Example sentences of "come before a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite uncommon for a pornographic magazine to come before a jury , because publishers are rarely prosecuted . |
| 2 | To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services . |
| 3 | Subsequently , during the argument of the appeal in the present case , the same point came before a Court of Appeal , differently constituted , in Attorney-General v. Alick Au Shui Yuen ( unreported ) , 3 October 1991 ; Court of Appeal of Hong Kong , Civil Appeal No. 149 of 1991 — in which the court disagreed with the conclusion and dicta in In re Application by a Firm of Solicitors [ 1990 ] 2 H.K.L.R. 146 . |
| 4 | D. N. Pritt in his autobiography told of his many political cases and of one which ‘ came before a judge of great experience and knowledge , so bitterly opposed to anything left-wing that he could scarcely have given a fair trial if he had tried ’ . |
| 5 | A social worker , for example , may refuse to divulge confidential information relating to a case coming before a committee , or an architect may decline to sign the necessary documents if a professional judgement is not satisfied . |
| 6 | Dining at ease inside a dragon makes a good symbol of the harnessing of mighty powers of nature for man 's comfort , or perhaps of pride coming before a fall . |
| 7 | In the light of the Boipatong massacre and now the shootings in Bisho in the Ciskei it must be clear to the International Board that a political solution must come before a rugby solution . |
| 8 | A child may come before a hearing on an offence referral and be made subject to a supervision requirement for a number of reasons , of which the offence may be only one ; the child may on review be kept subject to a supervision requirement , even though he may have committed no further offences , because of , say , inadequate parental care . |
| 9 | Calm comes before a storm . |
| 10 | It was the sort of pride which comes before a fall — and it was a fall which Gorbachev became increasingly willing to envisage . |
| 11 | It often comes before a list . |