Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] magistrate " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was certainly a tough decision for the licensing magistrates .
2 In practice , the predominant influence on the way magistrates exercise their discretion is the attitude of the Crown Prosecution Service .
3 The boy had been examined by a surgeon , Thomas Chapman , who found numerous wheals , bruises and lacerations , and his report to the guardians led to proceedings being taken against the tailor before the County magistrates ; he was convicted and fined £5 .
4 for in the final analysis both the remand and the committals explosions appear to be largely the result of excessive caution in the way magistrates exercise their discretion in relation to bail and venue decisions .
5 Erm having said that though I think that erm perhaps the next few great achievements were perhaps more revolutionary , really , erm because they were s now , he 's now talking about overthrowing erm the feudal rule of local tyrants erm overthrowing the armed forces of the landlords , overthrowing the political power of the county magistrate and ov this one 's possibly the most important anti-revolution restorationist one I think probably , the overthrowing of clan authority of the ancestral temples and the clan elders .
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