Example sentences of "be [vb pp] before the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Session had been told that " he had gone in company with some others and killed a deer in Jura " and that he " unnessarily frequented a public house " and decided that he should be admonished before the Session . |
| 2 | The Council of Licensed Conveyancers and the Institute are likely to go for approval at an early date ; it is unlikely , however , that any approvals will be given before the second half of 1993 . |
| 3 | Lastly , if opposition is to be maintained , there will be the action of retaining and briefing counsel and arranging for evidence to be given before the commissioners . |
| 4 | Incidentally , proposals for the establishment of a major Kent ground at Crystal Palace which could give the county a profitable metropolitan base are being enthusisastically pursued , though they are unlikely to be realised before the end of the century . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 1 ) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the Court of Appeal may , if they think it necessary or expedient in the interests of justice … ( b ) order any witness who would have been a compellable witness in the proceedings from which the appeal lies to attend for examination and be examined before the court , whether or not he was called in those proceedings ; and ( c ) subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , receive the evidence , if tendered , of any witness . |
| 6 | Where , however , the plaintiff objects to the suspension of the warrant on any terms , the application will be listed before the district judge . |
| 7 | The latest roads White Paper also includes further improvements to the M20 , M23 and M25 but , despite government streamlining of the planning and construction process , it is unlikely that many of these projects will be completed before the year 2000 . |
| 8 | Preparation for viewing could include a reading assignment to be completed before the viewing session . |
| 9 | A required course for all students , to be completed before the end of the third year , and to be examined by individual Colleges . |
| 10 | This is a genuine project and one that I would like to be completed before the end of the summer . |
| 11 | In other words , it is unlikely to be completed before the year 2000 . |
| 12 | Should it be completed before the next election , the Labour Government will be in a position to examine the full costs of cancellation . |
| 13 | Should both sides of a case be heard before the postal ballot ? |
| 14 | If counsel so advises , any appeal should probably be heard before the Special Commissioners rather than the General Commissioners . |
| 15 | If there is to be a full hearing of her application for a residence order it seems improbable that it could now be heard before the end of July at the earliest . |
| 16 | That next step is as to whether natural justice makes any requirement that Winchester had a right to be heard before the decision on 30 October was made . |
| 17 | They said they had no reason to believe the Appeal Court wo n't uphold the original judgement , but they doubted the case would be heard before the middle of next year . |
| 18 | Among the parties to be registered before the June elections were Hezbollah , the Algerian Party for the Maghreb Rebirth , and the Arab and Islamic Union . |
| 19 | In a boiler , for example , scale on the heating surfaces must itself be heated before the water . |
| 20 | They would then be exposed before the kinsmen , complete with presents such as metal dishes , tools and beads given by their captors , to demonstrate that they were still in one piece , and even being treated well . |
| 21 | The carriage has to be stopped before the human flood , which advances amid a cloud of dust , reddened by the rays of the sun . |
| 22 | With certain specified exceptions , a motion can only be placed before the council by a notice of motion which must be sent to the chief executive or clerk of the council within the time provided for in the standing orders . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 24 | In assessing whether there is likely to be prejudice and if so whether it can properly be described as serious , the following matters should be borne in mind : first , the power of the judge at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , the trial process itself , which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay will be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , together with the powers of the judge to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict . |
| 25 | In assessing whether there is likely to be prejudice and if so whether it can properly be described as serious , the following matters should be borne in mind : first , the power of the judge at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , the trial process itself , which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay will be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , together with the powers of the judge to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict . |
| 26 | And without such plea , none of the background to the case to which we have briefly alluded can ever be placed before the jury : the only issues arising would be whether or no the publication was defamatory and , if so , what should the damages be . |
| 27 | The Treasury still has the power to make directions about which accounts shall be audited by the C. and A.G. ; but that power is now exercised through a statutory instrument which must be placed before the House of Commons . |
| 28 | Arguably , the defence has no evidential burden to discharge in this situation , for , since the defence is seeking to do no more than deny the basic elements of the prosecution 's case , any assertion of consent by the defence should be placed before the jury . |
| 29 | According to the statement the sole task of the new People 's Assembly would be to draft a new constitution to be placed before the people for approval . |
| 30 | A special constitutional commission was set up , presided over by Ramiz Alia , to draw up the necessary amendments to be placed before the next session of parliament . |