Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [noun pl] force " in BNC.
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1 | The second is the position apparently preferred by the police itself : where it is not subject to the whims of party politics and can develop what it considers to be the best safeguard for the community — the professionalization of the police force , in other words , it wants to be regarded as a profession and , like the medical and legal professions , to be left to do its job according to its own discretion . |
2 | But in a sense we were missing out by these sorts of policemen being unco-operative ( there were no policewomen like this ) , for those who have things to hide , even if it is only laziness , are a part of every police force . |
3 | Ill-treatment of prisoners and fabrication of confessions can only be prevented by better organisation , selection , training , supervision and remuneration of the police force coupled with stringent rules for access to independent legal advice and a bar on confessions obtained in the absence of that representation . |
4 | An example of what I mean can be found in Strathclyde , where in every division of the police force there is a well-established female and child unit , staffed principally by female officers who are well trained and highly experienced in interviewing skills and techniques in cases involving sexual assault , child abuse and/or sexual abuse . |
5 | ‘ It raises the spectre of a police force increasingly controlled by the Home Secretary . ’ |
6 | He was attending a conference which had been called to discuss the formation of a police force in Oxfordshire . |
7 | During those years , the main influence of the police force on policy and security decisions was that , by its existence , it set bounds to what was practicable . |
8 | It was widely suspected that the Tucayana had links with the military and had been involved with anti-insurgency operations against the Jungle Commandos and that they feared the establishment of a police force for the interior composed mainly of former Jungle Commando members . |
9 | The whole of the police force consisting of one sergeant and two constables was inspected at East Tarbert . |
10 | In Great Britain there is no such force , and the gap has been filled in recent years by a militarization of the police force . |
11 | Even after the abuses of the Star Chamber had been curbed the magistrates , who in the absence of a police force had some of the functions of a modern juge d'instruction , had power to interrogate the accused before trial . |
12 | Even after the abuses of the Star Chamber had been curbed the magistrates , who in the absence of a police force had some of the functions of a modern juge d'instruction , had power to interrogate the accused before trial . ’ |
13 | Both the taxi driver and the privatizer of the police force failed to get a place on the candidates ' list , and the small number of women did proportionately better than the men . |
14 | The general drift of Punch 's enthusiasm , in fact , was that gentlemen should take steps to arm themselves because of the uselessness of the police force . |
15 | One can well understand the anger and frustration of the police force . |
16 | Irwin eventually secured his capitulation by confessing to him that , as head of the government , with no guarantee that civil disobedience might not start again , he was unable to risk jeopardizing the morale of the police force . |
17 | The growing size of the police force and its supporting apparatus is the most obvious and general factor . |
18 | This has led , Hall argues , to an increasing ‘ moral authoritarianism ’ , one involving , for example , the strengthening of the police force , a re-emphasis on family life as a means of controlling juvenile delinquency , increased calls for capital punishment , and a general return to old or ‘ Victorian ’ values . |
19 | While the new constitution was broadly satisfactory , there were defects , as with the abolition of the Ministry of Interior and the decentralisation of the police forces . |
20 | The Disciplinary Code in Schedule 1 to the Police ( Discipline ) Regulations 1985 contains an offence of ‘ improper disclosure of information ’ , which is committed where a member of a police force without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force . |
21 | The Disciplinary Code in Schedule 1 to the Police ( Discipline ) Regulations 1985 contains an offence of ‘ improper disclosure of information ’ , which is committed where a member of a police force without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force . |
22 | Improper disclosure of information , which offence is committed where a member of a police force ( a ) without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force … |
23 | Improper disclosure of information , which offence is committed where a member of a police force ( a ) without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force … |
24 | I do n't mind you at all , but the boys they 'd be suspicious of anyone who 's not a member of the police force , and that 's how people will see you : you 're not a member of the force ’ ( FN 23/10/87 , p. 20 ) . |
25 | The Chief Constable had decided to dispense with his services because of a report made on the probationer constable which led the Chief Constable to believe that he was not fitted to be a member of the police force . |
26 | The federation described the scheme , part of the proposed Citywatch initiative , as a move towards the privatisation of the police force . |
27 | I lay there , half crying and pretending not to be hurt , as Charlie continued to pace , flinging flowered clothes into the street below and discussing the possibility of a police force being set up to arrest and imprison rock guitarists who bent their knees while they played . |