Example sentences of "brought [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But legal proceedings are often brought for a variety of reasons : not just to obtain a favourable outcome , but also in order , for example , to obtain publicity or to force a reconsideration of a contentious decision or policy or as a bargaining tactic . |
| 2 | The charges were brought during a wide-ranging Merseyside police investigation , codenamed Operation Cheetah . |
| 3 | I had brought off a successful forced landing , with no damage to man or machine , and afterwards I was able to describe the symptoms which led to the failure , which in turn led to the fault being found and cured . |
| 4 | But Prince Adam has a certain amount of clout , as he has recently brought off a resounding coup and made a grand gesture . |
| 5 | On the other hand , in Tulips , where the poet is ill and in hospital , the flowers , brought as a gift , ‘ are too red in the first place , they hurt me ’ , and the smiling faces of her husband and children in a family photograph ‘ catch on to my skin , little smiling hooks ’ . |
| 6 | But what must astonish us , I think , more than the details of violence is that the only charges brought as a result of this death were against three men who were charged with assault and punished with a 20 shillings ' fine , with the additional requirement that they should pay the doctor 's bill on the dead man . |
| 7 | Otto and I started on the marc Otto had brought as a present . |
| 8 | It was never suggested in Meikle that any one of the prosecutions was brought as a consequences of mala fides by the prosecutor . |
| 9 | They got on exceptionally well over a bottle of whisky which the expatriate had brought as a gift . |
| 10 | A claim for any relief other than the payment of money must be brought as a fixed date action — any claim for money as a default action . |
| 11 | Wanted in Bolivia on murder charges brought as a result of the coup in July 1980 , Arce had allegedly used his position to set up a cocaine racket . |
| 12 | AR : Yes , it is the pineapple that Mr Monte , the plantation owner , brought as a gift for Inday the day that she died . |
| 13 | I would n't have bought it , but it was brought as a Christmas present |
| 14 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
| 15 | With stallions , anxiety can turn a normally peaceable horse into an angry , rearing , uncontrollable animal when brought near a mare that is in season . |
| 16 | The Authority was less successful in its attempt to ensure that disciplinary proceedings were brought against a detective superintendent , whose early retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 1989 meant that he avoided questions about his links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs , queries that had arisen after a World in Action television programme which had made serious allegations about corruption in the London police . |
| 17 | The Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate dismissed summonses brought against a Liverpool Constable for selling tickets in an unauthorised lottery … the Constable had got into financial difficulties owing to a serious illness of his wife and the ill-health of his two children . |
| 18 | If rent remains outstanding for 21 days after the due date , forfeiture proceedings may be brought against a dilatory tenant by a strongwilled landlord . |
| 19 | Police are now eager to interview Baland 's uncle , a sixty-five year old French national and painter living in the U.S. Police enquiries began in March 1989 with the seizure of a Utrillo painting ‘ Impasse Traînée à Montmartre ’ and a drawing by the same artist ‘ La maison de Mimi Pinson ’ at Bourg-en-Bresse following charges brought against a local auctioneer , by Jean Fabris , chairman of the Association Maurice Utrillo and the man who possesses the ‘ droit moral ’ over Utrillo 's work the right in French law to defend an artist 's reputation , particularly in the courtroom . |
| 20 | In October 1981 , a court case , concerning the death of a Down 's Syndrome baby , was brought against a paediatrician by the association ‘ Life ’ . |
| 21 | The Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland is currently considering whether charges of obstructing the police investigation should be brought against a free Armagh and a man who has admitted being the crucial Source A referred to in the programme . |
| 22 | In the unlikely event that any criminal charges are brought against a head of department in connection with safety duties the University undertakes to meet the reasonable cost of his defence . |
| 23 | The NRA described the successful prosecution , brought against a Rhone-Poulenc Chemicals plant near Bristol , as an " historic case " . |
| 24 | An action duly brought against a firm is an effective action against all those who were partners at the date the cause of action accrued ( and so , for example , an order for discovery will be in essence an order for discovery against all those persons ) , and this is irrespective of subsequent changes in the composition of the firm . |
| 25 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 26 | The case involved a prosecution brought against a British businessman , Reginald Dunk , by the Customs after 200 sub-machine guns were seized in this country in 1983 . |
| 27 | CHARGES brought against a man after four people died in a crash in the Borders were dismissed by a sheriff yesterday , writes William Chisholm . |
| 28 | The nurse had brought along a male friend of his . |
| 29 | Sapan had brought along a couple of passengers too . |
| 30 | We were using my turntable and speakers , and John Avison had brought along a set of 78 rpm Columbia recordings of this work as played by Richard Backhaus , with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karl Bohm . |