Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] magistrates ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , civil servants may appear in magistrates ' courts as prosecutors without violating this restrictive practice . |
| 2 | The legal staff of Customs and Excise , for example , carry on prosecutions for smuggling in magistrates ' courts , and brief counsel for the higher courts . |
| 3 | And since the custodial sentences imposed by Crown Courts tend to be longer than those passed by magistrates ' courts , the sentencing practice of the Crown Court is clearly a much more potent factor in generating the prison numbers crisis . |
| 4 | Separation and maintenance orders can also be obtained from magistrates ' courts . |
| 5 | Figures produced by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders ( NACRO , 1990b ) indicate that in terms of annual receptions , magistrates ' courts were responsible for 45 per cent of those sentenced to immediate custody in 1988 , compared with 55 per cent for the Crown Court — in spite of the fact that very many more indictable offenders are tried and convicted in magistrates ' courts than in the Crown Court ( 90 per cent and 20 per cent respectively ) . |