Sentence examples for clear offence from inspiring English sources

But in this case a clear offence has been committed: a deliberate attempt to influence play.

With the limited camera angles it's hard to discern a clear offence – Bruce made it look clumsy and therefore hard categorically to give a penalty – yet all football instinct suggests it was probably a foul.

It was not clear what offence the woman being lashed had committed.

But, as it became clear that offence had been taken by a constituency bigger than Ed Balls – making easy feminist hay on behalf of the opposition – the debate revealed a response that was, if not polarised, then certainly non-equatorial.

It is understood the Nauruan police have not disclosed to Save the Children the legal basis for the execution of the search warrants, and it has not been made clear what offence is believed to have been committed.

Ministers said they fear that bill would allow some people to claim they have been cleared of offences that are still crimes – including sex with a minor and non-consensual sexual activity.

MA Someone needs to iron out the disciplinary inconsistencies, at home and abroad, that see some players banned for weeks while others are cleared of offences that appear virtually identical.

"It is not clear whether any offence had been committed as the legal position is extremely complex.

"Often victims don't know how to articulate what happened to them, they aren't clear what the offence is if there is one," he said.

The wording of the act makes clear that an offence of failing to prevent bribery applies to all corporate entities carrying on all or part of a business in the UK.

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