Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] defendant [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , this would suggest a social preference for regarding killings of these kinds as among the worst because of the circumstances in which they occur , rather than because of the defendant 's awareness of the possible consequences . |
| 2 | But if the prosecutor can show an intention to provoke unlawful violence , as by causing a policeman to over-react , a prosecution will succeed because of the defendant 's intention to be considered presently . |
| 3 | Thus the plaintiff would be obliged to show that he either bought/sold shares at an inflated/deflated price compared to what would have been the price , but for the defendant 's actions . |
| 4 | The plaintiff must prove that his damage would not have occurred , but for the defendant 's breach of duty . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) That the judge 's failure to direct the jury adequately as to the defendant 's previous good character was a material misdirection which could have caused injustice to him ; that at any stage of the trial the jury were entitled to the judge 's assistance on the facts as well as on the law , the withholding of which constituted an irregularity which might , depending on the circumstances , be material ; and that the judge had erred in failing to ascertain what the jury 's problem was and to give the requisite help ( post , pp. 166C , F–G , 167G , H ) . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) . |
| 7 | This should ensure that a deception as to the defendant 's present intentions or as to his state of mind is covered by the section . |