Example sentences of "[noun pl] lay [adv prt] [prep] the act " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Acts of Parliament , although applying to Scotland , use the English spelling , as do the various forms laid down in the Acts in connection with the representation at Westminster . |
| 2 | The medical officer of an institution was , subject to the direction of the management committee , to visit and attend the inmates regularly , and to carry out all the duties of his predecessor with additional duties laid down by the Act . |
| 3 | Holders of such data must adhere to the very reasonable legal , moral and ethical principles laid down by the Act and the data must be held securely and confidentially . |
| 4 | The Spanish Government considered that the nationality condition and the other conditions laid down by the Act of 1988 were manifestly contrary to the basic principles of the E.E.C . |
| 5 | Finally , I can not stress too strongly the importance which should be attached to the Bank of England having , within the limits laid down by the Act and the general law , unfettered and unimpeded scope for the exercise of their most important public duties of regulation under the Act in the interests of the public , who are surely entitled to rely on the Bank of England to exercise those powers with integrity . |
| 6 | The Commission maintained that the nationality requirements laid down in the Act of 1988 were contrary to the general prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality set out in article 7 of the E.E.C . |
| 7 | No provision of Community law could justify the residence requirements laid down in the Act of 1988 . |
| 8 | Having referred to the apparently absolute rule , the tribunal concluded : ‘ Nevertheless our duty is to apply the tests laid down in the Act in Section 24 ( 6 ) and to take the Code of Practice into account . |