Example sentences of "[vb mod] be found guilty " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provision in section 44(4) has been criticized on the ground that it is wrong in principle that a person should be found guilty of an offence which the jury find that he did not commit . |
| 2 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 3 | Godoy struck first hoping , in the Escorial Trial , that Ferdinand might be found guilty of political parricide . |
| 4 | ‘ There was great concern over whether the BA board could be found guilty of trading while knowingly insolvent if it carried on . |
| 5 | If a ganger was working on the track and was found to be over the limit , a director or manager could be found guilty of a criminal offence . |
| 6 | The jury were directed by the trial judge that they could find him guilty only as actor , whereas the true position was that he could be found guilty either as actor or on the basis of art and part . |
| 7 | 1821 " This Meeting having given due consideration to various kinds of theft committed in the Island — Resolve to stent themselves in a sum ( £20 ) … for the purpose of detecting and prosecuting such persons as may be found guilty of theft . " |
| 8 | The fear is that , even if the random atrocities stop , prisoners will be found guilty on the basis of torture-induced confessions , and executed . |
| 9 | In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice . |
| 10 | Moving closer to home , on the offence of causing death by dangerous or drunken driving , the hon. Member for Huddersfield referred to the Road Traffic Act 1991 , whereby an offender will be found guilty if he drives dangerously , thereby causing someone 's death , whether or not he intended to do so or even knew about it . |
| 11 | The ruling makes it all but certain that Britain will be found guilty on charges relating to these matters when the case comes before the European Court later this year . |
| 12 | But a victory for the victims ' relatives today does not mean the Government will be found guilty . |
| 13 | These offences are ones of which a past or present officer of a company in liquidation can be found guilty . |