Example sentences of "[been] bring against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of 700 cases that the PPL took to court last year , it is thought that as many as 100 could have been brought against hotels or restaurants . |
| 2 | This same charge had first been brought against the sequel , More about the Language of Love , which was refused a certificate by the BBFC but granted a local ‘ X ’ by the GLC . |
| 3 | They protested their innocence , and referred to the fact that no charges had been brought against them . |
| 4 | The bishop 's spokesman Canon Andy Radford said : ‘ It must be emphasised that no charges have been brought against the bishop and the allegations about him are unsubstantiated . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State has been asked to determine the test case , which has been brought against the Agency , under s 17(1) , Social Security Administration Act 1992 . |
| 6 | The other reason was that a paternity suit had recently been brought against my opponent by one of the Council office cleaners , which caused a great deal of moral indignation — not so much on the poor woman 's behalf , I 'm afraid , as because it was felt he had ‘ lowered himself ’ . |
| 7 | Although it said that he would be ‘ interrogated and tried according to the country 's law ’ , to AI 's knowledge no formal charges have been brought against him in court . |
| 8 | AI is concerned that treason charges have been brought against Daniel Omara Atubu in the absence of evidence against him , on account of his non-violent criticisms of the government . |
| 9 | These things grind exceeding slow , but in Denver , Colorado , charges have finally been brought against Q T Wiles , the former chairman of MiniScribe Corp , accusing him of a scheme to inflate the figures in books of the disk-drive maker : the US District Court indictment alleges that Wiles reaped $1.7m in profits from the sale of MiniScribe stock using inside information about the now-defunct disk company . |
| 10 | Mr De Benedetti 's lawyers say that no charges have been brought against him . |
| 11 | Even under the existing rules , several cases have been brought against the directors of securities firms caught compensating clients for stockmarket losses . |
| 12 | In Berlin , in 1940 , Joyce looked back on these incidents and tried to explain the cause of the prosecutions for assault that had been brought against him . |
| 13 | The Labour Code prohibits unequal pay on the grounds of sex in urban areas but no known case has ever been brought against discriminatory pay practices . |
| 14 | Looking at the terms of the agreement as contained in the letter from Hunter 's attorney , and the receipt , it is manifest that the payment was not made in discharge of the plaintiff 's rights against all other parties ; and the result of the whole is , that it does not operate as a release , or matter which could have been pleaded as an accord and satisfaction , but amounts merely to an engagement not to sue Hunter , which can only be pleaded by himself ; if the action , therefore , had been brought against two parties , it would not have been a discharge to both . |
| 15 | A number of successful prosecutions have been brought against car dealers who have had cars for sale on which the odometers ( mileometers ) showed mileages different from those which the car had actually travelled . |
| 16 | Of the cases brought by individuals the highest number overall had been brought against the United Kingdom ( with 23 ) , followed by Belgium ( 14 ) , Italy ( 13 ) , Austria ( 12 ) , and Sweden and the Netherlands ( 10 each ) . |
| 17 | It was reported on April 13 , however , that charges had been brought against Fadilj Hodza , a prominent former state and party official , for inciting racial intolerance and religious hatred in connection with the 1989 riots . |
| 18 | On April 27 charges including illegal telephone tapping , embezzlement , and helping to falsify election results had been brought against Mielke , who was already in prison [ see p. 37828 ] . |
| 19 | There are two provisos as follows : ( 1 ) execution will not issue against either property or persons without leave of the court where the proceedings have been brought against the firm by one of its members or by another firm having partners in common with the firm against which or against the partners of which execution is sought ; ( 2 ) execution will not issue against a partner if he is out of the jurisdiction at the date when the proceedings were commenced unless he has acknowledged service or was duly served within the jurisdiction as a partner or outside the jurisdiction after leave had been obtained to so serve him . |