Example sentences of "the police [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place the notion that the moment of charging marks a watershed in the relationship between the suspect and the police is not strictly accurate , since under paragraph 11.4 the duty to abstain from questioning ceases as soon as the officer considers that there is sufficient evidence against the suspect for a prosecution to succeed , and there may then be an appreciable interval before the custody officer decides to charge him pursuant to paragraph 16.1 . |
| 2 | And er , and , presumably your attitude to the police is not a sympathetic one |
| 3 | Is the Home Secretary aware that there is considerable concern that the sort of co-operation that exists regarding the police is not subject to proper democratic scrutiny ? |
| 4 | The police are n't likely to think so either . |
| 5 | The police are n't telling us anything — I have n't been able to get as far as Marshall and the others just look mysterious and say they do n't know . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ So far as we know , the police are n't aware of its existence . |
| 7 | Of course , the police are n't prepared to commit themselves yet but I 'll bet that 's what they 're thinking . |
| 8 | But the police are n't convinced . |
| 9 | At the moment , the police are n't linking this incident with others at Reading and Basingstoke . |
| 10 | Now you 're going to tell me all about your experiences in the police are n't you ? |
| 11 | Normally you sit in er you know the trouble is as long as the police are n't here . |
| 12 | Many people have noted how the police are not helpful in initiating research or in welcoming sociologists ( Greenhill 1981 : 91 ; Holdaway 1979 : 1 , 1983 : 3–4 ) . |
| 13 | And because I am in the public eye it is important that I fight back , that I show the world that the police are not infallible and that the rotten apples in the barrel must be exposed . |
| 14 | The courts have repeatedly said that the police are not entitled to conduct dragnet searches yet , prior to the Act , a series of decisions appeared to encourage the police to go far beyond the terms of the warrant . |
| 15 | The police are not going to forget this . |
| 16 | The police are not notorious for their imagination . |
| 17 | ‘ If the police are not seen to protect us , then people might start protecting themselves . |
| 18 | — has the Prime Minister read the comment by police commander David Stevens that the police are not responsible for crime any more than doctors are responsible for disease , and that crime is an indicator of economic and social malaise ? |
| 19 | If you go to see this football club to watch the football match , you are not allowed to park on the grass verge outside because the police do n't let you but if you go to a car boot sale at the football club the next day the cars , the grass verge is littered with cars cos it 's Sunday presumably and the police are not allowed to enforce on it so I do think that some of the traffic problems maybe need to be more carefully reinforced to stop this , you know , to stop the dealers you 're not going tyo these places but you know I think you do need to , you do need to , to regulate them but please , you know , do n't let's push them out altogether . |
| 20 | Erm , I do n't see how anybody can possibly say that the police are not privileged . |
| 21 | Misguidedly they are taking the law into their own hands because they believe the police are not doing their job properly for whatever reason . |
| 22 | Misguidedly they are taking the law into their own hands because they believe the police are not doing their job properly for whatever reason . |
| 23 | LORD CARSON and LORD BLANESBURGH dissented , holding that , in the circumstances of the case , the billeting of the police was not a special service . |
| 24 | In Malone v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [ 1979 ] information overheard during an authorized telephone tapping operation by the police was not disclosed in confidence . |
| 25 | I used to live just down that lane , back lane and er that 's where they er had that last week that episode with the police was n't it , bogus police , yeah , yes that 's where I and er it was a quite nice old house really I did n't like leaving it . |
| 26 | They 'd not long allowed white caddies at Augusta , and the police were n't used to people like me . |
| 27 | J. V. The police were n't popular around the Bogs in Garston , when I was being shown around there with Jim Bealey , when a brick came flying over . |
| 28 | ‘ You can tell them the police were n't coming for you or Miles . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Barker said : ‘ The police were n't interested . |
| 30 | And er the police , that was in Kent somewhere , the police were n't it ? |