Sentence examples for committed in the presence of from inspiring English sources

Point I represents cooperation, where Cell1 that is already above commitment threshold, benefits from the presence of a sub-threshold Cell2, and consequently obtains higher levels of B. Point II represents a case of stronger cooperation, whereby Cell1 is originally below its commitment threshold, but becomes strongly committed in the presence of a sub-threshold Cell2.

The crime was committed in the presence of the Tsar and the Court.

But the Criminal Justice Act passed that year still said that "on a charge against a wife for any offence other than treason or murder it shall be a good defence to prove that the offence was committed in the presence of, and under the coercion of, the husband".

Firstly that the offence was committed in the presence of her husband, and secondly that it was committed under his coercion.

Not that we should all be constantly suspicious of each other at all times and in all places (though I admit I at least should have been vigilant enough to notice such a brazen theft as that in the coffee shop), but it seems a little strange to me, that a crime should be suffered to be committed in the presence of some three dozen cameras.

Among their ills: Animal neglect isn't a felony, there are no increased penalties when animal abuse is committed in the presence of a minor and there's no mandatory forfeiture of animals upon a conviction.

His ebullience at the birth in 1937 of his first child, Alan Ladd, Jr. the future CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.—was short-lived; soon thereafter, Ladd's mother committed suicide in the presence of her son.

Once installed, the alliance will become an awkward, obstructionist presence, committed, in the words of the Northern League's Matteo Salvini, to "a different Europe, based on work and peoples and not in the one based on servitude to the euro and banks, ready to let us die from immigration and unemployment".

Under English common law – the law laid down by the judges over the centuries – there was a presumption (which could be challenged) that a wife who committed an offence in the presence of her husband did so under coercion and therefore should be acquitted.

Child endangerment: Evidence suggests that domestic violence is committed in or around the presence of children quite often.

Marital coercion dates to an old legal presumption, when women had no rights and no independent means of support, so any wife committing a crime in the presence of her husband had a "presumption of innocence" under coercion.