Example sentences of "be [prep] the court " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronald had had problems in the past but he was not the villain he was made out to be during the court case . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not … possible to generalise over the use of DNA analysis as the sole basis for conviction ; it will be for the court to decide in any particular case ’ . |
| 3 | The question of reasonableness would be for the court to decide . |
| 4 | The alternative would be for the Court of Appeal to decide all the matters before it . |
| 5 | In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal . |
| 6 | It would be for the court to determine whether or not the accommodation was in fact suitable . |
| 7 | If a prosecution were brought it would be for the court to decide what the statements meant . |
| 8 | The only other alternative would be for the court to disregard one of the clauses and hold that one party had , by conduct , accepted the other party 's terms and waived its own , including the provision providing that it should not be taken as accepting any other terms . |
| 9 | The problem with framing the duty to act in the company 's interests in terms of subjective intentions , however , is that in practice determining what the directors ' true objectives are will often be beyond the court 's capabilities . |