Sentence examples for conviction for something from inspiring English sources

By trade, he was a locksmith, and his military papers show he had a previous conviction for something.

Justice isn't everything, she says, reassuring us anyway that half of the minority of cases that get to court result in a conviction for something or other.

She told MPs: "It is totally unfair and unjust that men who have a conviction for something that has long not been illegal should have to fear being exposed – and exposed to partners they live with, who may not know".

2. Have Faith: Faith is a conviction for something that you truly believe in.

The article placed Glaenzer's conviction in the context of a wider debate about the role LPs should play in policing bad behaviour by VCs, even if his conviction was for something that happened outside of work.

One of the things that make Varnedoe so effective on the lecture platform is that his fluency never seems rehearsed; his thoughts come across with the headlong intensity and conviction of something voiced for the first time… Tells about MOMA's ongoing expansion… Describes how a bout with cancer led to his resigning from MOMA after accepting a position at Princeton's Institue for Advanced Study….

He merely wants a conviction for the record: something that helps him to even the score, and that will stand as a warning to any future generals tempted to promote themselves into power.

This small but ignored minority then start the lengthy process of appealing their unfair conviction, while spending years in prison for something they did not do.

I clung to the idea that the rapture was still imminent, but my conviction was weak and I was desperate for something to keep my beliefs afloat.

A Rapper Scorned Lil' Kim, who didn't like what she heard when James Lloyd, also known as Lil' Cease, testified against her in a trial that resulted in her conviction for perjury, has given him something to ponder: a lawsuit seeking $6 million in damages.

When he emerged from court after his conviction was quashed, Mr Conlon said: "I have been in prison for something I did not do.