Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 2 | I have not followed international football for well over twenty years , preferring to concentrate on the bread and butter of non-League soccer , so I have no idea what Alf Ramsey thinks . |
| 3 | Glamis Castle is most famous for its association with Macbeth , and Shakespeare 's hero is said to still bemoan the murder of King Duncan , appearing to walk on the roof , taking a route known as The Mad Earl 's Walk . |
| 4 | Phillips has played in only four of Neath 's nine Heineken League matches so far this season but has been picked ahead of Andrew Thomas , who reacted by refusing to sit on the replacements ' bench . |
| 5 | I do n't know why I think maybe the , the tablets helped , but erm I was saying I was kind of having second thoughts whether I was wanting to go on the H R T or |
| 6 | All able-bodied people go on about how horrible the changing-room experience is — how awful because my bra is dirty , or I 'm too fat or too thin — but disabled girls : how do you even begin to assess your own emotions on entering a changing room with young able-bodied women , most of them slim but all saying , ‘ Oh , I 've got a horrible body ’ , when you 're in a wheelchair , just wanting to try on a pair of trousers ? |
| 7 | Near-by , Pipkin and Dandelion were pretending to feed on a patch of scrub . |
| 8 | Armenia was refusing to participate on the basis of fears that the new Union Treaty would enshrine neighbouring Azerbaijan 's right to the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region . |
| 9 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |
| 10 | Women wanting to book on the service , operated by Crosville and Red Rider , should phone 051 643 1773 . |
| 11 | The present Soviet economic system was formed in these years ; Mr Gorbachev and his colleagues , in endeavouring to reform the USSR , are deliberately seeking to build on the strengths and eliminate the weaknesses of the traditional system . |
| 12 | The course was n't advertised because the WSR has received so many requests from people wanting to ride on the footplate that it was able to pick out only serious enthusiasts . |
| 13 | The Chelsea keeper produced three top-class stops before half-time as Boro threatened to break open the defensive grip Chelsea were looking to keep on the game . |
| 14 | He had kept away from the house , not wanting to intrude on the Bonnards ' private grief . |
| 15 | I mean if you walk into the station on a day wanting to get on a train there are still several different fares you can pay . |
| 16 | It is accepted that the rule does not apply where the party seeking to rely on the document was guilty of fraud . |
| 17 | This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence . |
| 18 | The burden of proof is on the person seeking to rely on the clause . |
| 19 | Contra proferentem construction Exclusion clauses will be interpreted strictly and any ambiguity in the clause will be resolved by the court adopting the meaning least favourable to the interests of the party seeking to rely on the clause . |
| 20 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 21 | In this respect the court has , in holding a clause unreasonable , pointed to the facts that a seed merchant , seeking to rely on the clause , could have insured against the risk of crop failure caused by supplying the wrong variety of seed , and that such insurance would not materially have increased the price of the seed ( see ( George Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd ( 1983 ) ) . |
| 22 | In Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 it was held that the defendants ' limitation of liability was unreasonable and therefore unenforceable under the Act ; a decisive factor was that in previous cases the defendants had settled claims without seeking to rely on the limitation clause , impliedly recognising that it was not reasonable . |
| 23 | If a covenant is contested it is for the party seeking to rely on the covenant to prove its reasonableness ( see Rex Stewart Jeffries Parker Ginsberg v Parker [ 1988 ] IRLR 483 ) . |
| 24 | ( ii ) all contracts where the party ( " businessman " ) seeking to rely on the exemption clause entered into the contract in the course of a business ( except those businesses excluded under Sched 1 to the UCTA — basically those which have some other form of statutory regulation such as insurance contracts , contracts for the carriage of goods by sea , or contracts whose subject matter is specialised , and which therefore have a particular body of law governing them , such as real property or intellectual property ) . |
| 25 | Here it seems hard to say that the party seeking to rely on the exemption clause is contracting on his own written standard terms . |
| 26 | However , in most cases the crucial question will be whether the person seeking to rely on the terms had taken reasonable steps to give the recipient notice of their existence . |
| 27 | In addition , although the test of incorporation is generally objective , special steps may be necessary where the person seeking to rely on the terms knows that the other person is under a disability ; for instance , that he can not read the language in which the terms are printed ( Geier v Kujawa [ 1970 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 364 ) . |
| 28 | The three opponents still refusing to sign on the grounds that there had not been adequate consultation , and two more being absent , the Mayor rode off on his horse and collected a signature from one of the absentees . |
| 29 | Flashbulbs popped incessantly and Whitlock found himself struggling to focus on the sea of cameras , his eyes darting about in search of anything untoward . |
| 30 | The first great white flakes had melted on the pavements , now it was falling thicker and faster , building up on the window ledges and in the cricks and crannies , turning to slush on the roads as the traffic churned through it . |