Example sentences of "be liable to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general muddle was discussed in Chapter 6.2(c) above : in principle , a person whose conduct was caused by mental disorder should not be liable to criminal conviction , but in practice the narrow and antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England ( a handful of cases each year ) , and the courts normally proceed to conviction and then select a medical disposal where appropriate . |
| 2 | If a proprietor were to trade as ‘ The Saucy Sausage ’ and failed to comply with either of the above requirements , then he or she would be liable to criminal prosecution for such a failure . |
| 3 | Sponsors could now be liable to criminal charges if their sponsored relatives had ‘ recourse to public funds ’ . |
| 4 | Under the revised code new principles were introduced , notably ( i ) the penal responsibility of legal entities of public and private law such as companies , trade unions and political parties ( a measure aimed at new crimes such as fraud , hazardous working conditions and pollution ) ; ( ii ) the concept of an " instigator " of a crime ( who would be liable to criminal prosecution and punishment on a similar basis as the " perpetrator " of a crime ) ; and ( iii ) the extension of " legitimate self-defence " to cover defence of property . |
| 5 | This means that , where the investor 's marginal rate of income tax is higher abroad than in the UK , he will not be liable to additional income tax in the UK , but nevertheless will suffer a higher tax burden on an overseas investment than with a comparable UK investment . |
| 6 | That having been said , where gaps appear in the Code it would be better for them to be filled by a change in the Code itself rather than by judicial interpretation , for it must not be forgotten that breach of the Code is a disciplinary offence and it would be unfortunate if the officers in the present case , who were rightly not made the subject of any criticism by the court , should even in theory be liable to disciplinary proceedings . |
| 7 | A police officer shall be liable to disciplinary proceedings for a failure to comply with any provision of such a code , unless such proceedings are precluded by section 104 below . |
| 8 | S.61B. ( 1 ) Any person who maliciously inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person with intent to have sexual intercourse with the other person shall be liable to penal servitude for 20 years . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) Any person who maliciously inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person with intent to have sexual intercourse with a third person who is present or nearby shall be liable to penal servitude for 20 years . |
| 10 | S.61C. ( 1 ) Any person who — ; ( a ) maliciously inflicts actual bodily harm upon another person ; or ( b ) threatens to inflict actual bodily harm upon another person by means of an offensive weapon or instrument , with intent to have sexual intercourse with the other person shall be liable to penal servitude for 12 years . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) Any person who — ; ( a ) maliciously inflicts actual bodily harm upon another person ; or ( b ) threatens to inflict actual bodily harm upon another person , with intent to have sexual intercourse with a third person who is present or nearby shall be liable to penal servitude for 12 years . |
| 12 | S.61D. ( 1 ) Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and who knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse shall be liable to penal servitude for 7 years or , if the other person is under the age of 16 years , to penal servitude for 10 years . |
| 13 | Firstly , the mean velocity profile may be liable to local instability , somewhat analogous to instability of laminar flow . |
| 14 | Even if you are granted non-resident status , some of your income may still be liable to British taxation . |
| 15 | Home care for the stroke patient may be chosen because the patient 's doctor feels that the necessary rehabilitation can be done at home , or might be best done at home ; the patient may be more comfortable , and therefore more co-operative to treatment if he remains among familiar surroundings ; he might be liable to excessive stress if parted from his close family , friends or a beloved pet ; or it may be a temporary situation , in which the patient is waiting for a bed in a specialist rehabilitation unit to become available . |
| 16 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 17 | If , however , price controls were imposed for all patients , the AMA argues , fee limits would no longer be voluntary and would therefore be liable to Constitutional challenge . |