Example sentences of "police have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , it seems the police have a story that roughly hangs together . |
| 2 | If both prisoners stay mum , the police have a witness who saw them co-operate on a lesser crime , one that would put them both behind bars for two years . |
| 3 | Under section 25 the police have a power of summary arrest in the case of non-arrestable offences , but only where service of a summons appears to the officer to be impracticable or inappropriate because any of the general arrest conditions noted below apply . |
| 4 | The end result of this case is that the police have a power to enter and search any premises for the purpose of recapturing a person unlawfully at large , provided he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is on those premises ( s. 17(1) ( d ) & ( 2 ) of PACE and that they have the power to use reasonable force in effecting entry and arresting the person sought ( s.117 of PACE ) . |
| 5 | Does he agree that the law should be changed so that the police have a duty rather than just a power to act under section 39 ? |