Example sentences of "case was [art] " in BNC.

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1 This led him to suppose that his capacity to argue a case was a talent which , quite as much as his imagination and his literary taste , must be consecrated .
2 His admission that Central Office had put a tabloid newspaper in touch with the consultant at the centre of the case was a spectacular own goal .
3 The case was a strong one , not least because Leonard Arthur had admitted that if parents rejected a mentally handicapped child ( which they had ) it was honest and ethical from his standpoint that the child was better off dead .
4 The general outcome of the Leonard Arthur case was a call for clarification of some of the issues involved .
5 He continued by saying that ‘ the decision of the chief constable not to intervene in this case was a policy decision with which … the courts should not interfere ’ .
6 This could leave you a little room to argue , should the need ever arise , that reasonable notice in your case was a longer period , such as six or 12 months .
7 This could leave you a little room to argue , should the need ever arise , that reasonable notice in your case was a longer period , such as six or 12 months .
8 The crux of the case was a legal argument about whether the phrases ‘ products and substances ’ in the 1971 act , which are not defined , include the mushrooms .
9 The probable cause in this child 's case was a viral infection .
10 I was therefore surprised when I heard the hospital on the radio today saying that this case was a very isolated incident . ’
11 The integrity of the officer in the case was a most important factor and the impartiality of the officer in this case is rendered , at the very least , questionable . ’
12 Knowing that he was unquestionably going to die , and not knowing how or when , had been a strain , and the fact that it had been so much easier for him than might have been the case was a great relief .
13 Needles were stored in a two-pound Robertson 's jam jar ; and in a long glass-topped case was a selection of knives , scalpels , forceps , scissors and syringes .
14 The situation in the Gouriet case was a politically sensitive one and this may well have justified the court 's refusal in that case to review the Attorney-General 's decision , but it is not clear that such refusal would be justified in every case .
15 If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one .
16 The defendant in the Protector Alarms case was a Scottish company but it had a place of business in England at which service could be effected .
17 In both the following examples relating to money transactions , the display also had to be interpreted because the result of the multiplication in each case was a complete tenth of a pound .
18 To the Dutch judge the case was a miasma of fact and fantasy .
19 Again , a clearer indication of what the right sentence in the Crown Court would have been without the discount for the fact that the case was a reference would make the decision more useful .
20 The civil law applied because the case was a Quebec case and the civil code of Quebec is founded on the civil law .
21 But even if the Handscomb decision were fully accepted , I consider that he was entitled to make a distinction ; the difficulty of assessing the requirements of retribution and deterrence from the judges ' tariff in a murder case was a sufficient ground for his reserving the decision in mandatory life sentence cases to himself .
22 In neither case was a child resistant lid contraindicated .
23 The metal case was a portable computer .
24 His case was a strong one and when he was prosecuted for criminal libel in 1913 he won a moral , if not a legal victory , avoiding the expected prison sentence .
25 The case was a departure from much pre-existing authority to the effect that a mistake to excuse must be reasonable .
26 In only one case was a sample obtained from a large lump of rock , these being scarce on the lunar surface .
27 The first exhibit in her case was a painful quarrel , laid out before the court in its naked entirety .
28 The only real hospital case was a travelling salesman who had been shot through the foot .
29 The House considered the decision in McGhee and stated that the judgment of Lord Wilberforce in that case was a minority one and did not represent the law .
30 Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation .
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