Example sentences of "[be] under any " in BNC.

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1 It is not , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , that I am under any illusion on this score .
2 ‘ I do not think we are under any duty to publish malicious gossip , ’ he said , ‘ which remains gossip however true it may be . ’
3 No-one , though , should be under any illusions as to how difficult it is going to be .
4 14.1 shall not be under any liability to or to any party in any way whatsoever for the destruction , damage , delay or any matters of this nature whatsoever arising our of war , rebellion , civic commotion , strikes , lock-outs and industrial disputes ; fire , explosion , earthquake , act of God , flood , drought , or bad weather ; the unavailability or deliveries , supplies , work , disks , or other media or the requisitioning or any other act or order by any government department , council or other constituted body .
5 8.1 Neither party shall be under any liability to the other if and for so long as it is prevented from or delayed in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control .
6 ‘ I accept that the local authority and the social workers behaved in the way in which they did in error , but it is an important constitutional matter , and to mark the position , and so that local authorities shall not be under any misapprehension about their powers , I order that the costs of this application be paid by the local authority .
7 I prefer not to be under any obligation to you . ’
8 in the audience , be careful cos you 're going do n't be under any illusion when your region , your job , or your elected position is under threat , it 's human nature to protect your back and when this happens , it 's the members who end up being the casualties .
9 He did n't look to be under any pressure at all .
10 4.1 Our proposals for reform recognise the importance of two principles : First , a landlord or a tenant of property should not continue to enjoy rights nor be under any obligation arising from a lease once he has parted with all interest in the property .
11 8.1 The Seller shall not be under any liability for any failure to perform any of its obligations under the Order due to Force Majeure .
12 5.4 If any of the circumstances specified in clauses 5.1 , 5.2 and 5.3 or if the Tenant fails to comply with [ its ] obligations under clause 6.5 then and in any such case this agreement shall ( save for clauses 3.8 and 5.5 and without prejudice to any pre-existing right of action of either party in respect of any breach by the other of [ its ] obligations under this agreement ) immediately determine and cease to have effect and neither party shall be under any further liability to the other under this agreement
13 In the event of substantial damage to or destruction of the Site or the Premises or any part of the Site or the Premises however occasioned either party hereto may determine this agreement forthwith by serving notice to that effect on the other party and in such case this agreement shall ( without prejudice to any pre-existing right of action of either party in respect of any breach by the other of its obligations under this agreement ) immediately determine and cease to have effect and neither party shall be under any further liability to the other under this agreement and any dispute or difference between the parties as to what constitutes substantial damage or destruction for the purpose of this clause shall be decided by an independent Surveyor who shall act as an expert and who shall be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors upon the application of either party
14 If the free gift is supplied as a genuine gift without the transferee being under any obligation to do anything , there will be no contractual relationship between the transferor and transferee .
15 In Britain , although no one except Beaverbrook Newspapers were under any illusions that war was imminent , there was still surprise among German and Italian nationals by then resident in Britain that Conservative ministers ( led by Sir John Anderson , Home Secretary ) interned all aliens without distinction of friend , refugee and enemy , shamelessly abetted by the press of the Fascist-sympathiser , Rothermere .
16 My Lord the defence admit that no such advice was given to the plaintiff but they deny that they were under any duty er to give such advice and it is pleaded in the that er the defendants will rely upon the fact that Mr er held himself out to be er an experienced man of business and as such it was not necessary on their part to advise him upon the adequacy and arrangements for the financing of the operation .
17 Well my Lord the issue is that the defendants deny they were under any duty to offer any advice about financial .
18 But ‘ old attitudes die hard , ’ and nobody I have spoken to from Tanzania is under any illusion that the changes in content which have been undertaken in curriculum plans and examination policies necessarily reflect a change of heart among all teachers or parents .
19 The Government consult that committee and specifications for both new and existing buses are laid down , but no body is under any obligation to do anything about them .
20 Thus neither party is under any obligation to carry it out .
21 No one was under any illusion that Margaret Thatcher was in the business of building expensive prestige projects — a category into which the Channel Tunnel was wrongly put .
22 Do you think he was under any pressure from any source — financial , from relatives , from the staff ?
23 ‘ So you might not have known if the Rector was under any special strain ? ’
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