Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [art] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , allowing the appeals , that the Secretary of State was required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period that prisoner should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State in the exercise of his power under section 61 of the Act of 1967 set the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence ; that , before giving the prisoner the opportunity to make representations , the Secretary of State was required to inform him of the period recommended by the judiciary as the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence and of any other opinion expressed by the judiciary which had not been disclosed at the trial and would be relevant to the Secretary of State 's decision as to the appropriate period to be served for those purposes ; but that the Secretary of State was not obliged to adopt that judicial view or , if he departed from it , to give reasons for doing so , and that he was entitled to delegate his powers for that purpose to a junior minister within the Home Department ; and that , accordingly , the decisions made by the Secretary of State as to the length of the period each of the applicants should serve before the date of the first review of their sentences should be quashed and that each applicant should be given the opportunity to make written representations after he had been informed of the judicial opinion regarding the period he should serve before review ( post , pp. 963B–C , 969A–C , 973F–H , 974A–B , 977B–D , 979C–F , 980E–G , 981F–G , 983C–D , 984C–E , 985B–C , 986H — 987A , F–G , 988C–E , G–H , 989B–C , D–E , 991B–C , 992F–H , 993B–E , F–G ) . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that the explanation or defence could , if true , have been disclosed at the outset and despite the advantage which the defendant has gained by these tactics , no comment may be made to the jury to that effect . |
| 3 | How towers are designed at the top and bottom is crucial , what goes on in between is largely irrelevant . |
| 4 | The meristems located at the root and shoot apices of the embryo recommence activity following sowing of the seed and persist for most of the life of the plant . |
| 5 | On the 22nd Gracey 's forces assisted the French in what , despite what was claimed at the time and subsequently , was an almost bloodless coup by which they occupied the Town Hall and other central points ; and two nights after that about a hundred and fifty French civilians , including many women and children , were massacred by Vietnamese who burst into the Cite Heraud district past indifferent Japanese guards . |
| 6 | Several magistrates ' and lawyers ' unions protested at the handling and the outcome of both the Luchaire and the Nucci affairs and at the amnesty law , citing these as proof of the subordination of the judiciary to political power and of the existence of a two-speed system of justice ( i.e. one for elected officials and one for ordinary citizens ) . |
| 7 | Phyllis , this year , tell me , tell me , tell me how many crimes have been committed at the Park and Rides ? |
| 8 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 9 | It was like a scene from the French Revolution with the gypsy ruffian and a bog-ridden Tumbleweed perched at the front and Swire Sugden trussed like an oven-ready chicken at the back , his hair singed , his face streaked with smut and his natty gents ' suiting in disarray . |
| 10 | ‘ The situation is therefore very clouded at the moment and funeral directors should treat claims of big VAT refunds with caution . |
| 11 | The child 's face remained frozen at the window and was slowly carried sideways down the wooden platform . |
| 12 | He was sufficiently troubled by Malcolm 's bouncer to stand frozen at the crease and take it on the helmet , but sufficiently brave to try to hook the inevitable follow-up . |
| 13 | The idea originated at the Museum and Art Gallery of Walsall in 1989 when local people were invited to display their own collections . |
| 14 | ‘ I feel she and the others should have been hanged at the time and I feel the same now , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Having looked at the development and decline of settlements , let us now look at why the settlements are where they are and the patterns they make in the landscape . |
| 16 | We have had days when we 've had three s stewards scheduled for the morning we 've looked at the rota and thought and we 've had no-one turn up panic . |
| 17 | I can tell you you 're in for some trouble if you start that because I I is you you 're all in trouble if you want to start these smaller committees , we have looked at the committees and as I say we make no apology for the number of committees or the number that 's on 'em . |
| 18 | Additionally however , we need to make it clear that when we have looked at the figures and I would pay some to the opposition for bringing er some matters to our attention , erm and looking at the way in which very , very careful on the part of this council has led to a better reserve position than we would previously have expected . |
| 19 | He admitted that this was the first time he had really looked at the stoma and that he found the appearance and the smell rather offensive . |
| 20 | Having looked at the equipment and principles involved in setting up the tank , we now approach the art ( and science ) of aquarium decor . |
| 21 | Richard had nodded his head and looked at the floor and said nothing . |
| 22 | But I 've just briefly looked at the education and training part of the General Secretary report and it says here , National College rammed a hundred and twenty four courses over a thirty week period attracting approximately seventeen hundred G M B representatives , a wide range of residential courses . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’ |
| 24 | Er no I think it wa I think it was our , our mistake er , there was there were sixteen of us there and seven of us had sort of clubbed together looked at the menu and it 's it 's fifteen ninety five , to , the rich main course banquet |
| 25 | Referee Ian Gilmour took no action at the time , but Wire general manager Ron Close revealed : ‘ We have looked at the video and are considering citing Jones for the tackle . ’ |
| 26 | Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential . |
| 27 | Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential . |
| 28 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |
| 29 | And compact I would like to think that when we 've looked at the kids and what 's required in the I A P that we can have an industry day with them I 'm trying , I 'm suggesting er , in January . |
| 30 | The physical and analytical chemistry department at DSM has looked at the distribution and migration of salts in limestone . |