Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The change , which affects sellers and buyers where they are both VAT registered or are liable to be registered as a result of a transaction and the buyer is making the purchase in connection with his or her business , was made in an effort to combat the growing number of serious VAT frauds involving smuggled gold . |
| 2 | ( iv ) other methods of obtaining the material have been , or are likely to be unsuccessful . |
| 3 | ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position . |
| 4 | If your application is made because you are ill or are likely to be ill on polling day you can have your application attested by a doctor , a suitably qualified nurse ( first level nurse trained in general nursing ) or a Christian Science practitioner . |
| 5 | The expression emphasises that the offence is not a ‘ victimless ’ one , but requires the actual presence of persons who are or are likely to be threatened , abused or insulted . |
| 6 | All postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine , whatever their course of study , who are , or are likely to be involved with patients must hold full or limited registration with the General Medical Council and must also be professionally insured . |
| 7 | Examples are advertisements which obstruct the line of sight at a corner , bend , or obstruct the view of a traffic signal , and illuminated advertisements which are likely to dazzle or confuse road users or are likely to be mistaken for traffic lights . |
| 8 | ‘ Furthermore , I told him either to provide substantive proof of his allegations or be prepared to be sued for defamation of character . ’ |
| 9 | It is indeed an element of all three offences that the conduct must be such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness , present at the scene , to fear for his personal safety ; and yet it is provided , for each offence , that ‘ no person of reasonable firmness need actually be , or be likely to be , present at the scene ’ . |
| 10 | The cumulative effects of section 3(4) ( which provides that no bystander need be or be likely to be present ) and 3(5) ( which says that affray is capable of commission in both public and private places ) complete the march of logic , with the result that if a person assaults another in private ( for example in a domestic assault ) and uses violence ( of such a degree that the other members of the household would be frightened if they were there ) , he is technically guilty of an affray . |
| 11 | ‘ No person of reasonable firmness need actually be , or be likely to be , present at the scene . ’ |
| 12 | For while hispanophone immigration is indeed sufficiently massive in some parts of the USA to make it desirable , and sometimes necessary , to address this public in its own language , the idea that the supremacy of English in the USA is , or is likely to be , in jeopardy is political paranoia . |
| 13 | In discussing the extent to which sentencing discretion in England and Wales has been subject to control in the past , or is likely to be in the future , we will adopt the threefold classification elaborated by K.C. Davis ( 1969 ) : viz. confining discretion ( or restricting the scope of discretionary power that is available ) ; structuring discretion ( or regulating its exercise in advance ) ; and checking discretion ( or reviewing the way it has been exercised in the past ) . |
| 14 | A solicitor will generally be free to decide for himself whether or not to accept instructions from a client , though he must always bear in mind the statutory obligation not to discriminate against potential clients on the grounds of race , colour , sex etc ( see Chapter 3 ) and he must refuse to act or to continue to act in any of the following circumstances : ( 1 ) where his client seeks to insist on the solicitor conducting his case in a way which would involve some breach of law or professional regulation ; ( 2 ) where the client 's affairs are outside his professional competence ; ( 3 ) if he suspects that the instructions purporting to come from his client do not in fact represent the client 's wishes ; ( 4 ) where the solicitor is unable to obtain confirmation from the client of instructions received from a third person ; ( 5 ) where there is or is likely to be some conflict of interest involving the solicitor himself , his client , other clients ( present , past or prospective ) , or the firm ; ( 6 ) where the solicitor may be a material and not merely formal witness in any proceedings ; ( 7 ) where another solicitor has already received instructions which have not been formally withdrawn . |
| 15 | Section 33(3) requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to : ( a ) the length of , and the reasons for , the delay on the part of the plaintiff ; ( b ) the extent to which , having regard to the delay , the evidence adduced or likely to be adduced by the plaintiff or the defendant is or is likely to be less cogent than if the action had been brought within the time allowed by s11 or ( as the case may be ) by s12 ; ( c ) the conduct of the defendant after the cause of action arose , including the extent ( if any ) to which he responded to requests reasonably made by the plaintiff for information or inspection for the purpose of ascertaining facts which were or might be relevant to the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant ; ( d ) the duration of any disability of the plaintiff arising after the date of the accrual of the cause of action ; ( e ) the extent to which the plaintiff acted promptly and reasonably once he knew whether or not the act or omission of the defendant , to which the injury was attributable , might be capable at that time of giving rise to an action for damages ; ( f ) the steps , if any , taken by the plaintiff to obtain medical , legal or other expert advice and the nature of any such advice he may have received . |
| 16 | She could never face him at the party if she did n't know where she stood — did n't know whether or not he had rejected her apology or was prepared to be friendly . |
| 17 | The Council ( Boule ) was not , however , the sovereign body : that was , or was supposed to be , the Assembly ( Ekklesia ) , open to all Athenians — or rather to all free , male , adult citizens . |
| 18 | or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road in that … ( specify defect ) . |
| 19 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 20 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to person in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road in that … |
| 21 | However , when the trial judge came to deal with the case against the second appellant , the trial judge directed the jury that it would be open to them to interpret alleged statements by the second appellant as a confession by him that he was one of a group who assaulted the deceased , and that accordingly he would be responsible for everything done by every other member of the group that he knew was being done or was likely to be done . |
| 22 | These included the resolutions that Parliaments not only " ought to sit frequently " , but that " their frequent sitting be secured " , that there should be " no interrupting of any sessions of Parliament till the affairs that are necessary to be dispatched at that time are determined " , that the militia acts were " grievous to the subject " , and that judges should hold their commissions " during good behaviour " . |
| 23 | And as for the guns that are supposed to be missing from Taigh na Tuir , I can tell you all you want to know about that . |
| 24 | They are geographically isolated , and they are grossly under-represented — two out of 400 — in the committees that are supposed to be the nucleus of a future Palestinian self-governing authority . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm tired of being manoeuvred into painful and irritating situations that are supposed to be for my own good . |
| 26 | Well , compared to some of the other things that are supposed to be tourist attractions |
| 27 | In future I 'll try both to get the dates that are supposed to be in in there and get the copy into my mouth rather than my compatriots . |
| 28 | I mean basically areas that are supposed to be sustainably forested |
| 29 | Not all of the major groups will be described here , but only those that are likely to be found by the non-specialist collector . |
| 30 | Light can bring about change in products , and products that are likely to be exposed to light in the market should always be tested by exposure to light . |