Example sentences of "be [verb] in a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 Even this reduced sentence exceeds , by a considerable margin , the maximum penalty which could have been imposed in a magistrates ' court ( which is where the majority of burglars of this type would normally be tried ) .
2 If you assumed this public culture reflected political actuality you would be living in a fools ' paradise , the reverse side of Thatcherland .
3 Public law proceedings must be commenced in a magistrates ' court unless there are already public law proceedings pending in a county court or the High Court or the application is made by a local authority following a s37 direction to investigate made in family proceedings in either court ( see Chapter 3 , 1(b) ) .
4 This applies whether an application for an emergency protection order is heard in a magistrates ' court , county court or High Court .
5 She says the nearest thing she 's done to this was working in a scouts ' gang show .
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