Example sentences of "that it is an [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent and important case concerning copyright in weekly television programme listings , the Court held that it is an abuse for a copyrightholder to use its copyright to prevent the introduction of a new product for which there is potential commercial demand , into a market of which the copyrightholder has a monopoly . |
| 2 | Section 1 of the Act provides that it is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a postal communication or a telecommunication . |
| 3 | The counselling and procuring provisions are contained in s.1(7) and stipulate that it is an offence for , inter alios , any of the above mentioned insiders to counsel or procure any other person ( ie not only individuals ) to deal in the relevant securities , if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that person would deal in them on a recognized exchange . |
| 4 | He was , however , dissuaded from holding that a man 's belief in consent must be reasonable because of the wording of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 , s.1 , which provides that it is an offence for a man to rape a woman . |
| 5 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |