of Thomas the Calvinist , who had died just over a year previously , they honoured Charles 's elder brother William by making him the godfather and giving the child his Christian name .
8 The rent review provisions state that in the absence of agreement the review is to be conducted by the third party according to certain assumptions .
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