Example sentences of "court ruling [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The precise scope of executive privilege was unclear : the only Supreme Court ruling on the doctrine — the 1974 decision against Nixon — found it to have a basis in the Constitution but adjudicated that it should not provide an impediment to criminal prosecution . ) |
| 2 | The Attorney General , Eligio Hernández , appealed to the High Court against the search warrant , and said in a statement on Nov. 19 that he had applied for a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of Judge Marino Barbero 's actions . |
| 3 | A significant court ruling on the subject of sexual harassment was handed down on April 16 , when a judge in Fukuoka ruled that a publishing company had violated the rights of a former female employee who had felt obliged to leave her job after allegations of alcoholism and sexual promiscuity against her . |
| 4 | Chief Justice William Rehnquist explained the Supreme Court ruling on the basis that , while the abduction might be " shocking " and might have violated international law , it was not prohibited either by the extradition treaty or by the US constitution . |
| 5 | A Supreme Court ruling in the case of Minnick v Mississippi on Dec. 3 unexpectedly extended the right of criminal suspects to have a lawyer present when questioned by the police . |
| 6 | LABOUR 'S deputy leader , Mr Roy Hattersley , accused Government ministers of ‘ palpable ambivalence ’ about the enforcement of the Sunday trading laws since the European Court ruling against the DIY chain B&Q . |
| 7 | Diro , suspended from government duties since April , had been found guilty on Sept. 27 by a specially appointed tribunal , after hearings lasting nearly four years [ see p. 36936 for August 1988 Supreme Court ruling against the bringing of earlier perjury charges ] , on 81 charges of corruption . |
| 8 | Admittedly she was referring to her feelings about an IRA attack and a Dublin court ruling against the extradition of some Republican suspects . |