Sentence examples for bench on behalf of from inspiring English sources

In reality, Adams's address to the bench on behalf of the abducted Africans of the Amistad took 8 hours, spread over 2 days.

To see him standing up on the government benches on behalf of the marginalised when he was clearly very unwell was an inspiration.

"I promise on behalf of the bench of bishops that we will talk to a range of people across the Church.

Mr. Scoppetta was testifying on behalf of the agency at a bench trial where a handful of battered mothers accused the agency of removing their children simply because the mothers had been beaten.

Memo to President Obama: How about appointing Geoghegan (whom you surely know, or know of, from his quiet heroics on behalf of working folk in Chicago) to the federal bench, preferably the Supreme Court?

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled five weeks after the conclusion of a bench trial in the case brought by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon on behalf of Division I men's basketball and football players.

But the notorious ruling seems destined to further drive up independent expenditures on behalf of judicial candidates and exacerbate conflicts of interest on the bench.

What he meant A "nod-along" line for the benches behind me, to keep them awake and distract them from the largesse on behalf of the taxpayer that I am about to announce.

"When he first appeared in court in June before another bench, a friend who runs a Leicester food stall, who occasionally fed him, paid a £60 victim surcharge on behalf of the asylum seeker.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has spoken on behalf of Mr. Bell's family and fiancée since the shooting, expressed dismay at the notion of a bench trial in a statement Thursday.

On behalf of his daughter, he sued.