Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] court " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to a vast number of prosecutions , usually in the magistrates ' court , because the authorities were quite careful about alleging that less damage had occurred than would give the protesters the option of having a jury trial , something for which most of them would have very happily volunteered . |
| 2 | The ball was , so to speak , back in the industrialists ' court — the cost of the public services had to be disproportionately born by private capital which resulted in a reduction in business profitability . |
| 3 | Note that a county court may transfer proceedings back to the magistrates ' court at any time before trial if the criteria for transfer are not met or no longer apply but the court must have regard to the child 's interests and the need to avoid delay ( APO , art 11 ) . |
| 4 | If a set of presumptive penalties were to be constructed on the basis of Court of Appeal recommendations , for example , this would clearly have disastrous implications for sentencing levels elsewhere in the system , and particularly in the magistrates ' courts . |
| 5 | ( And never do this in court , not even in a magistrates ' court ! ) |
| 6 | Criminal prosecutions are commenced either in the Magistrates ' Court if the matter is to be tried summarily or , following a committal before a Magistrates ' Court , in the Crown Court if the matter is to be tried upon an indictment . |
| 7 | Sir Roger put the ball back firmly in the booksellers ' court . |