Example sentences of "[verb] to be beyond " in BNC.
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| 1 | In legal procedures personal and family relations have been deemed to be beyond law 's limits . |
| 2 | Conspiracy theorists do not address their argument to the enemies identified by the theory , for they are deemed to be beyond argument . |
| 3 | One consequence is that the thought patterns of primitive society , being felt to lack a scientific approach , are generally felt to be beyond the bounds of reason . |
| 4 | The obstacles to this were largely financial : it was said to be beyond the means of the WWF , let alone the Government of India . |
| 5 | Should the company do a thing which was outside the scope of the clause it was said to be beyond the company 's powers and ultra vires.At common law an ultra vires act was unlawful and without binding effect and a shareholder could restrain the company from undertaking ultra vires activities . |
| 6 | They always seemed to be beyond the next corner or in the next room . |
| 7 | Evidence that oathing was going on in the reserve was at first dismissed with the claim that the Masai involved were ‘ half-and-halfs ’ , that is , the offspring of a Masai father and a Kikuyu mother : the loyalty of the ‘ pure Masai ’ was thought to be beyond question . |
| 8 | The leaping flame of the fire can call to mind strange images , which seem to be beyond the boundaries of normal knowledge . |
| 9 | The introduction of abstract concepts into Social Studies and sometimes into Science syllabuses at a very early stage presupposes a level of cognitive development which Piagetian research would suggest to be beyond the average capacity of Swiss children . |
| 10 | ‘ Meaning ’ atheists do not make the claim that language about God is incommunicable either — in their case because they do not regard it as emanating from a philosophical No Go area labelled ‘ metaphysics ’ that is pronounced to be beyond the bounds of sense . |
| 11 | The position appears to be beyond question as a result of the decision of the House of Lords in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 , and in cases covered by the UCTA 1977 , s9 makes clear that a clause may be judged reasonable , and enforceable , even though the contract has been terminated either by the breach , or by the innocent party in response to the breach . |
| 12 | In short , a mere breakdown in a working relationship does not in itself justify dismissal unless , after a reasonable attempt to effect a reconciliation , it is found to be beyond remedy . |
| 13 | People who are used to having responsible jobs at home or in the office and who are known to be good managers and organizers can not understand why suddenly the simplest task seems to be beyond them , and this makes them feel out of control and very unsafe . |
| 14 | There is now a momentum which seems to be beyond control . |
| 15 | ( The fact that this might have been the case seems to be beyond the imagination of many even of liberal disposition in the church . ) |
| 16 | The one , true and perfect Religion Gandhi refers to is beyond predication and not capable of being realized within finite existence . |
| 17 | They were sent away in turn in 1927 and No. 17 was at once declared to be beyond economic repair . |
| 18 | She might have done it in private — she is fun and without question , a little flirtatious — — but Diana had understood from the start that her public image had to be beyond reproach , and it always had been . |
| 19 | She heard the amazement , as if what she 'd suggested had to be beyond all rational consideration ; certainly not anything that had ever merited any thought on his part . |
| 20 | Nor indeed did Barth pretend to be beyond criticism , though he was not slow to point out where he thought his critics had misunderstood or misrepresented his views . |
| 21 | Not least among these is that you have to be beyond the peak of the Laffer curve to begin with . |