Sentence examples for detained for some from inspiring English sources

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Under Chinese law, people can be detained for some time before being formally arrested and charged.

AAP reported that it was likely he would be detained for some time at Adelaide's secure mental health facility, James Nash House.

"The applicant was never – not even for one moment – in the hands of Italian authorities, nor has he been lawfully detained for some time by Italian authorities," said Accardo.

His arrival in Hong Kong, where he lives, was being touted by Hong Kong's media as one of the biggest tests since the end of British rule in 1997 of the "one country, two systems" principle by which the territory is now ruled.Mr Li was eventually allowed to enter, after being detained for some five hours at the airport.

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If the past is any guide, many will be detained for months; some will be tried and sentenced to death.

Martinez says she and other activists have found several women who have been unjustly detained for months, and some for more than a year.

In a mid-credits scene, a weary Stryker is being detained for questioning by some MPs in connection to the death of his superior, General Munson (whom Stryker did in fact kill earlier after Munson's declaration of his intent to shut down the former's project).

In Libya, Belhadj was detained for six years in some of the country's most brutal jails and was interrogated by "foreign" agents.

Don Flynn, director of the Migrants Rights Networkk, said people could become frustrated when they have been detained for months and, in some cases, years.

… Complaints arose all around; some people's anger has contributed to their illness; some have died feeling a deep sense of unfairness; some were beaten by policemen; some were detained for no reason; and how many have suffered from decreased living standards because of this?

Some were detained for several weeks before convincing officials they were Mexican.

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