Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after receiving assurances that the Emperor would neither be embarrassed nor be expected to apologize for atrocities committed by Japanese forces did Miyazawa consent to the visit . |
| 2 | Shoppers will have more in their pockets and it will not cost companies vast sums to borrow for expansion . |
| 3 | Every company has an implied power to borrow for purposes which are incidental to its business . |
| 4 | All the same there is a strong argument that low investment in the British economy is not just a matter of funds being unavailable ; there is a reluctance to borrow for investment purposes on the part of many enterprises . |
| 5 | Malik , who rescued Rugby from extinction in 1986 by buying the clubhouse from the liquidators , has alleged breach of contract in commercial dealings with the club and has used his ownership of the drive and car park to sue for trespass . |
| 6 | This shift in the meaning of marriage was accompanied by changes in married women 's property rights and in the grounds women could use to sue for divorce , both of which benefited primarily middle class women . |
| 7 | Lawyer Mark Scoggins advises some of our biggest insurance companies on workplace liabilities , he believes workers could soon be able to sue for stress damage , costing British firms and their insurers , millions . |
| 8 | It was in response to what Lord Penzance called ‘ sensational cases of cruelty ’ that the first law giving working class wives an opportunity to sue for separation and maintenance was passed in 1878 . |
| 9 | Breach of promise suits , which allowed individuals to sue for damages if they had been injured by unenforceable marriage contracts and which became increasingly popular in the nineteenth century , provide one example of this development . |
| 10 | Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages . |
| 11 | Depending upon the kind of problem that has arisen , it may be easier and safer for you to sue for damages for breach of your contract while remaining in your job . |
| 12 | You may also be able to sue for damages if your employer , past or present , fails to take care to ensure that his comments are based on correct information . |
| 13 | We are taking details , legal advice and our rights to sue for damages are fully reserved . |
| 14 | Where the term breached is a less important term , a warranty , breach merely entitles the victim of it to sue for damages and does not allow the victim to end the contract . |
| 15 | Section 303(5) provides that the section does not deprive the director of the right to sue for damages for breach of contract , if in fact he or she has one . |
| 16 | Since Morland J. found that the cases mentioned above demonstrated , without uncertainty or ambiguity , that the council as a local authority was entitled to sue for damages in respect of the libels alleged in the statement of claim , he held that it was not necessary to have regard to article 10 . |
| 17 | I suspect that the reason why the right has been so little asserted or used is because of the established right of individuals , who are personally libelled by a false attack upon a local authority , to sue for damages and because those in control of local authorities have sensibly left the issues to be resolved in those proceedings . |
| 18 | B may refuse to accept that as a repudiation by S. In that case B will be able to sue for damages for non-delivery if on December 1 S does not deliver . |
| 19 | a child in utero is to be treated as already born thereby having a right to sue for damages for the death of his father . |
| 20 | The court must first determine whether the particular statute gave rise to the right to sue for damages . |
| 21 | O ate said that the government is to allow all citizens to sue for damages over environmental hazards , and to accompany environmental inspectors on site visits . |
| 22 | The landlord would be entitled to sue for damages for breach of covenant and/or endeavour to forfeit the lease ( although the risk of forfeiture is extremely unlikely in the current market ) . |
| 23 | Depending on the circumstances and the provisions of the partnership agreement : ( 1 ) he may be justified in treating the service of an invalid expulsion notice as an event which in turn gives him the right to serve a similar notice ; or ( 2 ) he may ( not unreasonably ) be able to contend that the service of an invalid notice is such breach of good faith as to justify his seeking a dissolution of the firm ; or ( 3 ) he may be tempted to sue for damages , though these would be particularly difficult to quantify and it does not seem that the service of an invalid notice would be held to amount to a repudiatory breach of the partnership agreementsee Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 277. ( e ) Waiver of the right to expel Once circumstances exist which might justify the exercise of a power to expel , the partners should not delay bringing matters to a head . |
| 24 | Once the right to reject the goods has lapsed , the buyer 's only remedy is to sue for damages for breach of contract . |
| 25 | In this case , the contract may be set aside and the buyer will be able to sue for damages . |
| 26 | They say they still want to find out how the girls died , but ca n't get legal aid to sue for damages . |
| 27 | A man who was apparently brain damaged during an operation has been given permission to sue for damages … even though the operation took place twenty five years ago . |
| 28 | The Department of Trade opposed his application to sue for damages . |
| 29 | ‘ I consider that in enacting the Damages ( Scotland ) Act , parliament did not consider that it was making any change to the right of parents to sue for damages for the death of a child who had sustained injuries prior to birth , had been born alive and had subsequently died in consequence of these pre-natal injuries . ’ |
| 30 | Richard took hostages from them and then sent them and other members of their league to England to sue for mercy at his father 's feet . |