Example sentences of "find [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These strategies for grappling with the explanation of most liberal democracies ' stability do little to reduce the problems that Marxist theorists confront in coming to terms with an enduring political alternative to state socialism , and one which most Western Marxists seem to find preferable to the Stalinist forms of state socialism . |
| 2 | Officers say prosecutions are likely and anyone found guilty under the Video Recordings Act faces fines of up to twenty thousand pounds per tape . |
| 3 | He said that one would not expect a person found guilty of treating their own child cruelly to be allowed their liberty at once . |
| 4 | JOHAN TUMBA , the Swedish professional found guilty of cheating and banned for 10 years in January , had the sentence reduced to three years on appeal yesterday . |
| 5 | Three other men found guilty of riot were also jailed , John Spencer , 30 , for eight years , James Miller , 31 , for seven years and Tiny Doran , 25 , for four years . |
| 6 | In fact , timber felling grew to such proportions that a law was passed restricting it ; anyone found guilty of contravening this law more than three times , could be hung . |
| 7 | Three children in the North-east were taken into care and their parents and other adults were charged and found guilty of using them sexually in their rituals . |
| 8 | Persons found guilty of a corrupt or an illegal practice on prosecution therefore , or by an election court ( contesting the validity of the ‘ election ’ of a candidate ) may be disqualified . |
| 9 | He was suspended from duty and then , in November , found guilty of gross misconduct . |
| 10 | In the pre-colonial Kandyan courts persons found guilty of cattle stealing were not imprisoned , but were instead required to render compensation to the injured party . |
| 11 | Smack mum found guilty of assault |
| 12 | A director found guilty of an indictable offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 has been disqualified from being a company director for two years ( p 102 ) . |
| 13 | The commuter was prosecuted , found guilty of carrying an offensive weapon , and fined . |
| 14 | She was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility . |
| 15 | They were also all found guilty of illegally possessing firearms . |
| 16 | They were also all found guilty of illegally possessing firearms . |
| 17 | The majority of executives found guilty of corporate crime not only retain their jobs or have others found for them , but also find that funds to cover their fines are somehow made available . |
| 18 | This is of course , in marked contrast to the typical experience of persons found guilty of ‘ conventional ’ crimes ( Martin and Webster 1971 ) . |
| 19 | And amongst neighbours , an executive found guilty of corporate crime continues to be regarded as ‘ upright and steadfast ; indeed , they will probably see him as solid and substantial a citizen as they themselves are ’ ( Geis 1978 : 283 ) . |
| 20 | The PCC has the power to remove practitioners found guilty of misconduct from the Register , and to restore them within the terms of the empowering Act . |
| 21 | To the physician 's consternation , he had been informed that the girl had been tried in the Shari'a ( the law of God ) courts and found guilty of fornication . |
| 22 | From the mid-sixteenth century onwards , a succession of suspects , mainly old and unsightly women , were hauled before the courts and found guilty of practising black magic . |
| 23 | The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reported that any prison warders found guilty of beating prisoners were punished . |
| 24 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
| 25 | Under s.4 of the ITSFEA 1988 ( newly amended s.32(a) of the SEA 1934 ) , natural persons found guilty of insider trading ’ … shall upon conviction be fined not more than $1m , or imprisoned for not more than 10 years , or both ’ , whereas for persons other than natural persons the fine stands at $2.5m . |
| 26 | This high ranking holds for seizures of heroin , persons found guilty of drug offences , and new and former drug addicts notified to the Home Office ( Home Office 1986 ) . |
| 27 | Levels of recorded crime certainly did shoot up in the years following the implementation of the 1933 Act , and the crime rate for boys under 14 years of age found guilty of indictable offences almost doubled in only three years . |
| 28 | In addition to the conviction of Hiss , 1950 brought the trial in Britain of the former Los Alamos scientist , Klaus Fuchs , found guilty of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union . |
| 29 | order a solicitor found guilty of shoddy work to remit fees , waive the right to fees , or to rectify a mistake at his or her own expense ; |
| 30 | First , the lesser fry were tried and five out of seven found guilty of treason . |