Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Britain joined under John Major as Chancellor , the Bundesbank thought the level was too high and was not prepared to support sterling when it came under pressure from speculators , he added . |
| 2 | The mass media should be free to expose torture before it became institutionalised . |
| 3 | Some have become prepared to forgo promotion if it means too much disruption of home and family and if they personally do not want the commuting life . |
| 4 | By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy . |
| 5 | The rule of course has in many senses a more restricted application than nuisance ; there must be an accumulation , and it must be of a substance likely to cause injury if it escapes , neither of which is essential to liability in nuisance . |
| 6 | ‘ We think that the true rule of law is , that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes , must keep it in at his peril , and , if he does not do so , is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape . ’ |
| 7 | Viscount Simon stated that Rylands v. Fletcher is conditioned by two elements which he called ( a ) ‘ the condition of ‘ escape ’ from the land of something likely to do mischief if it escapes , ’ and ( b ) ‘ the condition of ‘ non-natural ’ use of the land . ’ |
| 8 | The rule as originally formulated refers to a person who for his own purposes brings on to his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes . |
| 9 | It might be said that if the police are aware that the procession is likely to take place because it has occurred in the past , the ‘ triggering ’ justification for requiring advance notice is satisfied , and the chief of police could require compliance by indicating to those who have organised such marches on previous occasions that he is prepared to use his powers under section 12 to ensure co-operation if necessary . |
| 10 | We 're happy to stick pretension where it belongs . |
| 11 | The second point is that , in the Hedley Byrne case , the bank providing the advice was able to escape liability because it had printed a clear disclaimer on the information excluding legal responsibility for the advice . |
| 12 | Once more , it was David against Goliath : on the one hand , as Reaganite statistics liked it , 65,000 well-drilled troops , the largest army ever amassed on the soil of Central America ; on the other ( subtracting the stragglers , the wives , aunts , babies , cousins ) about 12,000 simple folk , determined to stop Communism as it seeped outwards towards Honduras , El Salvador and Costa Rica . |
| 13 | Fiery pace bowler Hughes seems certain to escape punishment after it appeared he spat at Greatbatch and then obscenely gestured to the crowd when the Kiwi batsman was dismissed . |
| 14 | ‘ As a nation there are worrying signs that we are becoming a people ready to scoff , eager to knock authority whether it deserves it or not , ’ he said . |