Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often , public readers are not trained , either in technique or in appreciation of their role , for this important ministry of mediating the power of the word . |
| 2 | If that part of the journey from home to destination that lies outside the immediate neighbourhood can not be made safely and easily by bike or on foot , then the environmental and safety gains made inside neighbourhood traffic calmed areas are unlikely to be fully utilised . |
| 3 | Yes , well erm it it is n't the effect of the changing er E C grant that 's elsewhere in the budget and legislative changes item with the increasing cost there er , if you can change the grant or for instance where we 're getting less grant from the E C. |
| 4 | An easement can come into existence by express grant or by contract , but it can also arise in at least three other ways . |
| 5 | In the words of the Kingman Report , ‘ their implications have not been followed through with sufficient rigour or in detail . ’ |
| 6 | It does , however , clearly reject any approach requiring first resort to the Convention , whether based upon an interpretation of the Convention text or on comity , as a blanket rule . |
| 7 | All the time you ought to be asking yourself : " why should anyone believe what I am writing ? " and " what have I noticed in the text or in background , contextual materials that makes me think this ? " |
| 8 | Any distance up to about a kilometre from the dwelling is of such little moment for any specialised systems of irrigation and garden farming that little adjustment is called for in either the pattern of settlement or of land use . |
| 9 | The fact that consent was obtained by a trick or by fraud is irrelevant so long as the consent was given to the agent in his capacity as a mercantile agent . |
| 10 | However , the sanction chosen should be real and effective , that is , it should satisfy cumulatively the following three conditions : ( a ) it should be adequate in relation to the damage sustained ( principle of proportionality ) , ( b ) it should have a real deterrent effect on the author of the infringement ( principle of effectiveness ) and ( c ) it should be at least comparable to the sanctions imposed for infringements of national law of similar nature and importance ( principle of non discrimination or of comparability ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Real ’ Christianity , in Clarkson 's words , depended upon ‘ a total change of heart or of mind so as to produce a corresponding change of Life ’ . |
| 12 | Whether this was a continuation of the regression story or in Part the creation of a rain-shadow area behind the new mountains , it is difficult to deduce . |
| 13 | This is implicitly recognised by DoE Circular 22/80 , para 13 which states that wherever possible planning objections should be met by attaching conditions to the permission or by use of agreements under s.52 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 , rather than refusing planning permission . |
| 14 | Example 4:6 Rent geared to subrents receivable YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October in each year per cent of the net rents which the tenant is entitled to receive for the whole or any part of the demised property and calculated in accordance with the schedule hereto SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " full rack rental value " means the best rent at which the demised property ( or as the case may be the part of the demised property in question ) might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing landlord to a willing tenant ( i ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 2 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it is actually occupied ( ii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 3 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) of this lease ( iii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 4 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it was last occupied and in any case disregarding the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of section 34(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and on the assumption that the rent so determined will be revised every five years ( b ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Certified Accountants ( 2 ) If the tenant lets or permits to be occupied the whole or any part of the demised property in return for any pecuniary consideration other than the full rack rental value thereof as at the date of such letting or permission or in return for no pecuniary consideration then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date of such letting or permission and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 3 ) If the tenant himself occupies the whole or any part of the demised property then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date on which he went into occupation and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 4 ) If the whole or any part of the demised property remains vacant for three months or more then at the expiry of such period of three months the tenant shall until the same is next occupied be deemed to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date upon which the said period expired and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 5 ) The tenant shall one month before the beginning of each quarter ( time being of the essence ) deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant showing a true summary of : ( a ) the gross amount of all rents and licence fees which the tenant is entitled ( or deemed to be entitled ) to receive in respect of the demised property and each part thereof for that quarter and ( b ) the amount of any sum included in ( a ) above which the tenant is entitled to recover from any subtenant or occupier of the whole or any part of the demised property either by way of VAT or by way of service charge in respect of services or works performed or to be performed ( 6 ) Subject to paragraph ( 7 ) below the net rents shall be the difference between the two amounts shown in the said certificate ( 7 ) The net rents shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors if : ( a ) the tenant fails to deliver a certificate in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ) above ( in which case the tenant shall pay interest on the net rents at the rate of … per cent from the quarter day in question until payment ) or ( b ) any dispute or difference arises between the parties in connection with the calculation of the net rents ( in which case the arbitrator shall determine the amount of interest if any to be paid by the tenant ) ( 8 ) The tenant shall permit the landlord or his agent to inspect and take copies of the tenant 's books or account or any other document or record ( and if necessary the tenant shall procure any computer print-out ) which in the opinion of the landlord or such agent is relevant to the calculation of the net rents and shall bear the costs of such inspection if there shall be any material discrepancy between the certificate delivered by the tenant under paragraph 5 above and the results of such inspection . |
| 15 | This is provided by ‘ enforcement notices ’ under which an owner who carries out development without permission or in breach of conditions can be compelled to ‘ undo ’ the development , even if this involves the demolition of a new building . |
| 16 | Write the word , on the board or on paper , perfectly legibly . |
| 17 | Good buys : Any duty free goods are worth purchasing either on board or in port . |
| 18 | By hook or by crook make sure that two members of staff make visits during the working day . |
| 19 | For instance , he said that the expression ‘ by hook or by crook ’ came from the period of Charles II when there were two judges called Hook and Crook and ‘ a man of straw ’ he discovered , was one who could be brought to bear false witness — recognisable by the straw in his shoes . |
| 20 | If she set her mind on something , then she had to acquire it , by hook or by crook . |
| 21 | Clues to the exact build quality on a guitar such as this lay within , which is a tall order for the humble reviewer , but by hook or by crook — or at least with a simple mirror — all is revealed . |
| 22 | By hook or by crook , and with the assistance of her brother Samuel and her in-laws , she had provided for her children in times of personal and national distress . |
| 23 | Is n't the phrase just meaningless , flung in for the rhythm , meaning no more than ‘ by pillar or by post ’ , ‘ by night or by day ’ , ‘ by hook or by crook ’ ? |
| 24 | By hook or by crook , football is being called to account for the years of profligacy . |
| 25 | We have had forewarning of a number of acid house parties and we 've managed , by hook or by crook , to stop them . ’ |
| 26 | The survivors must have tried to live out their lives by hook or by crook , descending into despair and lunacy , their offspring — if any — mutating into warp-monkeys . |
| 27 | By hook or by crook crews , competent or not , were got on to striking ships , by force if by no other method ; and the union men retorted in kind . |
| 28 | Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael . |
| 29 | ‘ Because he means to come by this house by hook or by crook ? ’ |
| 30 | Despite the problems , there is considerable optimism that most WIPers will , by hook or by crook , have been given contracts by the end of the year . |