Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 2 | Here Forgive 'N Forget made a mistake and handed the initiative to Wayward Lad , but he was very tired and started to wander to the left towards the rails . |
| 3 | Section 2(1) of the Sale of Goods Act defines a contract of sale of goods as : ‘ a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration , called the price . ’ |
| 4 | The words in section 2(1) ‘ transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer ’ have been interpreted by the courts to require that the transfer of ownership to the buyer should be the main object of the agreement . |
| 5 | This is a " good " and the transaction is clearly subject to the Sale of Goods Act 1979 , section 2(1) of which states : … a contract of sale of goods is a contract by which the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration called the price . |
| 6 | It is worth setting out the definition in full : 2 – ( 1 ) A contract of sale of goods is a contract by which the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration , called the price . |
| 7 | Alarm or display call a chattering ‘ ke-ke-ke ’ or ‘ kek-kek-kek ’ . |
| 8 | If you 're confronted on the phone by someone you 'd rather not speak to , or asked to name a price or give information you 're not ready to give , then always ask if you can call back later . |
| 9 | Of course refineries can be modified or adjusted to produce the necessary product range given time , but the idea that this can be done to every refinery simultaneously and instantaneously is ludicrous . |
| 10 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 11 | At present they are made by the politician or the hospital administrator responding to the group which can shout the loudest or bring to bear the keenest political acumen . |
| 12 | It might also be worthwhile buying packs of d.i.l. integrated circuit holders , or bulk buying the smaller types . |
| 13 | A few seconds later as the aircraft gains more speed , it will need more forward movement to prevent it from unsticking with the tail-wheel or skid touching the ground , and climbing away too steeply . |
| 14 | Will he also consider , as a provisional measure , initiating steps which would enable a magistrate or judge to supervise the interrogation of a defendant charged with a terrorist offence ? |
| 15 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 16 | You swore each and every one of you , to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence and let the chips lie where they fall . |
| 17 | The Bank can choose what rate of interest or rediscount to charge the discount houses . |
| 18 | Negotiations are still continuing for other locomotives or unite to attend the event . |
| 19 | In the old popular court , the suitors declared the law and gave judgement , or else passed judgement over to God by making one of the parties submit to an ordeal : to being thrown into a pool , for instance , or made to grasp a red-hot iron ; if he sank , or was soon healed , he was innocent ; otherwise , he was guilty . |
| 20 | However , I must say that it was a privilege to be there with them and their Mum 's and to help in whatever way I could , be it baby sitting or helping to push a baby buggy round the ‘ stations ’ ( who thought that one up ? ’ ) . |
| 21 | A group of 33 officers were charged on Feb. 18 with leading or helping to stage the attempted coup . |
| 22 | An information pack is available from the hospice office for any firm interested in entering a team or helping to sponsor the tournament , which hopes to raise more than £7,000 . |
| 23 | I argue that the alternative formulation situates jobs in a general theory of social structure , whereas the sociology of the professions has either been confined to ‘ middle range ’ theorising and ignored this problem or sought to bridge the gap between jobs and the social order by empirical statements based on implicit and ( therefore ) ill-formulated theories . |
| 24 | When Bovet won the prize it was noted that he had never taken out a patent in his own name or sought to make a penny from the commercial expoitation of his research . |
| 25 | Many can also be grown as tall specimens , winding stems around a stout pole or tripod to create a pillar of blossom . |
| 26 | James either ignored or failed to notice the undercurrent of mockery in Peter 's voice . |
| 27 | The punishers were determined on the basis that when Olwyn produced the PB or failed to produce the CB a disincentive must be provided . |
| 28 | It could however intervene if any of the following defects were present : if the agency relied on factors which Congress had not intended it to consider ; failed to consider an important aspect of the problem ; offered an explanation which ran counter to the evidence before the agency ; was so implausible that it could not be sustained ; or failed to provide a record which substantiated their findings . |
| 29 | The applicant sought relief on the grounds that ( 1 ) at the time the coroner took his original decision there was considerable evidence before him that the death would not have occurred but for delays experienced by the deceased 's family in contacting the ambulance service and later delays by the ambulance service in responding to repeated calls by the police for an ambulance to come to take the deceased to hospital as a matter of urgency ; ( 2 ) in reaching the conclusion that an inquest was unnecessary the coroner had misdirected himself in law for the reasons , inter alia , that ( i ) section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 required a coroner to hold an inquest where there was ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the deceased had died a ‘ violent or unnatural death ; ’ ( ii ) there had been clear and uncontradicted evidence before the coroner that avoidable and culpable delays by the ambulance service might have been the reason why the deceased 's asthma attack , which could have been treated in hospital , proved fatal , giving rise to a ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the cause of the deceased 's death was ‘ unnatural ; ’ and ( iii ) against that background , the coroner had erred in law in treating the pathologist 's conclusion as conclusive and had either misdirected himself as to the meaning of ‘ unnatural death ’ in section 8 of the Coroners Act 1988 or failed to apply the law properly to the facts of the case . |
| 30 | We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen . |