Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] officer who " in BNC.
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| 1 | The affair thus highlights the unreality of the common-law rule which continues to concentrate on the independent judgment of a police officer who is in fact simply obeying instructions which are issued as part of a general policy not necessarily susceptible of being influenced by the specific facts of particular cases . |
| 2 | That was not altogether surprising given that , as a KGB officer who had been posted to London for six years , it would be astonishing if he had not . ’ |
| 3 | As a matter of police practice , firearms practice what would you say about a police officer who stuck the gun at any at the back of someone 's neck ? |
| 4 | I will always remember standing one early spring day near the river Severn , arguing with a drainage officer who had previously maintained watercourses now due to be reshaped as part of an expensive new scheme . |
| 5 | There he discussed the details with an R.A.F. officer who , although none of the party had jumped before , was most helpful . |
| 6 | Det Chief Insp John Stoddart described the brick-throwing as a callous , premeditated attack on a police officer who was acting in the public 's interest . |
| 7 | It builds on existing , more limited arrangements that we have already introduced , which rely on suitable cases being referred to an adjudication officer who considers whether it is in the interests of the claimant for direct payments to be made . |
| 8 | He had an express power to delegate this function to a committee which , in turn , attempted to further sub-delegate its functions to an executive officer who issued a directive to a farmer that only sugar should be grown in a particular field . |
| 9 | I have yet to come across a police officer who is not interested in stamping out racism . ’ |
| 10 | Five minutes later , he was joined by a UDA officer who had just been arrested . |
| 11 | Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’ |
| 12 | This point can best be proved by a police officer who observes some actual unnecessary obstruction of the road causing other road users inconvenience , delay , or complete blockage of the road etc . |
| 13 | CHAMPIONS Leeds face an FA inquiry after being reported by a police officer who was shocked by their four-letter tirade . |
| 14 | ‘ He was set upon by a police officer who simply wanted to speak to him but had no right in law and the appellant had the right to resist him , ’ said Mr Macdonald . |
| 15 | Detention is supervised by a custody officer who turns out on closer inspection to be a police officer with a different name . |
| 16 | Before leaving school , he was interviewed by a careers officer who asked him : ‘ Do you want a job in a factory ? ’ |