Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] officer [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The affair thus highlights the unreality of the common-law rule which continues to concentrate on the independent judgment of a police officer who is in fact simply obeying instructions which are issued as part of a general policy not necessarily susceptible of being influenced by the specific facts of particular cases .
2 If we do not ask these questions , can we be sure we have not abandoned the search at too early a point , so that we are like the police officer who judges too soon that the death in a detective story was a suicide and not a murder ?
3 ‘ In 23 years as a police officer I have never seen such horrific injuries , ’ said Det Supt Bill King .
4 As a matter of police practice , firearms practice what would you say about a police officer who stuck the gun at any at the back of someone 's neck ?
5 People may have little chance to argue with their foreman at work , with the council housing department , with the teacher of their child , or with the police officer who forces obedience to the law .
6 Det Chief Insp John Stoddart described the brick-throwing as a callous , premeditated attack on a police officer who was acting in the public 's interest .
7 I have yet to come across a police officer who is not interested in stamping out racism . ’
8 ‘ to stand on a road called … ‘ 'To stand ’ can be proved by the police officer who observed the vehicle stationary on a road .
9 Proof of disqualification may be certificate of conviction or extract from the magistrates ' court register together with proof of identification of the defendant , e.g. by the police officer who was present in court when the defendant was disqualified .
10 ‘ That you ’ This point can be proved by the police officer who arrested ( or occasionally reports ) the prostitute , identifying her to the court .
11 Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’
12 This point can best be proved by a police officer who observes some actual unnecessary obstruction of the road causing other road users inconvenience , delay , or complete blockage of the road etc .
13 CHAMPIONS Leeds face an FA inquiry after being reported by a police officer who was shocked by their four-letter tirade .
14 ‘ He was set upon by a police officer who simply wanted to speak to him but had no right in law and the appellant had the right to resist him , ’ said Mr Macdonald .
15 Before leaving school , he was interviewed by a careers officer who asked him : ‘ Do you want a job in a factory ? ’
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