Example sentences of "[noun sg] case was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , granting the applications and remitting the case to the magistrates , the essence of the defence case was an allegation that the prosecutor had dishonestly contrived to manipulate the prosecution process so as to avoid the consequences of the legislation which brought the applicants within the custody time limit regulations . |
| 2 | But even if the Handscomb decision were fully accepted , I consider that he was entitled to make a distinction ; the difficulty of assessing the requirements of retribution and deterrence from the judges ' tariff in a murder case was a sufficient ground for his reserving the decision in mandatory life sentence cases to himself . |
| 3 | The situation in the Gouriet case was a politically sensitive one and this may well have justified the court 's refusal in that case to review the Attorney-General 's decision , but it is not clear that such refusal would be justified in every case . |
| 4 | The clip she had in her jewel case was the same one that appeared in the doge 's portrait . |
| 5 | A test case was the proposed closure of the Gainsborough Central-Wrawby Junction , Barnetby , section of line used by Sheffield-Cleethorpes trains . |
| 6 | The metal case was a portable computer . |
| 7 | The only real hospital case was a travelling salesman who had been shot through the foot . |