Example sentences of "[was/were] found guilty of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identical twin boys , aged 14 , were found guilty of robbery and attempted robbery at the Old Bailey yesterday after holding up two women with air pistols in Wembley . |
| 2 | In 1977 , 8 per cent of males aged 14 to under 17 were found guilty of , or cautioned for , offences ; in comparison with 0.7 per cent of the 30+ age group . |
| 3 | Similarly , in 1977 , 1.6 per cent of females aged 14 to under 17 were found guilty of , or cautioned for , offences ; in comparison with 0.2 per cent of females in the 30+ age group . |
| 4 | The five players were found guilty of bringing the game into serious disrepute and banned for life . |
| 5 | Last month , Barnet were found guilty of financial irregularities by the Football League and were ordered to pay a fine of £50,000 , which they said they were going to appeal against . |
| 6 | Richard Anthony Ainscough FCA , Michael George Battersby FCA , David Peter Bradley ACA , Ralph Burton Holden FCA , Donald Malcolm Lyon ACA , Brian Christopher Marsden FCA , Michael Harvey Townend FCA and Jeremy Newsom Stirrup FCA , all of Oakmount , 6 East Park Road , Blackburn who were found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they in Blackburn between 20 April 1991 and 7 September 1991 passed clients ' monies through the firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally fined £750 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 7 | Jonathan Cohen , David Reed and Nicholas Wells , all former senior executives of County NatWest , and Martin Gibbs , ex-director of UBS Phillips & Drew , were found guilty of ‘ conspiring to mislead the markets ’ during the £837m Blue Arrow rights issue in 1987 . |
| 8 | Michael Jordan , senior partner of Cork Gully , and Richard Stone , head of corporate finance at Coopers & Lybrand , were found guilty of breaching Institute bye-laws in accepting the appointment of administrators to Polly Peck in spite of a continuing professional relationship between C&L and Asil Nadir , PPI 's chairman ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November , p 10 ) . |
| 9 | The three defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to possess drugs . |
| 10 | Due to the efforts of Bruce Harris and Casa Alianza in Guatemala City and appeals from thousands of Amnesty International supporters the policemen were found guilty of his murder in March 1991 and sentenced to prison terms ranging between 10 and 15 years . |
| 11 | Both were found guilty of murder after an Old Bailey jury heard Bentley shouted : ‘ Let him have it , Chris . ’ |
| 12 | The defendants were found guilty of plotting to overthrow the monarchy and threatening the security of the state . |
| 13 | Eight of the paratroopers were found guilty of indecently assaulting the woman soldier . |
| 14 | Two men , aged 26 and 27 , contested the case but were found guilty of rape and aiding and abetting each other on the sex attacks on a 21-year-old French woman , who told how the two burst into her room at a friend 's flat while she was reading the Bible . |
| 15 | ( Some of the men were found guilty of indecent assault . ) |
| 16 | All the defendants , with the exception of Giorgio Bonsanti , Soprintendente at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure , and Otello Conti , the director of the company contracted to lay the new paving , were found guilty of violating the law which makes provision for ‘ damage to national archaeological and artistic heritage ’ ( Article 733 of the Penal Code ) . |
| 17 | In the past twelve months , Namibia has confiscated eight Spanish trawlers and their cargo and fined the ships ' masters thousands of dollars after they were found guilty of fishing illegally in Namibian waters . |
| 18 | From 1979 to 1987 , six Conservative Ministers were found guilty of breaking the law — in their official capacity , I hasten to add ; I hate to think what the tally is now . |
| 19 | The previous January they were found guilty of badger digging and fined . |
| 20 | The defendant was the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of criminal offences since 1975 when Bob Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were found guilty of attempting to cover up the burglary of the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate . |
| 21 | In December the Ethics Committee announced that the investigation had become a formal one which could lead to action against the senators if they were found guilty of infringing Senate rules . |
| 22 | They were found guilty of involvement in several bomb attacks in 1985 and 1986 in Copenhagen , the Danish capital , Amsterdam , the Netherlands capital , and Stockholm . |
| 23 | Tensions were raised on Jan. 26 when Achmet Sadiq , a leader of the Moslem minority who had been elected to Parliament in June 1989 but disqualified from the November election on procedural grounds , and another Moslem parliamentary candidate were found guilty of " inciting violence and dissension " and using the word " Turkish " in their campaign manifestos . |
| 24 | They were found guilty of murder and of illegal carrying of arms in connection with an incident near Tlemcen in July 1990 , when a guard was killed as they attempted to seize explosives from a quarry . |
| 25 | 75% of the Central Committee of the party were found guilty of such crimes and executed or deported to Siberia . |
| 26 | At Oxford Crown Court , the pair were found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson , following two separate attacks on meat lorries in 1991 . |
| 27 | Sheila Stroud and her boyfriend Mark Evans were found guilty of trying to kill Stroud 's former lover Ivor Stokle and his new girlfriend Pauline Leyshon . |
| 28 | They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering , banned from keeping a dog for 5 years and ordered to pay £500 costs . |
| 29 | The Belfast club were facing an estimated loss of £15,000 on their preliminary round ties with conquerors Dinamo Tbilisi — before the Georgian side were found guilty of trying to bribe match officials . |
| 30 | Matthew Patterson , from the Railway Gate Lodge , Castle Road , Antrim and his daughter , Joy , of Oriel Park , were found guilty of having pit bull terrier type dogs and not having dog licences for the animals . |