Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] to an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each small request is invariably met , each question carefully considered , points either debated with an academic botanist or explained to an amateur gardener with patient thoroughness . |
| 2 | In marginal cases , courts have sometimes allowed the applicant an opportunity to provide more details pointing to materiality or agreed to an order subject to the applicant giving security for costs . |
| 3 | It is well established that a public law decision by a local authority may be open to challenge by way of defence or counterclaim to an action brought by the local authority in the High Court or the county court , notwithstanding the fact that if the defendant had sought to begin the proceedings he would have had to do so by way of judicial review : see Wandsworth London Council v. Winder [ 1985 ] A.C. 461 . |
| 4 | Many of the documents in the Archives were dated either not at all ‘ or according to an incomprehensible Emorian system invented by Richard ; and it sometimes proved impossible to link the events they recorded with events in the world beyond Emor . |
| 5 | Showing an old photograph or object to an elderly person may be a means of jogging the memory , or breaking the ice , and may well prompt them to reminisce . |
| 6 | If all the requirements are fulfilled , civil legal aid consists of representation for the purposes of proceedings , and it includes all such assistance as is usually given by a solicitor or counsel in the steps preliminary or incidental to any proceedings and all such assistance as is usually given by a solicitor or counsel in civil proceedings arriving at or giving effect to a compromise to avoid or bring to an end any proceedings . |
| 7 | Allowing the taxpayers ' appeal , Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson held that in construing a piece of legislation , reference to Parliamentary materials , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , is permissible where three criteria are met : the legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; the material relied on consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill , together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; the statements relied on are clear . |
| 8 | I do not think that is unfair or leads to an unfairness in the trial . |
| 9 | I therefore reach the conclusion , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , that the exclusionary rule should be relaxed so as to permit reference to Parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear . |
| 10 | ‘ permit reference to parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear . ’ |
| 11 | Parliamentary material is admissible where the legislation is ambiguous , uncertain or leads to an absurdity . |
| 12 | Pepper v. Hart ( i ) admits statements by a minister or other promoter of a Bill , where the resultant statute is ambiguous , obscure or leads to an absurdity ; however , ( ii ) the statements must be ‘ clear ’ and ( iii ) may be supported by other parliamentary material ‘ as is necessary to understand such statements ’ . |
| 13 | Legislation Which is Ambiguous or Obscure , or Leads to an Absurdity |
| 14 | The clear implication of Pepper v. Hart is that reference to parliamentary material is only permissible where the legislative text is obscure , ambiguous , or leads to an absurdity . |
| 15 | That will be achieved in one of two ways : ( 1 ) by providing for its automatic accruer in consideration of or linked to an appropriate payment ; or ( 2 ) by giving the continuing partners an option to acquire the share at an ascertainable price . |
| 16 | Where individual claimants submit a genuine , soundly based claim or appeal to an adjudicating officer , if there is an organised campaign it is reasonable for our adjudicating officers to consider the claim with an eye that , although fair , takes account of the fact that it is an organised campaign . |
| 17 | Intending applicants ( or their parents ) are always welcome to visit the Medical School or talk to an Admissions Officer to resolve any questions or difficulties . |
| 18 | Meanwhile the notion of education as an instrument , or means to an end , was subject to pressures of a quite different kind . |
| 19 | Under the 1978 Act , which incorporates the terms of the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 , redundancy may arise if the work needed to be done by an employee gets less or becomes unnecessary ( in changed economic conditions ) or is expected to diminish or come to an end . |
| 20 | According to a report in the Montreal Gazette the statues had been ‘ tampered with ’ in this way on several occasions , and the newspaper felt that they should be raised beyond the reach of pranksters or removed to an inside guarded site . |
| 21 | If only social workers and other professionals familiarized themselves with these research findings and integrated them into their everyday practice both tragedies and unwarrantable interventions could be avoided or kept to an absolute minimum . |
| 22 | Open Learning would be extremely useful to chemists unable to attend or travel to an institute of higher education . |
| 23 | And experience suggests that to rely upon figures alone , excluding critical judgement , will distort the allocation process or lead to an impractical approach being adopted . |
| 24 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |
| 25 | Though in the statement it was mentioned that statistics from other countries were too unreliable to say that pro-divorce legislation increased the instability of marriages and led to an ever-increasing number of breakdowns , Archbishop McNamara was already preaching by 6 May that divorce ‘ makes stable and permanent marriages more difficult for everyone ’ ( Irish Times , 7 May 1986 ) . |
| 26 | It sharpened body swerve , movement and anticipation , and led to an immediate improvement in results . |
| 27 | Lifting the secrecy curtain subjected the fusion programme to the scrutiny of the scientific community , and led to an infusion of new people and new organisations into the research programme . |
| 28 | The 1973 crisis justified this choice and led to an acceleration of the building programme . |
| 29 | This marked the only occasion when a sequel won a Best Picture Academy Award and led to an ill-advised third instalment in 1991 . |
| 30 | The change caused agencies to re-think their attitude to TV commercials , and led to an increase in animation and product-based films using trick photography . |