Example sentences of "the police [be] [adv] " 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 | While overt conflict between the press and the police is rarely evident , it is quite apparent that the press sometimes goes beyond what the police feel is appropriate speculation in particular cases . |
| 5 | In fact , the whole hierarchy of the police is very much like a school , and a public school at that , and the reserve men are at the bottom of the line ’ ( FN 7/7/87 , p. 25 ) . |
| 6 | The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents . |
| 7 | The apprehension of being ‘ seized ’ by the police is always present , but some of the arrests are pro forma so that local authorities can claim to be showing the necessary zeal . |
| 8 | The document is basically a briefing document in order that every piece of information erm that is available to the police is then able to be passed on to the officers who are actually going to do the job . |
| 9 | Outside , the police are no longer present in uniformed strength . |
| 10 | The charity commission and the police are both investigating the dissapearance of the cash . |
| 11 | When a constable gives directions to a tourist , for example , or rescues a stranded cat from a tree , he is performing the sort of social service that the police are nowadays expected to undertake . |
| 12 | Smith ( ibid. 157 ) also touches on the crucial feeling of potentiality which the university experience can produce in the individual , but which the police are generally unable to incorporate . |
| 13 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 14 | The police are on to it , but that 's not enough for me . ’ |
| 15 | The police are here . ’ |
| 16 | The police are here are fair and friendly and try to do community policing . |
| 17 | If the police are here they make you go right round and sit and wait . |
| 18 | This suggests that the police are most likely to interpret an event as rape where it shares some of the characteristics of familiar and conspicuously criminal activity . |
| 19 | The police are thus empowered arbitrarily to limit numbers and to form cordons to allow lorries and workers through to work . |
| 20 | Such discussions with the Home Office that I have had on the question have made it clear that when their guidelines to the police are finally formulated the limited use of investigative hypnosis will be exclusively in the hands of trained and independent professionals such as clinical psychologists . |
| 21 | The police are also urging farmers to keep a close watch on their barns until the aronsonists are caught . |
| 22 | The police are also urging people who keep money at home to have it banked for safety — they want to make sure that people like phylis do n't lose cash that took years to save in just a few short seconds . |
| 23 | That 's not strictly true , because in our country , the police are also involved in gathering evidence which is largely put to the service of the prosecution , rather than the defence . |
| 24 | While the police are clearly involved with formal social control , it is apparent that much of their work is carried out in an informal manner . |
| 25 | But the police are already complaining about their poor pay and the fact that they are armed only with handguns . |
| 26 | Do n't forget the police are already interested in you . ’ |
| 27 | I ca n't help wondering at his level of security when the police are already hard-pressed to protect less celebrated citizens from murderers , muggers , rapists and robbers . |
| 28 | The police are n't likely to think so either . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ So far as we know , the police are n't aware of its existence . |