Example sentences of "the magistrates [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 in the magistrates courts received immediate custody , and about 40 per cent .
2 The magistrates chairman told foster parents had given him a chance — it was now up to him to take it .
3 But the magistrates chairman said the offence was so serious , they may have to send both men to jail .
4 But the magistrates chairman said they 'd used the vehicle as weapon , with no regard for the life of their victim .
5 The Government are urgently considering whether there is any need to change the law governing proceedings in the magistrates court to deal with problems in the effective presentation of evidence in community charge enforcement cases .
6 TELEVISION star Eamonn Holmes had his golf clubs stolen in a burglary at his home outside Belfast , the Magistrates Court heard today .
7 A spokesman for The Magistrates Association said : ‘ I have never heard of anything like this happening before . ’
8 The Magistrates Association mounted a successful campaign against the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act which sought to replace courtroom hearings for young people with ‘ welfare dispositions ’ .
9 It came as senior members of the magistrates association met the Home Secretary in London to seek changes in the new fines system .
10 That report from Kim Barnes , and we invited both the Oxford Bench and the Magistrates Association to discuss the complaints from Thames Valley Police in more detail but they declined our offer .
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