Example sentences of "has [be] [vb pp] guilty " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And you were going to say that the accused was guilty , before the end of the trial , before he has been proved guilty ! ’
2 He is entitled to reject a nomination only if the nomination paper does not conform to requirements ( 1983 Act , sch.1 , paras.12,15 ) or if a candidate is disqualified by reason of having been ordered to be detained or imprisoned for more than one year in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland in respect of an offence or offences of which he has been found guilty ( Representation of the People Act 1981 , s.1 ) .
3 Its preferred approach was more informative reporting of disciplinary and appeal committee hearings — until now it has only released details of the charges the accused has been found guilty of , and the final ruling .
4 Mark Braley , the former Coopers & Lybrand trainee who attempted to sell confidential BCCI documents while on secondment to the Serious Fraud Office , has been found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice .
5 In each case the appellant has been found guilty of contempt of court and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment .
6 Mr. Roth contended that it is inconceivable that a party who has been held to be merely negligent should be required to contribute to the damages payable by a party who has been found guilty of fraud .
7 Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council has been found guilty of maladministration leading to injustice by the ombudsman and must pay £1,250 compensation for failing to assess and design adaptations to the home of a disabled man .
8 A motorist involved in a crash on the M-four motorway in which ten people died has been found guilty of careless driving .
9 Ali Shoukeir has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of
10 The nurse , Beverley Allitt , has been found guilty of murdering two children in her care .
11 A nurse has been found guilty of assaulting a blind woman of eighty eight .
12 A former financial consultant has been found guilty of two charges of fraud .
13 A former financial consultant who lost almost two million pounds of his clients ' money has been found guilty of seven charges of theft and fraud .
14 A local authority has been found guilty of maladministration for not telling residents before giving planning permission for floodlights at a rugby stadium .
15 A driving examiner has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four women while they were taking their tests .
16 A trainer and breeder of horses has been found guilty on cruelty charges .
17 A man serving life for murdering a policeman has been found guilty of beating up a prison officer at a high security jail .
18 A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case .
19 But he has been found guilty of committing serious sexual offences , and given a conditional discharge .
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