Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] [art] courts [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier in November right-wing police elements had perpetrated a series of attacks and assaults which resulted in four police officers being placed before the courts by Gen. Rodolfo Stange , the police director-general ( and then junta member ) . |
| 2 | It was a group which came together in 1972 in an attempt to focus attention on the severity and inconsistencies of sentences being given in the courts to loyalists charged with politically motivated offences in contrast to those being given to republicans . |
| 3 | Increasingly strict interpretations are being applied in the courts of the US and other countries . |
| 4 | ‘ Hooligans ’ and ‘ Hooliganism ’ were thrust into the headlines in the wake of a turbulent August Bank Holiday celebration in London which had resulted in unusually large numbers of people being brought before the courts for disorderly behaviour , drunkenness , assaults on police , street robberies and fighting . |
| 5 | Thirteen others arrested during the ferment are being brought before the courts in two batches . |
| 6 | The new courts and departments established under the Tudors were from the beginning staffed by laymen : there was no question of clerical officials being appointed to the Courts of Wards or Augmentations . |
| 7 | Although the procedure is quite slow and expensive , many more appeals are being taken to the courts on a variety of ingenious arguments , probably because the amount of money at stake can be very large , and because applicants do achieve a measure of success . |
| 8 | This has put off many potential investors fearful of being entangled in the courts for years . |
| 9 | The NRA attributed the downward trend in major incidents mainly to its tough and rigorous pollution prevention and control measures and the strong signals being sent by the courts through massive increases in the size of fines imposed on convicted offenders . |