Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] for the court " in BNC.

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1 So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review .
2 In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal .
3 It would be for the court to determine whether or not the accommodation was in fact suitable .
4 If a prosecution were brought it would be for the court to decide what the statements meant .
5 ‘ It is not … possible to generalise over the use of DNA analysis as the sole basis for conviction ; it will be for the court to decide in any particular case ’ .
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