Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably this means that not only are individual consciousnesses unique but that the consciousnesses of one epoch may differ as greatly from those of another as do the construed worlds of a polar Eskimo and a city dweller in New York . |
| 2 | ‘ And by the way , ’ said Elinor as she handed round tea and biscuits , ‘ I found out that the Chatwin kid was traced to a gypsy camp at the Appleby Horse Fair but before the police could pick him up he 'd disappeared again . ’ |
| 3 | In my view these repeated assurances are quite inconsistent with the minister having had , or communicated , any intention other than that the words ‘ the expense incurred in or in connection with ’ the provision of the benefit would produce a charge to tax on the additional or marginal cost only , not a charge on the average cost of the benefit . |
| 4 | There are still 45,000 subscriptions outstanding and since the cut off is now 31 March , there could be even more casualties this year ( see p 119 ) . |
| 5 | He was , like Wellington , well over six feet tall but where the New Zealander emphasised his height with his erect bearing , De Gaulle stooped slightly . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly some traders are reluctant to deal with minors on any basis other than that the minor pays cash before taking the goods away . |
| 7 | This is not an argument against abortion , but the legitimacy of this procedure needs to be based on a concept other than that a woman may choose how she wishes to use her body . |
| 8 | The Foster 's World Club Challenge , attended by 30,786 , proved , however , two things other than that the competition deserves to continue : the best of Britain can live with the best of Australia ; and Widnes are a team of immense character . |
| 9 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that if the principle that the Government applied in cancelling £14.5 billion worth of debt for all nationalised industries before privatisation were applied to local authorities , there would be little debt left to repay ? |
| 10 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that if the nuclear power programme were abandoned completely , 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide would be pumped into the atmosphere every year ? |
| 11 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that when the shadow Chancellor recently visited the James Halstead group in my constituency — it employs more than 400 people and is successful in making good profits — he expressed satisfaction to the local media that most of the technology that he saw was British-made and that most of it had been made 20 miles from Bury ? |
| 12 | In the case of a drug overdose , talk quietly , keep noise and light levels low and if a fit starts , do n't try to stop it , do n't try to move the youngster and do n't put anything between her teeth . |
| 13 | That resentment will grow further when people realise that the Welsh Office has got its sums wrong and that the bills that they pay will be much higher than Welsh Office estimates . |
| 14 | The House of Lords held that since the ship owners were not party to any contract with the tug owners ( the arrangements had been made by the charterers of the ship ) the secondary action was , again , illegal . |
| 15 | The House of Lords held that since the sellers had opted for the one shipment , albeit with separate documents , the contract was not severable . |
| 16 | The House of Lords held that as the trustees were effectively one body and not all of them were resident in the United Kingdom there could be no income tax charge under Schedule D. |
| 17 | In Racal the House of Lords held that where a statute provided that the decision of a High Court judge should ‘ not be appealable ’ , it could not be reviewed or appealed from . |
| 18 | In Armagas Ltd v Mudogas SA [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 385 the House of Lords held that where an agent had no apparent authority to make statements about the subject matter of the contract , a party dealing with the agent could not argue that the agent had apparent authority to make statements about his own authority , nor that the principal was vicariously liable for his fraud . |
| 19 | In the Dodds case the House of Lords stated that if the month in which the period expires has no corresponding date because it is too short , the period given by the notice ends on the last day of that month , ie 28 February or 29 February in a leap year . |
| 20 | Writing this gain as off load and on load and representing the fedback signal current as because the feedback fraction has conductance dimensions , the situation is as depicted in figure 10.8(c) . |
| 21 | But what is certain is that the slaves themselves were the most able-bodied young people available and that the most valuable section of Africa 's labour force was systematically removed from generations of agricultural families , whose farming routines were devastated . |
| 22 | In Waugh v British Rail Board [ 1980 ] AC 521 the House of Lords decided that where a report , following an inquiry , had been prepared as much to prevent further accidents as to obtain legal advice about potential claims , it was not privileged because its sole or dominant purpose was not submission to a legal adviser in view of litigation . |
| 23 | To investigateas necessary , and in particular : ( i ) to contactor seek to interview people as appropriate or as the court directs ; ( ii ) to bring to the court 's attentionall records and documents inspected which may assist the court in deciding the case ; ( iii ) to obtain professional adviceas appropriate or as the court may direct ; ( iv ) to file at court a written reportat least seven days before the final hearing , unless the court directs otherwise ; the court will then distribute copies of the report to the other parties . |
| 24 | I wanted to ask whether she thought her own life unwasted and whether the fact that she had given birth to me was sufficient justification for it . |
| 25 | But it is not clear whether this machine will be built by Europe alone or whether the cost will be shared with others . |
| 26 | Some also felt that there should be ceiling on the amount payable or that the rates should be degressive in relation to the price . |
| 27 | The latest of these was contained in the Immigration Act of 1988 , which requires anyone wishing to bring their family to this country to demonstrate that there is support and accommodation available and that the marriage was not entered into primarily for immigration reasons . |
| 28 | And if national sentiment in the other , France , was initially a response to the threat from England , just as it was in Scotland , there was no doubt of France 's position by the end of the fifteenth century ; the dazzling army and glittering artillery train which Charles VIII led down through the length of Italy in 1494 — for no good reason other than that a young king , with a well-stuffed treasury , would naturally use his wealth to win military renown — symbolized in the most spectacular manner what this kingdom , so recently weakened by war and internal dissension , had now become . |
| 29 | ‘ The captain has the authority to make his position clear but if the umpires are in any doubt about what to do they will immediately consult with the match referee whose decision would be final . |
| 30 | Is the Minister aware that if the Wakefield district council social services department had to stick to its standard spending assessment it would have to save a further £3 million this year on services for the chronically sick and disabled ? |