Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] at large " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may well be a socially beneficial outcome , but it sets the criminal law dangerously at large unless the exercise of the powers thereby conferred is the subject of careful scrutiny by the courts . |
| 2 | Under section 18(1) of the Act a patient who absented himself from hospital without leave could be taken into custody and returned to the hospital ; and the police had all their usual powers for the purpose ( s.137(2) ) including power , under section 17(1) ( d ) of PACE to enter and search premises for recapturing a person unlawfully at large . |
| 3 | The end result of this case is that the police have a power to enter and search any premises for the purpose of recapturing a person unlawfully at large , provided he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is on those premises ( s. 17(1) ( d ) & ( 2 ) of PACE and that they have the power to use reasonable force in effecting entry and arresting the person sought ( s.117 of PACE ) . |
| 4 | The easy answer was that a person absent without leave ( that is a person who does not have the leave of his or her responsible medical officer within s.17 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to be absent from the hospital ) is a person unlawfully at large ( as is required for the operation of the entry power in s.17 of PACE ) . |
| 5 | I had resolved that I would try an alliance with him , persuading him not to create a female creature and helping him to hunt down and exterminate the creature already at large in the world . |