Example sentences of "case [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisdiction to determine . |
| 2 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisiction to determine . |
| 3 | The benefit which the taxpayers in this case received was the placing of their children in surplus places at the college , if as a matter of discretion the college agreed to do so . |
| 4 | On 6 December 1990 , the case stated was signed by the Special Commissioner and sent to the taxpayer . |
| 5 | All that the case decided was that the Food Controller was acting outside the Regulations since the Regulations did not give the power to tax . |
| 6 | The case had been under way in Ohio for more than two years and was now ready for trial . |
| 7 | Mr Graham was ‘ extremely relieved and grateful ’ that the case had been dropped , he said . |
| 8 | Kelly implied that each case had been judged on its merits , but the previous fines were criticised by politicians and police as being too lenient and the FA can expect more of the same after its latest decision . |
| 9 | Unilateralists felt that their case had been made for them ; and they became more determined than ever to get rid of nuclear weapons altogether . |
| 10 | A neatly printed card , discreetly placed at the hem of the embroidery , told that the contents of the case had been donated by Jurgen Danziger , in 1933 . |
| 11 | Magistrates were told the case had been discontinued . |
| 12 | The company , relying on the arbitration clause , argued that the action should be stayed until the case had been heard by an arbitrator . |
| 13 | Whether or not attitudes changed in the next ten years , by the Act 1 & 2 Victoria cap 110 of 1837 abolished arrest by ‘ mesne process ’ by which , as seen , a debtor could spend time in prison before his case had been tried in court and judgement made on it . |
| 14 | Three families in Ayrshire , for instance , who had eight children taken away in a raid in June 1990 ; little was heard of their situation until after the Orkney case had been in the headlines for some time . |
| 15 | The petition drew attention to the events in Orkney and the way in which the case had been managed ; it asked the Prime Minister , John Major , to hold a public judicial inquiry into all the circumstances , It asked , too , for the working of Orkney 's Social Work Department , and other involved Social Work Departments , to be investigated . |
| 16 | The parents had to be able to present a full defence , he said , and if the whole case had been heard in Inverness , it would have been almost impossible to fully safeguard their interests and get everybody in the right place at the right time . |
| 17 | This was taken as proof of his innocence , especially when the case had been brought on suspicion . |
| 18 | If the test case had been successful , 200,000 motorists guilty of failing to supply samples would have had the chance to appeal . |
| 19 | BR said each case had been carefully rejudged . |
| 20 | Hodgson believed that the case had been made for an entirely open , competitive labour market in the West Indies . |
| 21 | The present case had been stalled since 1986 , when the 14 were indicted on charges ranging from $1.2m in tax debts to conspiring to sell cocaine . |
| 22 | Some argued that the case had been brought to an early end as there was little chance of the prosecution being successful , others suggesting that the case had in all but final verdict already been won . |
| 23 | The ADSW claimed current arrangements for arm 's length inspection were proving successful and no case had been made for the change . |
| 24 | However , in practice it appears that the court has a discretion to allow the case to continue as if begun under Ord. 53 provided this will not unfairly deprive the respondent of some protection which would have been enjoyed if the case had been begun under Ord. 53 . |
| 25 | At the same time there was the dread news that a Simpson divorce case had been set down for hearing at Ipswich , chosen because it could there be more easily hurried on , for 27 October . |
| 26 | One of the first to make the case had been Tom Paine in Rights of Man ( 1791–2 ) : |
| 27 | It appears that the case had been in progress before the Heliopolitan Divine Council for eighty years and the gods were understandably becoming impatient and short-tempered , yet they seemed unable to decide upon a judgement . |
| 28 | However , that this is not the case had been pointed out by Professor Lodge , of the Department of French Studies in Newcastle University , in a letter to the Guardian , in which he argues that it is a matter of concern that ‘ A level presentations in modern languages are falling away sharply , particularly among boys ’ . |
| 29 | What if the plaintiff in this case had been a tradesperson ( i.e a lawful visitor to the premises , but one who was not in a contractual relationship with the hotel ) who was injured whilst trying to escape from the fire ? |
| 30 | Later , the appellant arrived at court but was advised of the decision and that the case had been adjourned until June 13 . |