Example sentences of "a person [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened . |
| 2 | It is unusual for a person to lose the sight in both eyes at the same time , but loss of sight in one can be followed later by loss of sight in the second eye . |
| 3 | If the risks of allowing a person to remain at home seem too great the views of neighbours and family must be given weight , as in the case of the blind woman described in Chapter 2 . |
| 4 | Let us face it , it helps to know a person to give an effective compliment , or constructive criticism . |
| 5 | It has been argued recently , however , ( see Graham , 1982 ) that it must be rational for a person to give up their autonomy sometimes . |
| 6 | Some countries , including England but not Scotland , will use compulsory powers , but this is not the case in many countries , including France , the Netherlands , Portugal , Scotland and the United States , where it may be unconstitutional to force a person to give body samples . |
| 7 | He suspected that she had been an embarrassment to the authorities and that , in the conditions which then prevailed , what mattered was whether they wished to have such a person interned and not whether she had been subversive . |
| 8 | The same survey found that the more a person smokes the less faith that person has in believing that he or she can stop . |
| 9 | As a person tells what is on their heart , the leader must not judge , even if he is puzzled by what is being said . |
| 10 | May a person handle by an omission ? |
| 11 | In this connection , it must be observed that whilst the right of establishment implies physical location in the territory of the country of establishment , it does not require that a person exercising the right should have his residence or , a fortiori , his principal residence or domicile , in the territory of that country . |
| 12 | ( 3 ) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising rights conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 13 | Soon I reached the tombstone-memorial , possibly that of a person killed on that stretch of road . |
| 14 | When such a person breaches his fiduciary relationship , he may be treated more properly as a tipper than a tippee . |
| 15 | As noted above , the decision in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 shows that if a person settles claims without relying on their standard terms , those terms may be judged unreasonable and the person may be prevented from relying on them . |
| 16 | The code proposed the creation of a two-tier administrative system to allow for the easier processing of non-controversial mergers and takeovers , the referring of important or unusual cases to a full Takeovers Committee ( which would be renamed the Takeover and Mergers Panel ) , the right of appeal to a new independent Takeovers Appeal Panel , and the retention of 5 per cent as the maximum amount of shares which a person controlling between 35 and 50 per cent of shares in a company could further purchase in any 12-month period . |
| 17 | Activity can also help a person to relax both mentally and physically . |
| 18 | It is virtually certain that Article 86 gives rise to a cause of action in English law at the suit of a person damnified by its contravention and it does so on the basis of an action for breach of statutory duty so that the court may award damages . |
| 19 | The key factor is whether a person exercised a sufficient degree of control . |
| 20 | A body known as the G10 Commission had the authority to decide , either ex officio or on application by a person believing himself or herself to be under surveillance , ‘ on both the legality of and the necessity for the [ surveillance ] measures ’ . |
| 21 | Expenditure is permitted only where authorized by a candidate , a candidate 's election agent , or a person authorized in writing by the agent . |
| 22 | Although subjects in the study could almost all subsequently remember seeing the weapon they were worse at identifying the person holding it than in a comparable condition where the subjects had heard an ordinary conversation followed by a person passing through the room carrying a pen . |
| 23 | Intragenerational mobility , where a person changes their occupational level significantly during their worklife . |
| 24 | Since harm was the guiding principle , section 2(4) provided that ‘ a person publishing an article shall not be proceeded against for an offence at common law … where it is of the essence of the offence that the matter is obscene ’ . |
| 25 | The basic view is best expressed by Skinner himself : ‘ A person disposed to act because he has been reinforced for acting may feel the conditions of his body at such a time and call it ‘ felt purpose' ’ , but what behaviourism rejects is the causal efficacy of that feeling . ’ |
| 26 | While I am far too gentle and decent a person to criticise any Opposition Member who has joined in the expressions of appreciation of this action , I have to say , in the kindest possible way , that if the defence policies to which the Opposition subscribe — I include all the Opposition parties — were implemented , we should not be ordering a rowing boat , let alone three frigates . |
| 27 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 28 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 29 | Sub-paragraph 13 of paragraph 12 provided that all written statements made under caution should be in accordance with Annex D , paragraph 2 of which provided that where a person wished to write his own statement , he should be asked to write out and sign before so doing : ‘ I make this statement of my own free will . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it is true for all skills that a person developing skills is indulging in a process of constructing models of what is happening externally . |