Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] open to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where an authoritative decision is meant finally to settle what is to be done it may be open to challenge on certain grounds , e.g. if an emergency occurs , or if the directive violates fundamental human rights , or if the authority acted arbitrarily . |
| 2 | If it passes on lower costs to its customers in the form of lower prices it may be open to the accusation of behaving in a predatory fashion . |
| 3 | If the actor intends to provoke a breach of the peace ( which will often be independently criminal , by virtue of sections 4 and 5 in any event ) , it should be open to the policeman in the last resort to require him to desist . |
| 4 | At the time of writing , the Soviet republics are declaring independence at the rate of about one a day and it must be open to question whether the entries will come from the separate states rather than the USSR next time . |
| 5 | However , many recognise that if Religious Education is to hold parity of status with other areas of the curriculum it must be open to assessment which is an integral part of the teaching and learning process . |
| 6 | An " arrangement " under s103(3) includes a scheme of arrangement under s425 , but it must be open to all the shareholders ( or all the shareholders of the same class ) to take part in it ( s103(4) ) . |
| 7 | Mr Ridley said it would be open to the companies to approach th OFT again closer to the opening of the tunnel . |
| 8 | This was not done in the 1985 Act — with the result that it would be open to the Government not to comply with an order if it takes the view that the Tribunal 's decision clearly exceeds its powers under the statute . |
| 9 | Equally , by exploring the environment of the class-room , it would be open to pupils themselves to discover new scientific truths , by their own empirical means . |
| 10 | Defences are provided by s.3(4) and it would be open to a defendant to plead s.3(4) ( c ) , i.e. that they , ‘ took all such steps as were reasonably open to them to ensure that the conditions were complied with ’ . |
| 11 | Similarly , it would be open to the Crown to revise the accounting period before the appeal hearing if persuaded that the true accounting period ended on 31 January 1978 . |
| 12 | It would be open to the prosecutor to give an indication to the bench that he was not prepared to prosecute again . |
| 13 | Per curiam. ( i ) It would be wrong for police officers to adopt or use an undercover pose or disguise to enable themselves to ask questions about an offence uninhibited by the requirements of Code C and with the effect of circumventing it ; were they to do so it would be open to the judge to exclude the questions and answers under section 78 of the Act of 1984 ( post , p. 237E–F ) . |
| 14 | Were they to do so , it would be open to the judge to exclude the questions and answers under section 78 of the Act of 1984 . |
| 15 | They must have known if proceedings were taken for penalties it would be open to them in such proceedings to raise the question as to whether the duties were payable or not , as they did , in fact , in 1906 . |
| 16 | Since a residence order was in substance what the foster mother sought , it was agreed between counsel for her and the local authority : ( a ) that the local authority would not object to the foster mother 's application for a residence order being made before the expiry of the six months period ; ( b ) that the hearing before the judge should be treated as the hearing of that application ; ( c ) that if , in the event , the foster mother were to be given leave to apply for a residence order she would agree to the formal dismissal of her application for judicial review without any penalty as to costs ; but ( d ) that , if leave under the Act were to be refused , it would be open to the foster mother to continue the judical review proceedings . |
| 17 | For my part , I think it would be open to the English courts to apply the civil law maxim directly to the situations we have in these two appeals , and treat the two plaintiffs as lives in being at the times of the events which injured them as they were later born alive , but it is not necessary to do so directly in view of the effect which the Montreal Tramways case [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 has already had in the development of the common law in this field in other common law jurisdictions . |
| 18 | But if they do not , I am inclined to think that it would be open to the Divisional Court , in an appropriate case , to order production of the document in judicial review proceedings despite the confidentiality . |
| 19 | It would be open to any solicitors ' firms , and ( although there were difficulties , e.g. about funding ) advice agencies and law centres , that satisfied the criteria . |
| 20 | In the case of displayed material , for example , it would be open to a shopkeeper prosecuted for displaying a magazine entitled ‘ The British Heritage ’ to show that he believed that it was concerned with the stately homes of England rather than the racist propaganda that it actually does contain . |
| 21 | If this were not the case , it would be open to a constable to ask a member of parliament or other prominent person to stop speaking ( or never even to begin his address ) , and a failure to do so would constitute an offence . |
| 22 | If , however , further safeguards were thought to be necessary , it would be open to the Director to reserve such decisions to himself . |
| 23 | In circumstances such as these , it would be open to a jury to find that the girl had not consented even though no violence was used or threatened and despite her knowledge and understanding of the nature of the act . |
| 24 | It would be open to both men and women , aged from about 18 to 25 , with building due to begin in about a year 's time . |
| 25 | However , when the trial judge came to deal with the case against the second appellant , the trial judge directed the jury that it would be open to them to interpret alleged statements by the second appellant as a confession by him that he was one of a group who assaulted the deceased , and that accordingly he would be responsible for everything done by every other member of the group that he knew was being done or was likely to be done . |
| 26 | The former can be a dubious means of meeting other single people and making friends , since it will be open to all and sundry , even people who are married and masquerade as single . |
| 27 | It will be open to the arbitrator to order the person losing the case to pay the winner the fee charged by the lay representative . |
| 28 | Once the use of a partial empirical model is accepted then it will be open to constant revisions and adjustments as new data become available . |
| 29 | Will he confirm , therefore , that it will be open to hostile and foreign bids and that such a bid could provide a foothold in the Welsh water industry for further takeovers ? |
| 30 | Although in this connection too the higher courts are likely to say that the terms used are matters of fact for the magistrates , it will be open to those courts to say that in certain circumstances , the reactions of the victim were not likely to be those of harassment , alarm or distress . |