Sentence examples for be committed by a from inspiring English sources

An appeal court, however, ruled that an act of war must be committed by a sovereign state.

Monday's attack — the first insider attack known to be committed by a woman — came after a lull in insider shootings after the military instituted a series of precautions meant to reduce them.

'We have seen a growth in cannabis cultivation in recent times in London and we have experienced a tendency for this sort of crime to be committed by a number of communities, including small elements within the Vietnamese community,' he said.

Ackerman concedes that the kidnapping and extortion threats he describes are more likely to be committed by a criminal gang than a terrorist cell.

The flag account suggests there is some enduring quality about the target that highlights (flags) its high level of vulnerability to would-be offenders (Pease 1998).4 Different to the boost account, the flag account suggests a repeat offence is likely to be committed by a different offender than who committed the initial offence.

Crimes were thought to be committed by a social "residuum" at the bottom of society who occupied themselves as "habitual criminals", choosing to live a lifestyle of drink and theft rather than improving themselves through thrift and hard work.

They require the F.B.I. to "authorize" crimes to be committed by an informant and do an annual review to decide whether the informant has committed "unauthorized" crimes — including those that involve violence — and whether to end the relationship.

Those murders, as it turned out, were committed by a man who was severely mentally handicapped.

Oddie also said: "In the majority of cases the crime is committed by a gamekeeper.

This went on for days, and apparently was committed by a legion of criminals.

The idea that the murder was committed by a gang, for example, he found preposterous.