Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Heaven knows who it was who set their mind on heading for that pointy wee soul but , like most hill-walkers , once a route is planned we would sooner see the laws of physics change before our itinerary did .
2 Such a route is encouraged by NACAB equal opportunities policy .
3 Or does he believe that is a route is put through there then that would increase development pressures in that sector of the district and the greenbelt notation would then run the risk of having to be reviewed .
4 The fact that a route is described in a guidebook , flawed or otherwise , should not affect an individual 's judgement .
5 In particular , a payment is regarded as a voluntary payment and so as irrecoverable in the following circumstances :
6 The shareholders enjoy an additional layer of protection with regard to gratuitous payments , in that in order to show that a payment is authorised by the company 's memorandum it will usually be necessary to establish that it is reasonably incidental to the company 's business purposes , in essence , that it is for the company 's benefit , which is an objective question .
7 With a payment under covenant , The Deed of Covenant has to be filled in corrected before a payment is made .
8 If the person claiming is not looking after the estate , the Social Fund Officer will write to the person who is , at the same time as a payment is made .
9 Although such a payment is made in a very limited number of cases , this booklet 's authors are dead against it being made automatic ; after all
10 It may alternatively take the form of withholding or threatening to withhold the performance of some public duty or the rendering of some public service unless a payment is made which is not lawfully due or is greater than that which is lawfully due , as was the position in the colore officii cases .
11 When a payment is required to be made to a third party ( trader , government , etc. ) the bank depositor draws , i.e. writes , a cheque on his bank payable to the third party .
12 Yeah , but according to this there 's a payment been put in and she ai n't paid it .
13 As was said in Deacon v. Transport Regulation Board ( 1958 ) V.R. 458 , 460 , in considering whether a payment was made voluntarily or not : ‘ No secret mental reservation of the doer is material .
14 ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose .
15 In some courts a payment was needed to see the magistrate , or to ensure that one 's case was heard promptly .
16 In no circumstances should a payment be made directly to an employee as this would involve the Corporation accounting to the Inland Revenue for Income Tax deductions .
17 ( 5 ) A payment being made to a Doctor or Hospital under the Emergency Treatment provisions of the Road Traffic Acts it shall be borne : —
18 David showed prudence in doing the things committed to him by Saul ; Job exemplified simplicity ( in the good sense ) for it was said of him that he was a simple man ; Solomon , in Proverbs , highlighted patience , where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience .
19 Out of the West : A prince is found in the quartet of ex-presidents
20 A base is required to neutralize the acidity that naturally builds up during fermentation .
21 In a straightforward case , no fees will be charged , but a provision is retained enabling the costs of effecting or attempting to effect service to be certified by a taxing master of the Supreme Court .
22 The effect of such a provision is to prevent any conduct of the business being construed as acceptance of any counter offer coming from the other party .
23 The constitutionality of two-parent notification was upheld , however , provided that a provision was included allowing minors to seek a judicial review to waive the requirement .
24 In return for accepting the Governor 's supervision of the financial sector , a provision was included recognizing Montserrat 's right to self-determination and an article giving certain legislative powers to the Governor was dropped [ see p. 37145 ] .
25 In return for accepting the Governor 's supervision of the financial sector , a provision was included recognizing Montserrat 's right to self-determination .
26 In one situation where such a provision was used in practice , on a large scale , over a number of years , it was found to operate successfully in more than 50 per cent of the cases .
27 A SCOUTMASTER was jailed for 39 months at the Old Bailey yesterday for sexually abusing his seven-year-old daughter and son aged 11 .
28 A TRIAL was halted yesterday after complaints that magistrates had fallen asleep when they should have been listening to evidence .
29 A trial was thought unlikely , as Tsedenbal , who lived in Moscow , was said to be senile .
30 Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times .
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