Example sentences of "in [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] which " in BNC.

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1 This development is particularly important in the study of those who wrote in the vernacular for laymen who were cut off from the richness of recollected prayer in the practice of the liturgy and in search of modes by which they could realise the substance of their faith .
2 None of them is , nor can be , structured as to require that those in charge of enterprises in which people invest their working lives and expectations should account primarily and principally to them for the uses they make of those lives .
3 The Group 's share of results of associated undertakings [ hereafter called associated companies ] is included in respect of companies in which the Group owns at least 20 per cent of the equity and over which it exerts significant influence .
4 It would seem logical that reassignment need only be considered in respect of positions for which the disabled employee is qualified .
5 The phrase " new licence " is defined in s.139(1) of the Act as meaning " a licence granted in respect of premises for which , at the time of the application for such grant , either no licence was in force or a licence different from the form of licence so granted was in force .
6 Before , however , notice is given in respect of premises for which a hotel or public house licence is held or in respect of the premises of a registered club , a declaration of the licensing board 's satisfaction that the premises are constructed and used ( or intended to be used ) for providing for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises the customary main meal at mid-day must be obtained .
7 ( 4 ) A member of a licensing board shall not act in the granting of a licence in respect of premises of which he is the proprietor , tenant or sub-tenant .
8 A retired solicitor will not be treated as continuing to hold himself out as a partner merely because he has neglected to ensure that revised letterheads are used by the firm from the date of his retirement , but there could be more of a problem when he has been party to a lease of partnership property and steps have not been taken to replace him as one of its lessees/trustees. ( e ) Sureties Section 18 of the Partnership Act contains a special provision which applies , in the absence of contrary agreement , whenever there is a change in the membership of a firm : A continuing guaranty or cautionary obligation given either to a firm or to a third person in respect of the transactions of a firm is , in the absence of agreement to the contrary , revoked as to future transactions by any change in the constitution of the firm to which , or of the firm in respect of transactions of which , the guaranty or obligation was given .
9 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law .
10 ( 3 ) The Act of 1976 expressly recognised the possibility that under the pre-existing law ‘ a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ’ see section 4(5) .
11 ‘ This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; …
12 Public accountability is particularly important in respect of activities over which the government has a monopoly and in respect of which the citizen has no choice but to deal with the government .
13 In Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 the plaintiff sued in respect of defects with which she was born which she alleged were attributable to a motor accident that rendered her mother a quadriplegic at the time that she was pregnant with the plaintiff .
14 It aims to secure both that the consumer is not misled and also that he is not left in ignorance of matters of which he should lie informed .
15 The increasing exclusion of the laity from an active role within the Church gave them a feeling of alienation and doubtless accounted for the rise in popularity of sects in which lay persons could play a more positive and meaningful part .
16 But in those cases where a person in possession of goods to which he has no title may confer a good title on someone else by selling , pledging , or otherwise disposing of the goods , then , since the true owner is deprived of his title to the goods , such a disposition constitutes conversion whether or not the goods are actually delivered .
17 Thus under a credit sale agreement , the buyer will as soon as he takes delivery , be in possession of goods of which he is the owner .
18 ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance : and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ?
19 ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and before the case for the Crown has been closed , provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance ; and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ?
20 She realised that there would be no light-hearted understanding in Cramer of actions for which she herself could find no easily articulated justification .
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