Example sentences of "[art] [adj] offenders " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the company should take action against the persistent offenders , not penalise everybody . |
| 2 | However , the high incidence of dangerous lobon-gur solutions was very worrying , especially since those unions in the Concentrated Reinforcement Programme were the greatest offenders . |
| 3 | But Finch proceeded against the principal offenders , from whom it was hoped that substantial sums could be extracted , ‘ by way of a Speciall Indictment ’ . |
| 4 | Before setting out such facts and relating to the sentences on the individual offenders as are material for the purposes of these appeals , it is necessary first to describe the procedure followed by the Secretary of State in exercising his power under section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , and the steps by which he came to adopt that procedure . |
| 5 | In T. R. Fyvel 's The Insecure Offenders , which first appeared in 1961 and which represented the most systematic and unsensationalised attempt to come to terms with the youth problem , the argument pivoted upon the assumption that the impact of ‘ affluence ’ had conspired to produce a novel disorientation among the nation 's youth . |
| 6 | To that , humanity adds about 5.6 billion tonnes from burning fossil fuels , of which the developed nations are responsible for 70–75 per cent , with power stations the worst offenders . |
| 7 | However , a consultant physician at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London believes the worst offenders are those travelling from Africa and Latin America . |
| 8 | Visiting valets , I have found , are often the worst offenders , aspiring as they usually do to the position of butler with some urgency . |
| 9 | The worst offenders in this modern age are the ‘ broad-spectrum ’ antibiotics . |
| 10 | The worst offenders are almost always Councils controlled by extreme left factions engaged in what the present Chairman of the Conservative Party , Christopher Patten , has referred to as ‘ bleeding-stump politics ’ . |
| 11 | The worst offenders are the disinfectants and pesticides . |
| 12 | Britain tops the league for sulphur emissions in Western Europe , but the Eastern block — Russia , East Germany , Poland and Czechoslovakia are by far the worst offenders . |
| 13 | And patients are the worst offenders . |
| 14 | The US government , in the form of the thrift-liquidating Resolution Trust Corporation , has been one of the worst offenders . |
| 15 | All but five of the worst offenders — the so-called Filthy Fifty — allegedly discharge even MORE than they are allowed . |
| 16 | RSPB spokesperson Mike Everett said some of the worst offenders were a minority of gamekeepers who shoot birds of prey because they believe they threaten their game birds ‘ despite research which shows this is not the case . ’ |
| 17 | But the sad fact is , they are the worst offenders . |
| 18 | My head is buzzin' like a hive of bees ’ ) and ‘ Wonderland ’ ( ‘ Succumbing to the he-dog sound/Of the mystifying beat combo That breaks down your door ’ ) among the worst offenders . |
| 19 | I welcome the Government 's measure to protect hedgerows and their management , but among the worst offenders in grubbing up hedgerows are local highway authorities . |
| 20 | While not exonerated , the four EC countries concerned — Germany , Greece , Italy and Spain — were considered far from the worst offenders . |
| 21 | The findings of the investigation were released on March 11 , with the committee voting to reveal the names of the 24 past and present member of the House adjudged to have been the worst offenders . |
| 22 | The worst offenders are some of the Eastern European countries , who are unlikely to be able to make substantial financial contributions . |
| 23 | Japan , Taiwan , South Korea , Mexico , Peru and Sri Lanka are cited as the worst offenders . |
| 24 | One of the worst offenders , the Polam lighting factory at Rzeszow , has already been shut down . |
| 25 | EIRIS named Allied-Lyons , BTR , Grand Metropolitan , Hanson , ICI , Shell and SmithKline Beecham as among the worst offenders . |
| 26 | In most authorities there is some delay ; in some ( the metropolitan boroughs are the worst offenders ) there is an inordinate delay of weeks or months . |
| 27 | But the RSPCA says a loophole in the law means it ca n't stop one of the worst offenders from owning animals , despite his appalling record . |
| 28 | The USGA have made clear their intention to crack down on slow play at Baltusrol and Langer believes he is not one of the worst offenders . |
| 29 | But the worst offenders go to court on charges of dangerous driving and they face stiff fines and a possible jail sentence . |
| 30 | He did not accept written excuses , read out in court , by some of the 21 offenders who claimed they had not seen warning signs until it was too late . |